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News Release March 3, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and the Junk VFA Movement today warned that controversies will continue to hound the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement despite the final ruling of the Supreme Court upholding its constitutionality. The SC, in a 2-page resolution, said it was upholding its earlier 2009 decision on…

NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Ang mga insidente ng panggagahasa ng kababaihan ng US servicemen ay nagpapatuloy dahil patuloy na sistematikong pagbibigay-presensya sa mga ito sa bansa. Lampas nang isang siglong may Amerikanong sundalo sa bansa, may base militar man sila o wala. Kahit walang formal na base militar na itinatag, sa dispalsipikadong…

Members of the women’s groups Gabriela and Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) picketed the U.S. Embassy in Manila Nov. 5 to condemn the rape of a 22-year-old Filipina in Subic, Zambales (138 kms. north of Manila) by six U.S. Marine servicemen on Nov. 1. They demanded the pull-out of U.S. troops from the Philippines and called…