Sabah, North Borneo March 2013 SULTAN KIRAM'S ADVENTURE IN SABAH

Sempurna, LahadDatu are places that are now undr seige by royal army under the sultanate of sulo, this adventuism is unheard of for decades, the entire malaysian Armed frces is now beng mobilized

naval air station cubi point

NAS Cubi
In the 1950s the epical construction of Cubi point rivals the construction of panama Canal in terms of earth moving projects

The need for a naval air station was realized during the Korean War. Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Chief of Naval Operations conceived of the construction of a naval air station at Cubi Point, which was then a rugged and jungle covered finger of land 3 miles (4.8 km) from Subic Naval Base. He pictured the air station as a vital link in the defense of the Southwest Pacific.

In spite of the magnitude of the job and the tremendous difficulties the construction involved, the project was approved by The Pentagon. Civilian contractors were initially tapped to fulfill the project but after taking seeing the forbidding Zambales Mountains and the maze of jungle at Cubi Point, they claimed it could not be done. The Navy's Seabees were then given the project and in 1951, the Seabees began the first phase of the project. The first Seabees to arrive were MCB-3 on October 2, 1951; the second, MCB-5, arrived on November 5, 1951.

The first problem encountered was the transfer of an entire town. The town of Banicain stood on the site of the proposed airfield and so had to be moved to the community of Olongapo where it became New Banicain. The former Banicain now lies under 45 feet (14 m) of earth.

The next problem involved the moving of mountains and the building of a 10,000 feet (3,000 m) long airstrip that stretches out into Subic Bay, along the waterfront and out into the sea. It was one of the largest earthmoving projects in the world, equivalent to the construction of the Panama Canal.

In all, it took five years and an estimated 20-million man-hours to build this Navy base. At Cubi Point Seabees cut a mountain in half to make way for a nearly two-mile long runway. They blasted coral to fill a section of Subic Bay, filled swampland, moved trees as much as 150 feet (46 m) tall and six to eight feet in diameter, and relocated a native fishing village.

The $100 million facility was commissioned on July 25, 1956 and comprised an air station and an adjacent pier that was capable of docking the Navy's largest carriers.

On December 21, 1972, Naval Air Station Cubi Point honored Radford by changing the name of its airfield to Arthur W. Radford Field. Radford had the unusual honor of being able to make the dedication speech himself. The plaque reads:

"Dedicated in honor of Admiral Arthur W. Radford, whose foresight in founding U.S. Naval Air Station Cubi Point has enabled the United States Navy to provide invaluable support to the Seventh Fleet and to carry out its obligations under the Philippines-United States Mutual Defense Treaty."


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An aerial view of Cubi PointEventually, NAS Cubi Point served as the primary maintenance, repair and supply center for the 400 carrier-based aircraft of the Seventh Fleet's carrier force. During the Vietnam War, its jet engine shop turned out 2 jet engines a day to keep pace with demand.

NAS Cubi Point and Naval Base Subic Bay were also at the front lines during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield.

In June 1991, when Mt. Pinatubo, which was just 20 miles (32 km) from Subic Bay, erupted, NAS Cubi Point was blanketed in ash one-foot thick. After the evacuation of all dependents from the facility, an intense clean-up was begun to return the station to normal operations. Within two weeks, NAS Cubi Point was back in limited operation. Soon most building had electricity and water service restored. By mid-July, service had been restored to most family housing units.

By September, most dependents were back to Subic Bay and Cubi Point, but it was also in September that the Senate of the Philippines voted to have the United States withdraw from all of its facilities in the Philippines.

national security adviser norberto gonzales

MONKEYS AE LOYAL TOO

Sa lahat ng secretaty ni PGMA, si Norberto Gonzales ay ang pinaka mysterio ano ang kanyang credentials

some say he is involved sa light a fire movement

some say he is a leader of a back bencer urban poor movement

bakit kaya sya na appoint as NS adviser,

all I can see is his unfliching loyalty to our president

He is a strong proponent of a transistonal govt, who wants to postpone the 2010 election because he forees that it would be disastrous.

This is a classical example of a cabinet secretary who is chosen for his loyalty , not thru his merits.

Born on April 17, 1947 in Balanga, Bataan, Secretary Norberto Gonzales is presently the Presidential Adviser for Special Concerns at the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, Malacañang, Manila.

He is also the Chairman of the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP – Democratic Socialist Party of the Philippines) since 1973.


Advocate of People Empowerment
In 1972-1974, wanting to advance the rights of workers, Sec. Gonzales introduced moderate labor unionism within the Bataan Export Processing Zone, under the Federation of Free Workers.

In 1990, he initiated, along with the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the Federation of Free Workers (FFW), and the Lakas Manggagawa Labor Center, the creation of the Workers Fund. He was part of the formation of the Peasant Development Fund (PDF), as well as the formation of the Kapulungan ng mga Magsasaka at Mangingisda sa Pilipinas (KAMMPIL – Federation of Farmers and Fisher Folks in the Philippines).

Sec. Gonzales has been initiating the organization of farmers, agricultural workers, fisher folks, urban poor, and indigenous people in Northern and Southern Mindanao, Western Visayas, Bicol, Southern Tagalog, and Central Luzon.


Promoter of Democracy and Peace
It was during the era when freedom was severely oppressed that he proved his mettle, as a public servant and a freedom fighter.

He was detained in 1978 by President Ferdinand Marcos for being one of the leaders of Ninoy Aquino’s LABAN in Metro Manila during the Interim Batasang Pambansa (Philippine Parliament) election.

In 1990, he led the creation of the September 8 Movement, a coalition consisting of Catholic and Protestant Church elements and other sectors of society.

In 1992, he assisted in founding the SAMBAYANAN, a national coalition of people’s organizations and cooperatives. He was also co-founder of the Lakas ng EDSA (Lakas EDSA) coalition which launched the candidacy of former President Fidel Ramos.

He also formed, in 1994, the Konsyensyang Pilipino (KP – Filipino Conscience), meant to advance and uphold political and social moral order.

Secretary Gonzales has at least 20 years of experience as a peace adviser and negotiator for the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) – Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Peace Process, the GRP – More Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the GRP – National Democratic Front (NDF) Peace Talks. He also served as a panel member of the GRP-MNLF Peace Process under President Corazon C. Aquino.

His preoccupation with the preservation of peace continues with his attending and participating in numerous international conferences, bilateral talks and discussions on world security issues, models of social

sri langka insurgency

Buti ang ang Si Langka alwas wala na ang LTTE r Tamil Tiger insurgency nila, tayo mula pa noon panahon ni Magsaysay di pa nasusugpo

sa Sri Langka ng ( former Ceylon) may insurgency sa north at south (tamils at singhales)

Si Jose Rizal, ay hangang hang sa harbour ng Ceylon sa colombo in 1800,s siguro ngayon wala na LTTE mag take off na ang Sri Langka.

after my father 1999 Hemoragic stroke, Abduraman wahid becomes my Idol

si wahid ay naging president ng Indonesia after Suharto, sya ay na stroke 5 years before winning the presidency at yung stroke nya requires brain operation just like my father,

since after the stroke o my dad, I always quote Wahid of indonesia about the mental capcity of a person even afte a hunt operation in the brain, antukin nga lang afte
Abdurrahman Wahid (also known as Gus Dur) (born September 7, 1940) is an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. The long-time president of the Nahdlatul Ulama and the founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Wahid was the first elected president of Indonesia after the fall of the Suharto regime in 1998.

interesting developments in the 21st century......

Hugo Chavez ofVenezuela

Raul Castro, brother of Fidel of Cuba

Kil il song of North Korea

Amadinejad of Iran

Burmas junta

mumbai , india terrorist attack. nov27, 2008

Mumbai , India terrorist attack surprised the whole world, very coordinated, parang 1968 tet offensive

Pakistan's new president ' Zadari husband of killed Pak PM Bhutto is pro American , who give US a freehand in attacking Al Quida in the NWFP Northeast frontier provinces ( formerly Princely states of British India)
at present Al Quida and Taliban is on the retreat further to Pakistan, they have the make a wedge between Pakistan and India, and to divert attention to the war on terror in the NWFP area

1. wedge between India and Pakistan- Zadari is very friendly to India, he even calls for joint patrol and operation in their border, terrorist will benefit if Pakistan and India don't trust each other,

a friendly atmosphere between India and Pakistan will be the start of the fall of terrorism in the region

iraqi provinces handed back to iraqi government

in 2002 i thought the us military adminsitration of Iraq will be similar to us military administration of japan and germany.......
lets wait and see

This is the North west frontier of Pakistan- Afghanistan area, it is a no mans land, in the British India this is never ruled by the british Raj

this is never ruled by the British raj , but was ruled by princes loyal to the British crown, called princely state, until now the status of the provinces are very autonomous, they can have sharia system on their own,

many believe that Bin Ladin, and mlaah omar are hiding in this area.
only recently that Pakistan forces are active in operation in this area

Swat (Pakhto: سوات) is a valley and an administrative district in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan located 160 km/100 miles from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora.[1] It was a princely state (see Swat (princely state)) in the NWFP until it was dissolved in 1969. With high mountains, green meadows, and clear lakes, it is a place of great natural beauty that used to be popular with tourists as "the Switzerland of Pakistan".[2].

In December 2008 most of the area was captured by the Taliban insurgency and it is now considered dangerous for tourism. The Islamist militant leader Maulana Fazlullah and his group Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi have banned education for girls and have bombed or torched "more than 170 schools ... along with other government-owned buildings."[3] The Pakistani government in late May 2009 began a military offensive to regain control of the region

ex president carter on his bike in Plains Georgia

The United States best Ex president
it is nice and fun to see life after the presidency

Is he reponsible for the united States retreat after Vietnam War?
Is he the grbachev of the United States, rallying under human rights while Americas allies are toppled one by one from ,The shah o Iran, Anastacio Somoza , Bby Doc Duvalier, the canal zone to Omar Trojillos, Cuba export of arms and troops to Angola ,doing nothing to stop the soviet invasion of Afghanistan, neutralizatin of Finland.

2008 us general election

since 1977 carter vs Ford , i had follow each and every election
my timetable in US election is , election day plus one is election returns.
every election since carter i follow its return from the closing of polls in Hawaii to the beginging of returns in the east coast.
last 2004 Bush vs Keary I personally witness the drama of election night when Iowa and 3 other states with hold thier electors.

Im very excited to again follow closely the counting of votes in US, it is very different fron Philippine election

great political come backs

he is responsible for allied defeat at karakale.. Winston Churchill is a below average student, his father Randolf has so much expectation in him, in the British military his father expected him to be a member of a cavalry regiment, a very prestigious regiment then, but instead his academic performance placed him in the dragoons.... this are infantry who rides to battle in horses but dismounts in battle, a cavalry rides and fight mounted on their horses....
king Simeon after 40 years an elected prime minister
from Elba to Helena
the greatest come back for me is Simeon II of Bulgaria, abdicated as king in 1950's and return to his country after the fall of Soviet Unions iron curtain and run for parliament.... after winning he was elected as Prime minister by parliament....
he is destine to rule and reign Bulgaria....

Napoleon Bonaparte, who was exiled at Elba after loosing the battle of Ligny, return to mainland France and was cheered by the soldiers who were sent to arrest him..
he return as emperor for 100 days......

Winston Churchill after losing in parliamentary election during Potsdam conference return 5 years after again as PM

i notice all political come backs are short term stay the second time around

in the Philippines we have also a great comeback ... jovito Salonga...
and another Jovito who is my father

my interest, my thoughts......... foreign affairs ...

robert mugabe, president of zimbabwe, since rhodesia had thiewr unilateral proclamaton of independence by ian smith, i have followed the development of that country, untl latley when mugabe lost in the first round of the election to transvarai
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world events that i follow in detail

these are the world events that affect by political thinking in one way or the other

of the recent history these following events,from tsar nikolai, ti teddy roosevelt, sadat assasination , the goverance of shah reza to his down fall and the falklands war... i closely watched, read and analyse theses event.

tsar nikolas of russia was a classical example of a fall from the top, the higher you climb , the harder you fall, i read detailed books of his life, even went to his palace in st petersburg, to see the grandeur of his life, and his resting place in peter and paul cathedral