Tags: VFA
Miriam Santiago, groups bewail SC decision upholding basing agreement
“Let us assert our sovereignty and call for the total abrogation of this agreement.”
‘Under Aquino, the LGBT have no rights’
“The Aquino government does not recognize the rights of the LGBT, let alone respect them.”
Under the shadow of VFA | ‘US, Aquino gov’t barring justice for Laude’ – solon
“What kind of government is this that instead of ensuring complete justice for its own citizen who was victim of a hate crime at the hand of a US soldier, busies itself on how to protect the safety of the killer?”
Pemberton guilty of homicide, to remain in Jusmag facility for 5 days
“There remains the possibility that the VFA may again snag another convicted criminal from being penalized under the full extent of Philippine laws.”
Groups protest deportation order for US serviceman accused in Laude slay
“Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton should be jailed in the Philippines.”
Independence Day | Protesters to US and China: ‘Hands off PH’
“We will not be caught in the claws of the Dragon, nor the Eagle.”
Solons say no to another VFA
“The US will not defend us against China, nor will Japan.” – GWP Rep. Luz Ilagan
‘It is a military basing agreement’
The proponents of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca) were hard put in defending that it is not a basing agreement, as some senators and opponents say that it is.
‘Jusmag facility illegal’ – anti-US bases expert
Anti-US bases expert Dr. Rolando Simbulan said the presence of a US “sub-military camp” inside a Philippine military camp is not only “an insult,” but a violation of the Philippine Constitution.
Two contrasting treatments
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Two names have become inextricably linked – Jennifer Laude and US Marine Pvt. 1st Class Joseph Scott Pemberton – on that fateful day of Oct. 11. Jennifer was found dead in a hotel in Olongapo City, Zambales, her head submerged in a toilet and her body bore torture marks. Jennifer…