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FINANCIAL GAIN AND EMOTIONAL PAIN
Why Filipino workers flock to China and other countries Bobby M. Tuazon CenPEG China is one among many countries where overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are employed amid limited job opportunities and slow economic growth in the Philippines. Today, about 230,000 OFWs work in China with major concentrations in the special administrative region of Hong Kong as well as in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Xiamen. Likewise, China is one of the top foreign investors in the Philippi

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May 4


Iran standing ground as US-Israel attacks surge
Bobby M. Tuazon Iran is a battlefront curated by the US and Israel for regime change and for the control of its oil industry. A hypothetical defeat of Iran will make it expedient for the US to attack China, marginalize Russia, and rejuvenate its dying hegemonic interests. This scenario, however, is without empirical basis given the decline of the American empire and the accelerated rise of China while pushing the fragile US-centric unipolar world off the cliff in favor of a

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Apr 27


Is Iran winning the MidEast war?
Bobby M. Tuazon 06 April 2026 Going by military strikes alone, Iran may be winning the war in the Middle East. More than a month after the U.S. and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran,the latter’s defensive strikes have damaged at least 11 major U.S. military installations in the Middle East, with some rendered unusable. Overall, the attacks have destroyed at least 17 total U.S. military, diplomatic, and air-defense sites, including key locations in Iraq, Syria,

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Apr 7


Should Congressional Budget Insertions Be Allowed?
COMMENTARY By Hector A. Barrios, CenPEG Senior Fellow and Trustee October 15, 2025 Introduction Every year, the branches of government – Executive, Congress, Judiciary and Constitutional Commissions -- prepare their respective operating and capital plans for the next year. These plans embody what they want to achieve (objectives), how they intend to achieve them (operations and projects), and how much they need to implement them. We call the whole thing simply the 'budget.' T

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Oct 16, 2025


WHAT ARE THE ACCOUNTABILITIES OF WHOM ON THE FLOOD CONTROL ANOMALIES?
COMMENTARY By Hector A. Barrios, CenPEG Fellow and Trustee October 1, 2025 Government is, of course, accountable for all its acts. The...

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Oct 9, 2025


Can the Philippines become the ‘Ukraine of Asia?’
By: Roland Simbulan - @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:04 AM September 11, 2025 China’s military objectives in the...

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Sep 15, 2025


The US global war machine in the PH
By: Roland Simbulan - @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:15 AM July 10, 2023 Reposted The additional US Edca (Enhanced...

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Jun 5, 2025


MARCOS’ POLICY OF MILITARISM OVER DIPLOMACY
Bobby M. Tuazon People’s Daily 08 May 2024 Since his ascendancy to power in May 2022, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has played a...

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May 8, 2024


VICTORY OR DEAL? Russia-Ukraine war drags out
Bobby M. Tuazon 13 April 2024 After more than two years of the Russian-Ukraine armed conflict it remains fuzzy which warring side is...

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Apr 13, 2024
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