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China had used onerous loans to bury client-states in debt so it can seize control of their unexplored rich mineral territories. Secret loan terms fan ‘debt trap’ fears By FEDERICO D. PASCUAL JR. PRESIDENT Duterte should order full disclosure to allay fears that the huge Chinese loans he had contracted to finance his ambitious mega projects mortgaged patrimonial assets and could lead to a “debt trap.” There are just too many countries that had secured soft loans from China falling into a “debt trap” – a situation marked usually with the lender taking over valuable assets or strategic sites, or grabbing vital products like oil, used as collateral by the defaulting borrower. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo says that Filipinos need not worry about the Philippines defaulting since “we will pay” anyway. It has not been shown, however, that Panelo’s word is warranty enough for international lenders. Panelo as presidential legal advise...

NAALALA ko pa na pinagmamalaki ni Digong na milyon-milyon ang dumadaan kay Bong Go, at ni piso hindi nito kinukuha. Dagdag pa na 'bilyonaryo' daw ito. His exact words: "During my term as mayor at sa ngayon he handled millions of the money. Wala akong nakita na kumuha 'yan maski piso," said Duterte Kunsabagay, sa dami lang ng kaibigan ni Go seguradong maraming willing na gumastos sa kampanya nito. Teka, close din kaya sya kay Johnson Chua, kay Allan Lim, at Michael Yang? Sa pagkakaalam ko, close din sya kay Peter Lim, dahil nung masangkot ang pamangkin ni Peter na si David Lim sa isang 'road rage incident' sa Cebu, na may isang Nurse ang nabaril nito dahil lang sa isang traffic altercation; mismong ang nanay ni David Lim ang tumawag kay Bong Go para tulungan ito. https://www.rappler.com/nation/164761-david-lim-cebu-city-surrender-police Anyways, lahat pala ng pera dumadaan kay Bong Go...in other words, bagman? via @Rappler [excerpts] : The Presi...

"GOD I hate drugs; If you destroy the youth, I will kill you!"  Are these threats mere slogans or facade to cover up the worst fear that the country is already being run by notorious drug lords and crime syndicates? Three Chinese men with not so clean of a record, having some brushes with the law; allegations and actual cases (dismissed) of drug manufacturing (shabu lab), drug dealings, including importation and transshipment of drugs; reportedly “have formed a group to solidify their illegal drug business” using legitimate firms as front. Johnson Chua is said to be based in Macau while Michael Yang and Allan Lim , are in the Philippines. And take note, Michael Yang walks the halls of Malacañang being the presidential adviser to the president.  Allan Lim was also captured in a picture with Yang and Duterte while in Malacanang. One would recall that a confirmed drug lord, Peter Lim, a kumpadre, with a pending warrant of arrest, and now in hiding also had an audience w...

LUTONG CHINA, kaya lasang China ang interest sa utang at kondisyon sa proyektong Kaliwa dam! Matapos ang malatelenobelang drama ng water shortage o artipisyal na pagkawala ng supply ng Manila Water sa mga kustomer nito...unti-unting binalik ang tubig pero kasabay nito ang pagbubunyag na tuloy ang proyektong Kaliwa Dam sa Hulyo; na uutangin sa China. As if 'whether you like it or not!' So nagdrama ng water shortage para itulak ang tao na suportahan ang proyektong uutangin sa China! March 20 - Kaalinsunod nito ay ang pakikipagpulong ng grupo ni sec Medialdea, DFA sec Teddy Boy Locsin, DOF sec Dominguez, at iba pa, para daw magbigay ulat sa gobyerno ng China sa mga proyekto nito sa Pilipinas. Wow! Reporting for duty sir? Iba pang kasama sa pulong ay si Public Works Secretary Mark A. Villar, Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade, Interior Local Government Secretary Eduardo M. Año, Budget Department Officer-in-Charge Janet B. Abuel, National Economic and Development Aut...

"SI DUTERTE ANG MAGIGING MITSA NG GYERA SA SOUTH CHINA SEA..." 'Ang kawalang aksyon o pagkainutil ni Duterte'  sa patuloy na pagsakop ng Tsina sa mga isla sa South China sea at ang malinaw na pagkiling nito sa Tsina ay posibleng maging dahilan ng Amerika na gamitan ng solusyong militar ang gusot sa South China sea...upang tuluyan nang pigilan ang Tsina sa pagdomina nito sa rehiyon ng Asya. Anut' anupaman, "hindi kailanman papayag ang Amerika na dominahin ng Tsina ang Asya, mapamilitar o mapakomersyo man ito. " Hinayaan ng Amerika o maaring sabihin na hindi hayagang nakialam ang Amerika sa hidwaan ng mga bansa nakapaligid sa South China Sea, kahit malinaw na sinasakop na ng Tsina ang mga isla dito at ginigipit ang maliliit na bansa. Pero, hindi rin nangangahulugan na balewala sa Amerika ang kaganapan dito. Sa abot kaya ng kanilang impluwensya ay nagpaparamdam ito ng pagtututol at sinusuporthan ang mga bansa sa Asya na tumindig sa kanilang karapatan...

Duterte and cohorts already drawn out their plans rights after midterm election! *** All major Chinese funded projects were actually timed or scheduled right after midterm election. *** Proceed with Charter Change and Federalism. ***M artial law on standby just in case... Let us go to the details, 'The First Agenda' ... via @rappler: Philippine economic team flies to China for infrastructure projects... https://www.rappler.com/business/226061-economic-managers-fly-china-infrastructure-projects-march-2019 The delegation will be led by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.  The team will meet with top officials of China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday, March 19, to score new agreements on infrastructure cooperation between the two countries. There are 75 project s under Build, Build, Build , 19 of which are programmed to be  funded by China . There is no stopping to this agreements as no one nor any decent government agency, nor co-equal body dares t...

MAGSISI MAN ANG ECUADOR...HULI NA, NAKABAON NA SILA SA TSINA! TAYO MAY PAGASA PA? Debt Trap: Katulad ng naranasan ng ibang bansa, gaya ng Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Pakistan at iba pang bansa sa Africa, ibinaon sila ng Tsina sa mga utang sa pamagitan ng mga proyektong sub-standards o mababang kalidad, napakataas na interes sa ginastos (utang), at ang masakit ay hindi talaga kailangan; kung ito man ay kailangan, ito ay punom-puno ng suhulan (bribery). Sounds familiar? Katulad ng nangyari sa Ecuador na nagtayo ng isang dambuhalang dam o imbakan ng tubig na ang layunin ay tugunan ang pangangailangan sa tubig at kuryente...magandang layunin ngunit' nauwe sa korapsyon! Ang artikulong ito ay hinango sa panulat ni Nicholas Casey at Clifford Krauss ng New York Times, "It Doesn't Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid." -December 2018. Atin itong sinalin sa tagalog sa abot makakaya; upang maihayag ang tamang konteksto o nilamaman nito... "Hind...

MWSS HUGAS KAMAY NA...TINURO NA ANG MANILA WATER! UNA sinise ang El Niño (drought), binago at sinabing 'unepected daw dahil marami raw ang nagipon ng tubig matapos silang mag-anunsyo ng 'water interruption'. Binago muli at sinise naman ang pagtaas ng populasyon. Anuba talaga kuya? Ooops, binago uli at sinabing bumaba pa sa kritikal level ang tubig sa reservoir ng Lamesa dam. Pero, teka...98 porsyento ng tubig ng Metro Manila ay nanggagaling sa Angat Dam. Ang tubig naman sa Angat Dam ay direktang dadaloy sa Ipo Dam...at ito naman ay dadaloy (6.4 km) sa Bicti, at dadaan ito sa limang (5) aqueducts o daluyan, at tutuloy sa Lamesa portal, 60 porsyento ay lilihis papunta sa Lamesa Treatment Plant na pinatatakbo ng Maynilad, at labas dito ang 40 porsyento ay pupunta sa Balara Treatment Plant na pinatatakbo naman ng Manila Water. Ang excess o sobra ay mapupunta naman sa Lamesa 'raw water' reservoir. So malinaw na bakit ang Maynilad na na galing din sa Angat Dam a...

"In any crisis, it opens opportunity, a crisis is a chance, a turning point to initiate a solution..." What if the crisis were made to create an opportunity to justify a controversial decision or a preemptive justification? It is like laying down a crisis to justify the need for a solution? Today, Metro Manila is experiencing some sort of an unexpected water shortage...and the excuse of the water concessionaire - they did not expect it, that after their announcement of a scheduled service interruption, many started stocking up, depleting the reserve. What? #@#@W@!! Impeccable timing! Now that a group of lawmakers were making noise questioning the loan from China on the installation of a dam, which the lawmakers find disadvantageous to the country. The rates are usurious and the conditions or provisions apparently favors China...to wit: Loan Terms: *** The project has an interest rate of 2%, much higher than Japan's rates of 0.25% to 0.75%. *** The total proj...

WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE?  'A public official who goes out of his way to do what to some is funny or a public official who is frequently absent during major calamities and events; missing in action, skipping international schedules and local events for a power nap? Duterte mocks Mar Roxas using an old video in 2009, "should have been a traffic aide," Roxas' camp says it's service "Oy Roxas, if that is the only thing that you are capable of doing, you should have worked as a traffic aide instead," he added. The President made the comment during a speech during the distribution of Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) in Sagay, Negros Occidental. Duterte was referring to an old video of Roxas that showed him managing the traffic in Commonwealth Avenue caused by former President Gloria Arroyo's last State of the Nation Address in 2009. In hindsight, how many times did Duterte skip international meetings and local events? Or showing...