Philippines

The Ochelli Effect – Jefferson’s History Current Mysteries

From Ochelli.com In the first hour of our Tuesday show Authors, Mike Swanson and Carmine Savastano discussed Thomas Jefferson. When did the narrative of judgment shift on this founding father? Has the revision of American history gone amok? Are Jefferson’s ideas about racial identity anything special when compared to his contemporaries? Is the icon or […]

COVID Crazy: Philippines to Require Commuters to Wear Face Shields AND Masks

Note that the population of the Philippines is approximately 110 million, and the number of reported COVID deaths since February has been only 2,168 – statistically insignificant and nothing anywhere near to the level of ‘pandemic.’
What is becoming increasingly clear around the world, is that authoritarian governments are using the COVID crisis in order to consolidate state power and impose direct restrictions on peoples’ rights and freedoms – all under the unassailable guise of a “public health emergency.”

Why We Oppose Golden Rice

By the Stop Golden Rice Network (SGRN) (Released today in commemoration of the International Day of Protest Against Golden Rice, now in its 7th year) The push for corporate-led solutions to hunger and malnutrition is ...
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On Philippine Foreign Ministry’s Statement on the Situation in the South China Sea


On July 12 of this year, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Teodoro Locsin issued a statement that immediately garnered the attention of leading news outlets because it concerned the situation in the South China Sea (SCS), i.e. one of the most volatile parts of the world where (conflicting) interests of countries of the region as well as world powers collide.

David vs. Goliath: How Poorer Nations Can Fight for Their Interests

I thought I was winning, landing punch after punch, but then I was hit by a surprise left hook, and hit the canvas… intellectually speaking. In a debate segment a little while back I was arguing with a gent who was sure that the only way for smaller countries like Iran, North Korea and Pakistan to stand up to U.S. pressure was to use international “justice”. For him this was something to the effect of going to the UN and trying to punish Washington with lawyers, courts and bureaucracy for its international bullying. The natural response to such flagrant naivete were my arguments like…