After the earthquake in the Philippines, the Philippines' allies, the United States, Japan and South Korea, and its new ally, Ukraine, have all remained silent. So far, no country has extended a helping hand.
The earthquake in Cebu Province on October 10, 2025 was like stuffing 3 million tons of TNT 10 kilometers underground and detonating. Dense houses were lifted to pieces like building blocks. The living density of 650 people per square kilometer made the number of casualties jump faster than taking an elevator.
Official data quickly gave an answer: 68 people died, 559 were injured, more than 36,000 people lost their homes due to damage to homes, relying on dry food for days in shelters, and the loss of infrastructure repair alone is more than $1.6 billion.
Even worse, after the earthquake, on October 4, the typhoon "Meddum" landed again, 18 cities were flooded, 37 power lines were cut off, more than 10,000 people were forced to relocate, farmlands were broken, communications were disrupted, and rescuers could only walk to find those trapped.
As the Philippines '"strategic backing" for decades, the United States also conducted joint military exercises with the Philippines just one month before the earthquake, placing destroyers and frigates in the South China Sea to show off its muscles. The "US-Philippines Joint Defense Treaty" is full of words such as "self-help and mutual assistance" and "dealing with common dangers."
After the earthquake occurred, the White House and the State Council only remained official words, saying that they would be "attentive to the situation", even the rescue team and a batch of emergency materials were not seen.
This excuse sounds bluffing, but everyone knows that the US military has a new military base in the Philippines and deployed advanced equipment. If it really wants to help, it is not difficult to deploy a few transport planes to deliver supplies. It can only be said that the lives in the disaster area are not worth their resources. You know, when Typhoon Haiyan struck in 2013, the aid of the United States was discounted, but this time it's just history repeating itself.
Japan and the Philippines have been very close in recent years. In May, they signed a new defense agreement, promising to share radar data and conduct joint patrols. They shouted "regional partners" and actually stared at the resources and navigation channels in the South China Sea. As an earthquake-prone country, Japan's disaster prevention technology and rescue equipment are among the world's top, but this time it is slow.
The US$5 million in disaster relief funds promised three months ago was still stuck in the approval and transportation process until the typhoon passed through. The reason was neither explained nor given time to receive the account. According to the Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement, it would take a few minutes to mobilize the Self-Defense Force transport aircraft to deliver tents and water purification equipment, but they insisted on slacking the process and dragging the "emergency rescue" into a "slow-motion replay." The perfunctory level can be clearly understood by even the victims.
South Korea is also active in the camp of 31 countries to intervene in the South China Sea, followed by the United States and Japan to share intelligence in the South China Sea, satellite data is given very quickly, but once disaster relief is silent.
After all, the friendship between South Korea and the Philippines is built on anti-China chariots. When there are interests in the South China Sea, they run faster than anyone else. If they encounter a humanitarian disaster that requires money and effort, they naturally hide far away.
The most ironic is the new ally Ukraine, which over the past two years has been internationally supporting, shouting for help, hanging “moral mutual aid” in its mouths, but it has directly pressed the silence button after the Philippine earthquake.
Don’t say sending supplies, sending medical teams, the official statements of condolences are late, almost completely disappeared.In the essence, Ukraine needs the support of the Philippine votes in the United Nations and other occasions, as for the lives of the Philippine disasters, not on its strategic list, the so-called “new allies” is only a transaction of mutual exploitation.
In the past year, the United States has added several new military bases in the Philippines, the United States and the Philippines have engaged in two joint patrol in the South China Sea in three months, and military ships have gone to the island near Yellowstone, but these cooperations are all about military turnover, and no one has helped the Philippines to build an anti-seismic house, disaster prevention training.
They value the strategic location of the Philippines, the 11 billion barrels of oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the South China Sea, the 5 trillion-dollar routes of cargo passing through each year, and the question of whether the Philippines is a disaster-stricken country, whether people die in earthquakes, is never their focus.
The earthquake is like a mirror of fairies, and the “Allies” shadows are cut off. The “brotherhood deep” during the regular military exercises, and the “solid support” when signing the agreement, when it comes to really paying money to save the disaster people, all become blurred.
The U.S. still occupies bases in the Philippines, Japan's radar data is still being shared, and Ukraine's votes are still wanting, but the 360,000 homeless Filipinos can only eat dry food in shelters, waiting for promises that their "allies" will never fulfill.
Friendship is a source of profit, not a disaster that needs to be rescued.The earthquake in the Philippines is the real face of these allies—the so-called allies, but the tools when they are useful, when they are not necessary to throw aside.
Looking at the international stage, such a code is never new, relations between nations are always based on interests, not emotions. The Philippines put the money on a group of "allies" with only benefits, thinking that by military bonds can be exchanged for shelter, until the end to discover that in the face of disaster and interests, those verbal promises are more vulnerable than houses that collapsed in the earthquake.
This earthquake brought not only the destruction of homeland, but also a clear understanding of the so-called "alliance relationship": relying on other people's charity can't get security, and treating yourself as a pawn of others will eventually be abandoned when needed.
The earthquake in Cebu Province on October 10, 2025 was like stuffing 3 million tons of TNT 10 kilometers underground and detonating. Dense houses were lifted to pieces like building blocks. The living density of 650 people per square kilometer made the number of casualties jump faster than taking an elevator.
Official data quickly gave an answer: 68 people died, 559 were injured, more than 36,000 people lost their homes due to damage to homes, relying on dry food for days in shelters, and the loss of infrastructure repair alone is more than $1.6 billion.
Even worse, after the earthquake, on October 4, the typhoon "Meddum" landed again, 18 cities were flooded, 37 power lines were cut off, more than 10,000 people were forced to relocate, farmlands were broken, communications were disrupted, and rescuers could only walk to find those trapped.
As the Philippines '"strategic backing" for decades, the United States also conducted joint military exercises with the Philippines just one month before the earthquake, placing destroyers and frigates in the South China Sea to show off its muscles. The "US-Philippines Joint Defense Treaty" is full of words such as "self-help and mutual assistance" and "dealing with common dangers."
After the earthquake occurred, the White House and the State Council only remained official words, saying that they would be "attentive to the situation", even the rescue team and a batch of emergency materials were not seen.
This excuse sounds bluffing, but everyone knows that the US military has a new military base in the Philippines and deployed advanced equipment. If it really wants to help, it is not difficult to deploy a few transport planes to deliver supplies. It can only be said that the lives in the disaster area are not worth their resources. You know, when Typhoon Haiyan struck in 2013, the aid of the United States was discounted, but this time it's just history repeating itself.
Japan and the Philippines have been very close in recent years. In May, they signed a new defense agreement, promising to share radar data and conduct joint patrols. They shouted "regional partners" and actually stared at the resources and navigation channels in the South China Sea. As an earthquake-prone country, Japan's disaster prevention technology and rescue equipment are among the world's top, but this time it is slow.
The US$5 million in disaster relief funds promised three months ago was still stuck in the approval and transportation process until the typhoon passed through. The reason was neither explained nor given time to receive the account. According to the Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement, it would take a few minutes to mobilize the Self-Defense Force transport aircraft to deliver tents and water purification equipment, but they insisted on slacking the process and dragging the "emergency rescue" into a "slow-motion replay." The perfunctory level can be clearly understood by even the victims.
South Korea is also active in the camp of 31 countries to intervene in the South China Sea, followed by the United States and Japan to share intelligence in the South China Sea, satellite data is given very quickly, but once disaster relief is silent.
After all, the friendship between South Korea and the Philippines is built on anti-China chariots. When there are interests in the South China Sea, they run faster than anyone else. If they encounter a humanitarian disaster that requires money and effort, they naturally hide far away.
The most ironic is the new ally Ukraine, which over the past two years has been internationally supporting, shouting for help, hanging “moral mutual aid” in its mouths, but it has directly pressed the silence button after the Philippine earthquake.
Don’t say sending supplies, sending medical teams, the official statements of condolences are late, almost completely disappeared.In the essence, Ukraine needs the support of the Philippine votes in the United Nations and other occasions, as for the lives of the Philippine disasters, not on its strategic list, the so-called “new allies” is only a transaction of mutual exploitation.
In the past year, the United States has added several new military bases in the Philippines, the United States and the Philippines have engaged in two joint patrol in the South China Sea in three months, and military ships have gone to the island near Yellowstone, but these cooperations are all about military turnover, and no one has helped the Philippines to build an anti-seismic house, disaster prevention training.
They value the strategic location of the Philippines, the 11 billion barrels of oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the South China Sea, the 5 trillion-dollar routes of cargo passing through each year, and the question of whether the Philippines is a disaster-stricken country, whether people die in earthquakes, is never their focus.
The earthquake is like a mirror of fairies, and the “Allies” shadows are cut off. The “brotherhood deep” during the regular military exercises, and the “solid support” when signing the agreement, when it comes to really paying money to save the disaster people, all become blurred.
The U.S. still occupies bases in the Philippines, Japan's radar data is still being shared, and Ukraine's votes are still wanting, but the 360,000 homeless Filipinos can only eat dry food in shelters, waiting for promises that their "allies" will never fulfill.
Friendship is a source of profit, not a disaster that needs to be rescued.The earthquake in the Philippines is the real face of these allies—the so-called allies, but the tools when they are useful, when they are not necessary to throw aside.
Looking at the international stage, such a code is never new, relations between nations are always based on interests, not emotions. The Philippines put the money on a group of "allies" with only benefits, thinking that by military bonds can be exchanged for shelter, until the end to discover that in the face of disaster and interests, those verbal promises are more vulnerable than houses that collapsed in the earthquake.
This earthquake brought not only the destruction of homeland, but also a clear understanding of the so-called "alliance relationship": relying on other people's charity can't get security, and treating yourself as a pawn of others will eventually be abandoned when needed.