Pakistan gets more Aid from the U.S. than the Philippines – Malacanang

Counterterrorism (CT) Aid per Country by the US from 2001 to 2017. The label of the last Column is wrong, it should've read "Total FY 2001 -FY 2017", you can verify this by adding the amounts from 2001 to 2017

Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque gave a very good argument as to why the Philippine should ask the United States (US) for payment for the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) as President Rodrigo Duterte said recently. 

Roque pointed out a Study made by the American Research Organization The Stimson Center in 2018 called “Counterterrorism Spending: Protecting America While Promoting Efficiencies and Accountability”. 

Duterte is correct in asking for Payment from the US for the VFA

President Rodrigo Duterte, Photo from Wikimedia Commons

In a Speech before the Philippine Air Force (PAF) recently, President Rodrigo Duterte said that the United States (US) will have to pay the Philippines if it wants to keep the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with us. 

I agree with him for a number of reasons. First is that the US has proven to be an unreliable ally, their abandonment of us in a showdown against China in Panatag Shoal in 2012 is proof of that and is almost unforgiveable, at least for me. 

Overheard: Hermes 900 Drones can be armed

A PAF Hermes 900 UAV on a Runway, Photo by the Philippine Air Force

Here is a Video of President Rodrigo Duterte inspecting the new Assets of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) yesterday (Friday, February 12, 2021) afternoon. 

 

Inspection of Newly Delivered Air Assets and Talk to Troops

Famewhore Sounding Board of Philippine Military Leakers Strikes Again

Nag imbento na naman ang Famewhore na Ulupong, na "dinispute" ko raw ang libreng Hermes 450 na binigay ng Israel. As I said before, I just ignore his shamelss and undisciplined Philipine Military Leaks. 

Tapos me pa hashtag pang "RHKKainTae". E hindi ba yung apog niya yung lumamon ng Ebak nung sinabi niyang 2022 pa daw popondohan yung Black Hawk Helicopters, tapos biglang naglabas si Lorenzana na they are targeting the Funds and Contract to be made this Year? LOL. 

Philippines shouldn’t be made to choose between China and the US – Sec. Lorenzana

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Philippines should not be made to choose between the United States (US) and China. Lorenzana said: 

"We also have to nurture our relationship with China as a very close neighbor and we have a lot of engagement with them. We cannot choose between the two. We should not be made to choose between supporting the US or supporting China."

32 Black Hawk Helicopters approved by Duterte, Contract may be signed within 2021

S-70i Black Hawk Helicopters of the Philippine Air Force, Photo by the PAF

As per Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in his Interview with the Inquirer News Publication, the actual number of Black Hawk Helicopters approved by President Rodrigo Duterte is not just 15 but as many as 32. 

Lorenzana said that the Yearly Payment can be covered by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Fund and Funds from the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). 

Teachers against the purchase of Black Hawk Helicopters

An S-70i Black Hawk Helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Photo by the PAF

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) is against the Government’s plan to purchase more Black Hawk Helicopters for the Philippine Air Force (PAF), saying that the Money would be better spent on Health and the Economy. 

What the ACT won’t tell People is that the Education Sector is already getting top priority in the Government’s Budget since the 1987 Constitution was enacted, and that’s because that Constitution mandated it.