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What is the opposite of red?

I recall from my erstwhile years at the University of the Philippines schoolmates who had later joined the Philippine Military Academy, one of whom became chief of the Philippine Navy. My own high school class of Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan, also red-tagged by neo-McCarthyist supremo Antonio Parlade, had produced only one leftist cadre in contrast to, among others, a secretary of agriculture, an undersecretary of tourism, a public health doctor, law and medical professors, a college dean, a congressman, and two municipal mayors. The leftist cadre was held in high esteem, standing tall among the sterling as the class salutatorian.

What is the opposite of red?

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin nag u-turn sa bagong coast guard law ng China

Sa loob lamang ng dalawang araw, naiba ang posisyon ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tungkol sa pagpasa ng bagong coast guard law ng China — na pinapayagan nitong paputukan ang mga banyagang sasakyang pandagat sa teritoryo na inangkin ng China. Mula sa "wala tayong pakialam," tinawag niya itong isang “verbal na banta ng giyera" sa mga lalabag dito.

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin nag u-turn sa bagong coast guard law ng China

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin u-turns on China’s new coast guard law

In just two days, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. went from saying the passage of China’s new coast guard law — which allows it to fire on foreign vessels in China-claimed maritime areas — was “none of our business,” to calling it a “verbal threat of war” to those who will violate it.

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin u-turns on China’s new coast guard law