By MARYA SALAMAT
“The issue of Tubbataha again underscores the problems with the Visiting Forces Agreement. A crime was committed against our country and yet the Philippine government could not even conduct its own investigation of the perpetrators.” – Bayan
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...
Artists and activists staged a three-leg bar tour of gigs as a build-up towards the 10th anniversary of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO CULTURE Bulatlat Paslangin ang bawat salita ng humamak sa kasarian: Puta, kiri, kerida,...
A National Artist for Literature, the star witness in the National Broadband Network scam, and the mother of a missing activist are among the conveners of the recently-launched Junk VFA Movement. The Junk VFA Movement describes itself as “a broad initiative that calls for the assertion of national sovereignty and the termination of the VFA (Visiting Forces Agreement).” It also calls on the Arroyo administration to regain custody of US Marine L/Cpl. Daniel Smith.
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