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By Abner Galino Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon of Pag-asa Municipality, Kalayaan Island Group, Palawan speaks before the members of the Fil-Am media and the community at the LA Rose Cafe against China’s bullying and island grabbing in the Spratleys. The forum in Los Angeles Wednesday was sponsored by LA US Pinoys for Good Governance led by Ms. Rocio Nuyda. Saying we will fight fire with fire would make for a good acoustic but really implementing it against a formidable foe as China is simply a fool’s errand. This, in a nutshell, is the opinion of Kalayaan mayor Eugenio Bito-onon who is in the US to promote the prospect of building an Eco-Tourism Zone in his municipality of six islets, two cays, two reefs and 288 residents. The municipal government has its seat at the 32-hectare island of Pag-asa, the largest of all the islands in its jurisdiction. It has a municipal hall, a health clinic, an elementary school and a dilapidated airstrip. It is part of the province of Palawan. Pag-asa, which means hope, may well be the country’s strongest fortress in the West Philippine Sea where islands, reefs and shoals are being disputed by Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and China. In a presentation organized by the US Pinoys for Good Governance in a restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Bito-onon disclosed that Pag-asa has been more besieged today than during the last three years. Pag-asa is just 13 miles away from a man-made island developed by China and it is Read More …

Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano MANILA  (Mabuhay) – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is still hoping that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will run for president in 2016. “He has asked for more time, more soul searching. (It’s not easy to decide) to take a leap of faith for national office,” he told reporters at the sidelines of the World Teachers’ Day held at Cuneta Astrodome on Monday. Cayetano said he believed that Duterte will come up with the “right decision.” “Tingin ko, hindi niya mare-resist ang clamor ng mga tao (I think he won’t be able to resist the clamor of the people),” he said. “Hindi survey, hindi partido ang nagtutulak sa kanya kung hindi mga tao (The public will be the ones to persuade him, not any survey or party),” he added. Cayetano met with Duterte to reportedly convince him to run for president. Last week, the senator announced that he will run for vice president in the national elections next year. “It’s really his choice. All we can do is hope and pray he has the best partner. I said the partner is worth waiting for,” he said. Duterte is also reportedly also in talks with Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who is believed to be running for vice president and is looking for a presidential running mate. The Davao City mayor has earlier announced that he will not run for president but said he is reconsidering his decision. “I will not change my loyalty or change my Read More …

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