SOON after President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte decided to extend the suspension of the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), United States National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien came calling bearing gifts.

(According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the new extension will end on Aug. 9, 2021, i.e., 69 days after June 1, 2021, which means 29 days of June plus 31 days of July plus 9 days of August 2021.)

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