ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Council recently declared political analyst Richard Heydarian persona non-grata due to derogatory remarks against Mindanao, particularly a statement comparing Mindanao to sub-Saharan Africa in terms of Human Development Index.ZAMBOANGA City Council...
DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has strongly objected to a political analyst's recent comparison of Mindanao’s human development status to that of Sub-Saharan African countries.“I come from the north of the country where our human development index is almost at the...
While the Philippines cannot take China out from the equation, it can adopt a derisking strategy to prevent them from gaining full control of the country's critical sectors, a political analyst said.Asian Center of the University of the Philippines Professor Richard Heydarian said derisking would...
Carrying out a "symbolic partial repatriation" of illegal Filipino residents in the United States, replicating the move of the Indian government, might preemptively appease the looming immigration issues Filipinos might face under the Trump administration.Manila Bulletin File PhotoAsian Center of...
The 2016 arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines is finally being used by the current administration as leverage to advance the country’s interests with respect to the West Philippine Sea issue, an expert said.Professor Richard Heydarian, a Manila-based academic and columnist, lauded President...
The China Coast Guard (CCG) has maintained near-daily patrol operations at several features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last year, a United States think tank revealed, as Filipino maritime security experts warned the government about China’s new political ploy to allegedly establish a secure...
