Some critics of United States global policy say that the US not only supports the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); it also created it (see, for example, www.global research.ca). Although that claim was hooted down as part of his disinformation campaign, Donald Trump said the same thing during the US presidential elections last…
Month: June 2017
UP students condemn ‘sham’ free tuition policy
“Free tuition should be enjoyed by all.”
Top security officials attend closed-door session in last SC orals on Mindanao martial law
The top two security officials who are the administrator and implementor of martial law in Mindanao attended today’s last day for oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
‘Bogus freedom’: June 12 rallyists assert PH sovereignty vs US and China
“Duterte has been in office for a year, yet we see no sign that he will not be subservient to Americans.”
Book Review: Dangerous Waters
‘If there is change you see it first in the Philippine economy’
‘Rice importation is no solution to food security problems’
“The Philippines is an agricultural country, and we have all the means to grow the amount of food that we currently import.”
Año, Lorenzana asked to attend last day of SC orals on martial law
Inside Marawi you can easily defend, but outside of Marawi, I have not seen any evidence that there’s actual rebellion in Dinagat island, Camiguin island, Misamis, Pagadian, Lanao, Dapitan, and all these places.
PH Independence day | Groups call to stop killings, resume peace talks
On Independence Day, June 12, various sectors held joined the day-long protest, starting in the morning from the Chinese consulate in Makati City, and proceeding to the US Embassy in Manila, with calls for national sovereignty and against foreign intervention. The groups particularly assailed the presence and “meddling” by US troops in the conflict in…
Petitioners at SC argue: no basis for martial law
“Absent the existence of actual rebellion in the entire Mindanao, there is no justification to place the entire Mindanao region under martial law and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.”
Solon pushes for probe on US troops’ role in Marawi operations
“Congress should dig deeper into the role of the US government and the CIA in the reported activities.”
June 12 | Protesters want US troops out of PH
Progressives commemorate June 12 Independence Day with a US embassy protest.