Raissa Robles
Investigative Journalist at Freelance
Senior Philippine Correspondent at South China Morning Post
Tweets - Fact-based Opinion; Investigative Journo; Publisher https://t.co/PWZvkL9clC - inside Ph politics & Beyond; freelance journo for foreign publications
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Raissa Robles
Five aquatic drones of likely Chinese origin recovered in Philippine waters served to collect data for commercial and military applications including for “underwater warfare”, with a China Telecom SIM card and components tied to China’s defence industry found in them, a Philippine naval official said on Tuesday.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Raissa Robles
The Philippines’ Balikatan or shoulder-to-shoulder military drills with the United States this year will be the “Super Bowl” of exercises that will fully test Manila’s defence plan, Army Brigadier General Michael Logico has vowed. Echoing the sentiments on Tuesday, American counterpart Marine Colonel Doug Krugman said the drills would include “quite an interesting mix of equipment” – including the China-opposed Typhon missile system – to be deployed by the US.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Raissa Robles
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Raissa Robles
The Philippine presidential palace has downplayed concerns about President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s health after video footage appeared to show him with bleeding gums while speaking at a military event this week – a moment that quickly fuelled speculation online about a possible kidney condition. The incident, which unfolded during a short address at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Wednesday, was caught in a five-minute video posted by the presidential palace and state broadcaster RTVM.
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2 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Raissa Robles
The killing of a prominent ethnic Chinese businessman and his driver – whose bodies were found bound and stuffed in rice sacks by the roadside east of Manila – has reignited fears over a surge in violent kidnappings in the Philippines and the growing threat of organised crime networks. Anson Que, 51, CEO of Elison Steel and a well-known figure in the Chinese-Filipino community, was abducted on March 29 along with his driver, Armanie Pabillo, in Bulacan province.
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