Juliet S. Santos

I starve because of history revisionism, I starve for honesty from trolls/apologists blinded by money, I starve for hope for the poorest of poor who can’t even have a decent meal in a day, while our politicians are enjoying life with their refrigerators fool to the brim!

COMMENTARY: While they say it is common – not illegal – for senators and members of the House of Representatives to hire family members to co-terminus positions, Dela Rosa went five steps ahead with that unwritten privilege. He filled his entire senate office with family members of himself and his wife's. Perhaps only the thick-faced will have such hubris and hilas. vera.ph/3P2Qsqn

Filipino fishermen were peacefully sailing near Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) when the goons of China Coast Guard arrived blaring loud siren on their speed boats & started harassing the Filipinos. China does this everyday.. @RommelFLopez @ToniSpeakEasy @Jay83214566

See how destructive China is in South China Sea! Video shows crushed corals and a discoloured seabed at Escoda Shoal after dozens of Chinese maritime militia vessels swarmed the area and fished destructively. China shows no respect for Philippine sovereignty & the environment.

The “next Ukraine” line is a fear formula meant to divide Filipinos. But the Philippines isn’t improvising, there’s a Mutual Defense Treaty since 1951, defined EDCA cooperation (9 locations), and decades of joint training that make coordination real, not theoretical. Don’t fall for manufactured panic, like viral claims that overseas strikes automatically threaten EDCA sites. EDCA locations are Philippine sovereign facilities, not foreign bases. The sober approach is simple: verify first, stay calm, strengthen readiness, protect livelihoods, and keep coercion from turning into conflict, while prioritizing Filipinos, especially our OFWs. #BRPSierraMadre #WestPhilippineSea #FactsNotFear #DefenseReadiness #MaritimeSecurity #Deterrence #OneAFPOnePhilippines

"Earth has enough for a man's needs but not for his greed" These words stand true for China's insatiable hunger for others maritime space and territories.

The @Chinaembmanila wanted #JayTarriela reprimanded for relentlessly exposing PRC aggression and illegal operations at sea— He did not get a reprimand. He got a promotion! From Commodore, now a Rear Admiral! ⭐️⭐️🫡 #WestPhilippineSea #SouthChinaSea

Really, Bong Go? You can say with a straight face? Maa-amaze ka talaga sa HYPOCRISY ng alalay na ito ni Duterte. How about the victims of EJKs in Davao City when your MASTER was its mayor, and in the entire country, when your AMO was president? Hindi ka lang talaga isang dakilang alalay, isa ka ring ACCOMPLICE sa lahat ng katarantaduhan ng BOSS mo.

'GONE TOO SOON' Children were killed in Duterte's war on illegal drugs. They were 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 17 years old. They had homework to finish, exams the next day, Mass to attend, and most especially dreams to achieve. Some were asleep, some were getting ready for school. But they were killed and became part of the thousands of Filipinos killed in the bloody war that the previous administration waged. As the ICC case against Duterte moves forward, families demand justice. For them, the search for accountability is inseparable from grief — and from the lives they say were taken too soon. | @AdrianINQ READ MORE: inqnews.net/liveslosttooso…

Kaya naman pala kahit balik balik sa Netherlands every week at kahit ang laki ng pf ni Kaufman eh walang problema sa pera. Ang daming kinurakot nitong bruhang to! Isama pa yung ninakaw ng tatay nya at mga kapatid nya! 😏

Tapos papayag pa kayo na nakawan pa rin kayo 🤣🤣🤣

A BIG YES!!

The audacity!

⚠️ Ex-DOJ Sec. Vitaliano Aguirre: “Wala naman ako kinalaman dyan sa war on drugs na yan.” May kinalaman ka! You made up the bogus drug charges against Sen. Leila De Lima to stop her from investigating Duterte’s war on drugs from CHR to the Senate. LIAR! 🤮 #DutertePanagutin

Four Chinese coast guard boats got humiliated and driven away by Taiwan after barging into restricted waters off Kinmen Island. These cowardly Chinese incursions are the real threat to peace. Backing down against their feeble intimidation would be surrender.

CCP's playbook is simple: •Send out “fishing boats” that look more like a maritime militia. •Back them up with state vessels. •Cry victim when anyone pushes back. •Then lecture the world about “laws and regulations.” If they truly respected laws and regulations, they wouldn’t treat disputed waters like a private pond. The world isn’t buying their B S anymore.

@StratbaseADRi Statement on Philippine-China Trade and Investment Relations The Stratbase Institute rejects the Chinese embassy’s claim that any serious damage to diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China would “cost millions of jobs.” This assertion is not supported by official economic data from the Philippine government. According to the latest data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from China from January to November 2025 amounted to USD 3.10 million, a 52.43% decrease from the USD 6.52 million recorded during the same period in 2024. These inflows represented only 0.27% of total FDI received by the Philippines in the first eleven months of 2025. In 2024, China accounted for just 0.55% of total net FDI inflows. This continues a steady downward trend in China’s investment share, which declined from 12.04% in 2019 to just over 1% in 2023, before falling further in 2024. The data clearly indicate that China currently plays a relatively minor role in overall FDI inflows to the Philippines. In terms of approved but unrealized investment commitments, China also trails behind other countries. Data recently released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show that in 2025, Chinese investment pledges amounted to PHP 10.25 billion, only 3.76% of the total PHP 272.58 billion in pledges received by the Philippines. While Chinese investment commitments surged during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte – rising from PHP 2.33 billion in 2017 to PHP 50.69 billion in 2018 and peaking at PHP 88.67 billion that represented 22.7% of total pledges in 2019 – these commitments fell sharply to PHP 15.59 billion in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and global lockdowns. Since then, Chinese pledges have remained comparatively low. At the same time, the Philippines faces structural vulnerabilities, particularly a widening trade deficit largely driven by imports from China. While China is often cited as among the country’s top trading partner, the relationship is heavily skewed toward imports. This persistent and expanding imbalance, especially after former President Duterte’s pivot toward Beijing in 2019, heightened dependence on foreign goods, increased exposure to supply chain disruptions, and put pressure on the country’s balance of payments. Taken together, official government data show that China’s contribution to Philippine investment inflows is limited, while trade relations remain structurally imbalanced. Claims that diplomatic strain would automatically lead to catastrophic job losses are therefore exaggerated and not supported by empirical evidence.

April 2012 didn’t begin with a battle plan. It began with a sighting. A Philippine Navy aircraft looked down into the lagoon of Bajo de Masinloc and saw eight Chinese fishing vessels inside. The response was procedural, almost routine: dispatch BRP Gregorio del Pilar, verify, board, document. One boat after another, the boarding teams did what maritime law enforcement is supposed to do—inspect, collect evidence, enforce the rules. And the evidence was hard to ignore: piles of giant clams, harvested corals, live sharks in the holds—acts illegal under Philippine law, in waters unmistakably within the Philippine EEZ. On paper, this should have ended as a straightforward case. No shots. No war. Just law on the water. But this story wasn’t going to be decided on paper. Before the seizure could happen, the “white ships” arrived. Beijing didn’t contest the inspection in court—it countered it at sea. Two China Marine Surveillance vessels, Haijian 75 and Haijian 84, moved into position at the mouth of the lagoon, turning the exit into a chokepoint. Soon after, a fisheries law enforcement ship joined them. The message wasn’t legal argument. It was presence—meant to stop the law from being carried out. This is the moment the incident shifts: from an enforcement operation into a standoff—where control isn’t proven by documents, but imposed by who can physically hold the water. BRP Sierra Madre Docuseries — Episode 3 (Part 4) ▶️ Full documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=vdohce… #WestPhilippineSea #WPS #BajodeMasinloc #ScarboroughShoal #BRPGregorioDelPilar #MaritimeSecurity #InternationalLaw #UNCLOS #RulesBasedOrder #EvidenceSpeaks #SovereigntyDefended #FactsFirst #MaritimeTruth

Pangatawanan nyo mga binitiwan pangako sa tatay nyo! Good riddance to all of you!

May kasabihan nga “sa oras ng kagipitan duon malalaman kung tunay ang kaibigan”. 🐍 tuklawan na!! 😁