Contents About the author - p4 1 - Digong's "neutral" foreign policy February 15, 2017 - p6 2 - Are Duterte and Trump the new normal? November 18, 2016 - p13 3 - Duterte's Flip-Flop Diplomacy November 2, 2016 - p20 4 - Did China Trick Digong? November 7, 2016 - p27 5 - Digong was the 'Manchurian Candidate' all Along! - October 24, 2016 - p34 6 - Beware the Ides of October - October 16, 2016 - p41 7 - A Nation in Pain - Oct. 11, 2016 - p49 8 - 'Strategic Diamond' takes shape in the Pacific - September 8, 2016 - p57 9 - Foreign Policy Fiasco September 19, 2016 - p65 10 - China Sets Eyes on Benham Rise September 27, 2016 - p72 11 - The Philippines at a dangerous Crossroads - October 3, 2016 - p79 12 - The Philippines' three historical mistake Sept. 11, 2016 - p85 13 - Duterte's Honeymoon with China May 30, 2016 - p93 14 - Duterte's brand of politics May 24, 2016 - p101 15 - Duterte: Strongman With A Soft Spot May 16, 2016 - p108 15 - Why I Publish/Reprint Books Tatay Jobo Elizes - p115 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. Also at WFA yahoogp. 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. Affiliations: Member of the Sheriff's Community Advisory Board, Sacramento; Moderator, FilAm Media; Community Advisory Panel Member, Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Member of and Cal Expo Board, Sacramento County; Founding Member, The Filipino Journal; Founder, GlobalBalita.com; Education, Bachelor of Science Industrial Engineering, Adamson University.) Visit www.GlobalBalita.com for more news and updates. To contact Perry Diaz directly, please email [email protected]. For advertising opportunities, please email [email protected]. + + + + + 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.