(Photo courtesy of Wescom) MANILA - National Security Adviser (NSA) Clarita Carlos' first visit to the Western Command (Wescom) and Pag-asa Island highlights the government's commitment to protecting the people and state. "Her visit bespeaks of our common aspiration, strong stand, and unwavering dedication to protecting the people and the state under our responsibility," said Wescom chief, Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, in a statement Wednesday night. During her first official visit to these areas on Wednesday, Carlos met first with Wescom officials before proceeding to Pag-asa Island via military aircraft. Upon arrival, Carlos met with the officials of the local government unit of Kalayaan town, military and other uniformed personnel, and residents. "In collaboration with our peace partners, we have done our best in ensuring that the NSA's official visit in Wescom's area-of-responsibility is worthwhile and that there will be no stones unturned as to all secur
Anecdotally speaking, 1977 is usually accepted as ground zero for punk rock. It was the year the genre truly exploded as it achieved mainstream notoriety and the likes of The Clash, Sex Pistols and The Damned each released their debut albums, kickstarting a youth movement that saw bands burst into life just about anywhere there were kids to form them. Conversely, by 1980 the genre had been declared dead; the media had moved on, the genres of post-punk and new wave had mutated away from its source DNA and its biggest champions had either split or were said to be past their creative peak. Except, that doesn't really account for what happened after 1980. Punk might have lost its mainstream spotlight, but the genre had gone to ground, getting a whole lot faster, angrier and more political as a new wave of punk artists arose to make the scene their own and coin a whole new school for the genre: hardcore. Where new wave co-opted punk's commercial appeal, hardcore p
ANCA, In Defense of Christians, Hellenic American Leaders Echo Congressional Calls for a Strong Stand against Erdogan
WASHINGTON Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders on Friday called on President Biden to confront Turkey’s President Erdogan during their upcoming June 14 meeting, pressing him to tell the Turkish leader that the U.S. will “withhold security aid and implement targeted economic sanctions unless Azerbaijani forces are removed from Armenian territory and all remaining Armenian detainees and prisoners of war are released from Azerbaijani custody,” reported the Armenian National Committee of America.
In a June 11 letter, Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), wrote “precedent shows that Erdogan and Aliyev will not halt their destabilizing actions and violations of international law until the United States takes significant action to hold them accountable.
Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders on Friday called on President Biden to confront Turkey’s President Erdogan during their upcoming meeting on June 14.
trish: remember when president trump said this about north korea? to what do you owe this openness to talk? me. no. nobody got that. trish: well somebody got that. gop senator from south carolina, lindsey graham who has never been shy to criticize the president tweeted, and i quote, if there s an agreement reached between the united states and north korea and the rest of the world regarding the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, the lion s share of credit will go to president trump for his strong stand. surprising? let s ask bri peyton. what do you think about this? i think senator graham is right. the facts are clear. before trump, denuclearization was not on the table and north