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Fake news. We have that in abundance direct from the President himself. Now we have Fake Charge

The poor are most exasperated. The poorest class, Class E, is least satisfied with Duterte’s performance.

In the long stretch of the history of a persistent catastrophe befalling nations, often overlooked are seemingly innocuous events that actually constitute the pathways to disaster.

Let me first emphasize an important constitutional point: there is a difference between false information provided by ordinary citizens and false information peddled by public officials.

The Philippines’ chairing of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the regional organization’s 50th anniversary received a rude shock when Malaysia dissociated itself from a statement on the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, issued by Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano.

Cielito "Honeylet" Salvador Avanceña has weighed in on the more serious issues of her partner’s presidency. And we are stunned by her logic.

The one subject that drives Duterte up the wall is his alleged huge bank deposits first exposed by Sen. Trillanes in April 2016.

The Philippines has the sole, exclusive jurisdiction over the Philippine Navy vessel and personnel allegedly involved in the Bolinao shooting incident last Sept. 22.

BANGKOK – Laos and Cambodia are often seen as little more than political twins who have chosen to reap economic benefits from China in exchange for their loyalty to the Middle Kingdom – and choosing this alliance over keeping consensus with their ASEAN family.

If there is any institution that was able to fully institutionalize the lessons of martial law and the People Power Revolt, it is the Philippine military. That lesson is that they should always be united. They should never allow themselves to be on opposite sides of the political fence. Better be on the wrong side than to be on opposite sides. Why?

NINGBO, China - It is disturbingly obvious that the ASEAN states do not – and will not – possess the same enormous politico-economic clout that China has to be able to accommodate the West while at the same time strive to reshape a world order dominated by Western hegemony.

President Duterte never ceases to stun us. Yesterday, he admitted that his story about the offshore accounts of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV was a product of his imagination.