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Delegates of the Vietnam coastguard, as well as a 2,400-tonne vessel from their side, will reportedly be in Manila in August as both parties seek to finalise plans for a joint exercise on search-and-rescue and fire-and-explosion prevention.
Chester Cabalza, president of the International Development and Security Cooperation, told This Week in Asia that New Zealand’s desire to strengthen ties with Manila aligned with the West in “their strong position of rules-based order in the tense region”.
They could be neighbours, local officials, even elected leaders – but in reality, they may be foreign spies or criminals masquerading as Filipinos, hidden in plain sight.
“Noticeably, in the past three years, Paris has expanded its defence cooperation with the Philippines. A deeper, more comprehensive agreement seems like a natural progression,” said Don McLain Gill, geopolitical analyst and lecturer at De La Salle University’s Department of International Studies.
A lawmaker last Friday claimed billions in “dirty money” had passed through the accounts of Guo, the mayor of Bamban in Tarlac province, as the government’s Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) ordered her and her associates’ assets frozen.
The Philippines, which has some 200,000 workers in Taiwan, faces its own challenges if conflict erupts. Geopolitical analyst Matteo Piasentini cautioned that “the concern may be real” as Beijing had already warned Manila not to “play with fire” when it comes to the Taiwan issue “if it cares about those workers”.
“China’s continuous military build-up and aggressive manoeuvres in the West Philippine Sea increase tensions and make diplomatic resolutions more difficult. The Philippines needs to stand firm and seek international support to counter these actions,” he said.
Dela Rosa, who served as the head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) during the launch of Duterte’s drug war and is now a senator, said at a Senate forum on Thursday that each case related to the campaign should be treated and investigated separately as he lambasted efforts to lump the deaths into claims that crimes against humanity were committed.