Benjie Oliveros | Mar 21, 2007
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In Night of ‘Rape’ and ‘Outrage,’ Arroyo Allies in Congress Take First Step to Cha-Cha
In Night of ‘Rape’ and ‘Outrage,’ Arroyo Allies in Congress Take First Step to Cha-Cha
Opposition congressmen tried to block the approval of House Resolution 1109 that would create a Constituent Assembly, with some valiantly opposing the apparent railroading of the measure. But the sheer number of Arroyo’s allies was overwhelming.
Soldiers ‘Abducted, Tortured’ Fil-Am Activist
Soldiers ‘Abducted, Tortured’ Fil-Am Activist

“I thought I was going to die there and then,” Melissa Roxas says. “They held my feet and my hands down and doubled-up plastic bags were pulled down on my head and face and closed on my neck and I started to suffocate and I could not breathe anymore and I was seeing white and thinking I was going to die.” | JOHN EDWARD JANDOC, MELISSA'S COMPANION, REMAINS MISSING
10 Years On, VFA Only Served US Interests
Activists protesting the VFA.
10 Years On, VFA Only Served US Interests

Activists protesting the VFA.
Has the Visiting Forces Agreement served its avowed purpose? Or has it only reinforced the unequal alliance between the Philippines and the United States, a relationship so tilted in the Americans’ favor that to call the VFA an agreement -- with all the word’s connotation of equal rights, benefits and privileges -- would be a travesty?
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