“Red October” sounds too much like a movie or a thriller. Now, just a few days after that, no less than the deputy chief of staff of the Armed Forces (AFP), Brig. The September 21 plan was unsuccessful, but the plan for October remains. While Genaral Parlade was making his disclosures, President Duterte himself took up the issue in a speech in Cebu during the weekend. Before the whole nation is confronted with such a crisis, the government, led by the President, should first and always be ready to prove that it will prevail in any confrontation.

Source: Manila Times September 24, 2018 16:30 UTC