By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Two months ago, as the Supreme Court deliberated on the two petitions urging it to declare the Phl-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement unconstitutional, I wrote about former US Senator Mike Gravel’s warning, via his petition-in-intervention filed through Filipino lawyers, that the EDCA could lead…
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Defending Edca, setting the rule
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Although critical of President Benigno Aquino III, Senate minority leader—and former Marcos defense minister– Juan Ponce Enrile verbalized what the Aquino administration hasn’t been explicitly saying about the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Speaking to the media a day after the Supreme Court ruling that EDCA is…
Miriam Santiago, groups bewail SC decision upholding basing agreement
“Let us assert our sovereignty and call for the total abrogation of this agreement.”
Ruling on EDCA: A big victory for US
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “The United States won a significant victory on Tuesday in its effort to counter China’s rising influence in the South China Sea, as the highest court in the Philippines cleared the way for American troops to return to the country on a regular basis.…
After SC nod to Edca, youth group asks Senate: Junk VFA, MDT
“We dare the Senate to outdo itself and act to defend our sovereignty.”
‘Traitorous’ | Groups condemn SC ruling allowing more US troops, bases
“In declaring Edca constitutional, the Supreme Court kowtowed to strong pressure for more massive, more permanent US presence in the Asia Pacific.”
‘Under Aquino, the LGBT have no rights’
“The Aquino government does not recognize the rights of the LGBT, let alone respect them.”
‘US, China, Japan: a trinity of threat to Ph sovereignty’
“As the global superpowers holding the reins in Apec, they direct the policies that enforce the domination of foreign businesses and unbridled plunder of our economy.”
And now there are 15
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective On September 16, 1991, 12 senators, collectively called the “Magnificent 12,” went against the wishes of President Cory Aquino and voted for the non-renewal of the US-RP Military Bases treaty. This paved the way for the pull out of US troops in the country and the turnover of the biggest…
Senate passes resolution requiring its concurrence for Edca
“We begin with the confidence that Senate Resolution No. 1414 is an expression of Constitutional Law on the matter of critical importance to the integrity of the Senate and the honor of this Republic.”
Groups protest deportation order for US serviceman accused in Laude slay
“Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton should be jailed in the Philippines.”