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General Douglas MacArthur’s Personal Airplane Flies Again
When president Harry S. Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur, then commander of the United Nations Command forces fighting during the Korean War, on April 11, 1951, for “failing to respect the authority of the President” the famed Army leader flew home from Japan aboard his personal airplane, a Lockheed Constellation he dubbed “Bataan”.
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Published on 30/06/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, Stories
Tags: Bataan, MacArthur, President, flight
Bongong Warns Soil Quality 'under Threat'
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the quality of soil in the Philippines was “under threat” and warned that “more serious consequences” could happen if the country failed to address the issue. About 75 percent of the Philippines’ “total crop land is vulnerable to erosion in various degrees, with agriculture losing about 457 million tons of soil annually.
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Published on 23/06/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, Environment, News and Events
Tags: Marcos, President, agriculture, farming, production
Marcos Says PH Bases Could Be 'useful' if Taiwan Attacked
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday that granting U.S. access to Philippine military bases was a defensive step that would be “useful” if China attacked Taiwan. “Now there’s an additional aspect to it,” he said. “And that is … tensions across the Taiwan Straits seem to be continuing to increase. Then the safety of our Filipino nationals in Taiwan becomes of primordial importance.”
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Published on 05/05/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, Defense, Marcos, President, Taiwan
The Power of Millennial Votes in Southeast Asia
In early 2019, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines will go to polls in elections that will either continue the populist/authoritarian dynamics that has gripped the region, and the world, over the past few years or begin to halt it. All three countries have reached a critical crossroad with poll choices that could influence the destiny of the country for decades to come.
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Published on 05/03/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Opinion, Politics, Society
Tags: Duterte, President, country
What Media Missed in BBM's Trip and NAIA's Slip
The state visit of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. or BBM to Beijing on January 3 to 5, and the New Year's Day shutdown of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), closing our airspace to all aircraft and damaging our reputation in travel and business circles worldwide.
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Published on 08/01/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, News and Events, Politics
Tags: China, Marcos, NAIA, President, airport, international
Marcos’ Fake Anniversary
The Marcos dictatorship was built on a structure of falsehoods. Even the date that Ferdinand Marcos chose to remember the start of martial rule, and thus of his so-called New Society, was fake. It was picked for numerology’s purposes: 21 was a multiple of 7, his favorite number. But in fact the “autogolpe” or self-coup that Marcos had been planning for years was finally imposed on Sept. 23, 1972.
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Published on 22/09/2020 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, Opinion, Politics
Tags: Marcos, President
De Lima in Detention: 'Don’t Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg'
“I’m friendly to them, but not too friendly. I never engage in any real, much less lengthy, conversation with any one of them.” The senator, who entered her third year in detention on drug trafficking charges in February, said she didn’t dare partake of food rations from her custodians, either.
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Published on 21/06/2020 by puertoparrot
Categories: News and Events, Politics
Tags: President