By Bernie V. LopezAs seen on the April 2020 issue of Philippine Tribune Spratleys is peanuts compared to Benham, the next flashpoint with China. There are a few reefs to militarize, only remote defenceless oil rigs to build. China’s ongoing secret explorations imply they will claim Benham by hook or by crook. Duterte’s subservient stance […]
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GLOBAL PANDEMIC LOOMS
By Bernie V. LopezAs seen on the March 2020 issue of Philippine Tribune If prayer can save us from a volcano, can it save us from a virus? The Bubonic Plague in the 14th Century killed about 50 million, which was 25% of the European population then. The Spanish Influenza in 1918 killed about 50 […]
Conspiracy theory about coronavirus
By Bernie V. LopezAs seen on the March 2020 issue of Philippine Tribune The report that the new coronavirus is an American bio-warfare initiative is pure conspiracy theory. The post cites ‘suspicions.’ Harvard’s illegal DNA sampling of “Hundreds of Thousands” of Chinese is hard to believe. Hundreds of thousands given DNA tests at the cost […]
The Fr. Suarez I knew
By Bernie V. LopezAs seen on the March 2020 issue of Philippine Tribune I met Fr. Suarez through Fr. Carlos Abesamis, SJ, my mentor in high school at Ateneo de Manila. The late Fr. Carlos was the confessor and adviser of Fr. Suarez. We stayed overnight in Los Baños. I ended up producing one of […]
A brief overview of the ARAMCO Tragedy; Are we at the brink of WW III?
By Bernie V. Lopez As seen on the Novmber 2019 issue of the Philippine Sentinel A critical geopolitical event has unfolded. Drone attacks on two ARAMCO oil refineries in Saudi Arabia, the largest worldwide, is predicted to soon cut Saudi oil production by half and world supply by 5%. Global price of crude instantly soared […]
How must Filipinos deal with China?
by Bernie V. LopezAs seen on the September 2019 issue of The Philippine Sentinel We Filipinos are in a dilemma how to deal with China. She can bully us around because we are small. We can fight back but it’s a losing battle. The option of international courts has failed. China simply ignores D’Hague and […]