By Mar-Vc Cagurangan

Fortunately, America’s foreign aid cuts didn’t exactly cripple the Pacific island region. Lowy Institute estimated that 80 percent of U.S. dollars streaming into the region are earmarked for the freely associated states—the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands—through Compacts of Free Association.

The warm receptions filled with fanfare that Lai and his delegation received in Tuvalu, Palau and the Marshall Islands reflected a promising

Filipinos mourn the passing of former Philippine president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, who died in a Quezon City hospital Thursday. He...