Contents+ + + 1 - Is the 'Ilocos Six' A proxy war? July 28, 2017 - p6 2 - The Politics Behind the "Ilocos Six' July 26, 2017 - p13 3 - Who's Behind the Marawi Attack? July 10, 2017 - p20 4 - The Folly of Federalism Redux July 10, 2017 - p29 5 - "Martial Law Kuno" June 23, 2017 - p38 6 - Vietnam: Uncle Sam's Newest Ally? June 14, 2017 - p46 7 - Trump's Geopolitical Miscalculations May 12, 2017 - p54 8 - The ICC Case Against Duterte May 1, 2017 - p62 9 -Did Xi Take Trump for a Ride May 23, 2017 - p70 10 - Trump's 'House of Cards' May 15, 2017 - p78 11 - Vietnam: Uncle Sam's Newest Ally? June 14, 2017 - 87 12 - Trump's Gunboat Diplomacy June 7, 2017 - p95 13 - Uncle Sam or Xi Dada: A question of trust February 15, 2017 - p103 14 - Why I Publish/Reprint Books Tatay Jobo Elizes - p111 ooooo About the Author Perry Diaz started publishing Balita (Global) as a community newsletter in 1987. Over the years, his commentaries and viewpoints have become increasingly popular with Pinoys in the United States, Philippines and abroad. In 2003, Perry started publishing his opinion articles by the name of Perryscope. Today, Global Balita is a daily-published online culmination of Perryscopes, social commentaries, news and features from a variety of respected sources about Filipinos and all that affect them. All articles can be read freely online at his website PerryScopes or Global Balita, easily accessible in the internet. The articles are being archived in printed or hardcopy for posterity under print-on-demand system so that prints will never run out. This will serve all readers, young and old, internet-savvy or not, Filipinos or not, for all generations to come. To contact Perry Diaz directly, please email perrydiaz@gmail.com. For advertising opportunities, please email globalbalita@gmail.com. + + + + Why I Publish/Reprint Books Tatay Jobo Elizes Self-Publisher Writings are timeless and they act as mirrors to history. I publish writings as they remain relevant anytime. I have seen a lot of good writings in the internet, in magazines and newspapers. But most writers have only one or two articles and therefore not enough material to be published as a book. And yet, many of them need to be published or archived. There are also writers who write a lot but never publish them. There are also old books with no more prints available. The solution is to publish/reprint. I do this for free because of the print-books-on-demand (POD) system, but the printed or hardcopy is not free The printed book will always be there among your collections or libraries. Not all use the internet. The internet access has its technical problems. I can produce fiction, non-fiction, in color also. My booklist can be seen at http: //tinyurl.com/mj76ccq (copy and paste) Permission had been granted by the author/ authors to print their books under my free self- publishing service. They own copyrights to their works. Interested reader may request free reading of any of my books, articles or essays via online reading or ebook. Just email me. Thank you. ooooo
