NED/CIA have been funding Marcos opponents but failed. To answer this, technically all English based media with the exception of Manila Times are funded by the Americans.
NED/CIA have been funding Marcos opponents but failed

NED/CIA have been funding Marcos opponents but failed. To answer this, technically all English based media with the exception of Manila Times are funded by the Americans.
NED/CIA have been funding Marcos opponents but failed

The US government funded a RAND Corporation report to determine which nation in the Indo-Pacific region would be suitable for hosting US missiles aimed at China. The answer was “none.”
However, the US is determined to change this conclusion not only in terms of hosting US missiles, but regarding Washington’s attempt to recruit nations across the Indo-Pacific region in its growing hostilities toward China.
US Can’t Find Indo-Pacific Nations to Host Anti-China Missiles
Philippines ready to back US if it gets embroiled in war
“He says if they’re asking for the support of the Philippines, it’s very clear that, of course, if push comes to shove, the Philippines will be ready to be part of the effort, especially if this Ukrainian crisis spills over to the Asian region,” Romualdez said in an online briefing with Manila-based journalists. “Give them the assurance that if ever needed, the Philippines is ready to offer whatever facilities or whatever things that the United States will need being a major — our number one ally.”
The Threatened Peoples of East Asia and Europe Can Stop the U.S. Drive to Restore its Global Domination.
WWII Redux: the Endpoint of U.S. Policy, from Ukraine to Taiwan
By John V. Walsh | Dissident Voice | October 30, 2021
“When elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.”
So warned Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2020. He was referring to the consequences for East Asia of a conflict between the US and China.
Cover-up of U.S. Nuclear Sub Collision in South China Sea
US Hopes To Turn Philippines Into Military Outpost Aimed Against China
Funny how Duterte changed his minds after receiving the coronavirus vaccines:
Duterte allows continuation of VFA due to US assistance amid pandemic
The new Trump appointee US Defense Secretary Christopher Miller (doomed to be the shortest serving ever) was in the Philippines making a show of donating war equipment to the Philippines, ironically in the time when it is not needed as it is the time of the Covid pandemic when what we need are ventilators, protective equipment, vaccines and financial aid for economic recovery.
US Defense Secretary Miller’s naughty US spy flights
I said it was just a smokescreen!
Defense Secretary Miller Pledges to Enhance Peace and Stability in the ASEAN Region
This week, Miller, who was appointed as Pentagon Chief in November, has visited the Philippines and Indonesia during his Asia tour. A transfer of $30 mln in defense articles was announced following the results of the meeting between Miller and his Philippine counterpart on Tuesday. The US also pledged to provide Manila with $23.4 mln in COVID-19 assistance and disaster relief.
It’s just a smokescreen!