Rolando Tolentino | Sep 6, 2009
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The Philippines Under Imperial America: A Continuing History of Servitude
The Philippines Under Imperial America: A Continuing History of Servitude

By BENJIE OLIVEROS
The presence of US troops exemplifies and strengthens US domination of the Philippines. When the Philippines was named as “the coordinating country” of the US in its dealings with the Asean, it meant that Manila could be counted on to promote US interests not only in the country but in the whole region.
Benjie Oliveros | Impunity in Profligacy
Benjie Oliveros | Impunity in Profligacy
By the way Arroyo and her officials spent money left and right in paying for expensive meals and the plane fares and hotel accommodations of the whole entourage during its recent US trip, it seems as if they treat the nation’s coffers as their own expense account.
Benjie Oliveros | After Sona, It’s Business as Usual for Arroyo
Benjie Oliveros | After Sona, It’s Business as Usual for Arroyo

The regime would not veer away from the economic policies that Arroyo has implemented in the past. These are the very same policies that made the Filipino people vulnerable to the world economic crisis and to price manipulations and speculative attacks by corporations wanting to pass on the burden of the crisis to the people.
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