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Mindanao women protest against US-RP Balikatan exercises (Photo courtesy of Gabriela Davao)
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Other story: Daybreak rally, protest caravans greet US-RP Balikatan exercises MANILA -- Government employees held a protest action against Balikatan, a joint military exercises between the United States and the Armed Forces of...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
First was the comment of US Ambassador Harry Thomas that a big percentage of tourists go to the Philippines for sex tourism, now its an article in a US Marine Corps publication which describes the country as being known for its "raunchy party atmosphere...where alcohol and scantily clad women have attracted Marines and sailors over the years."
By MARYA SALAMAT
Can their semantics circumvent the Constitutional ban on permanent stationing of US troops?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last Thursday I received an emailed letter from an Australian who was in Manila last February 4 and read my column piece that day, about the new US defense plan calling for expanded American role and military...
By MARYA SALAMAT
“We do not need the government to once again sell out our sovereignty.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com If US military presence overseas is about ensuring peace and stability, why did it invade Afghanistan and Iraq, and why is it now provoking Iran? If the US is really serious about pushing for human rights and democracy, why is it...
By MARYA SALAMAT
"One hundred and 13 years later the pattern of US plunder and exploitation of Filipino natural and human resources continues; so does the depressed condition of the Filipino people." -- KMU
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It has now hit the headlines, the US is negotiating with the Aquino government for an increase in its military presence in the country through more frequent joint military exercises and other military cooperation activities, and an...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Marjohara Tucay reminded me of Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at then US President George W. Bush. Although Tucay did not throw his shoes at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a...
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – There is freedom of expression according to the Philippine Constitution, but according to the marchers who protested the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the country, the Aquino government is “giving more...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the past two days, I attended two similar but distinct commemorations, at UP Diliman on Tuesday and at Club Filipino yesterday. The events celebrated the 20th anniversary of the historic act by the...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Activists decried the docking of US warship in Manila Bay as a symbol of US aggression and disregard for the sovereignty of the country. Members of various progressive groups under the banner of Bagong Alyansang...
An international tribunal found President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as guilty as U.S. President George W. Bush for committing crimes against humanity and the Iraqi people. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com “Guilty!” This was the verdict of the International Criminal...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“No matter how US Ambassador Harry Thomas tries to sugarcoat the Balikatan exercises, it is nothing but massive counterinsurgency operations by US troops in Philippine soil.” – League of Filipino Students
Marking the first year since the death of Gregan Cardeño, a Filipino who died inside Camp Ranao in Marawi City while working as an interpreter for the US troops, various groups held a memorial rally on Wednesday to demand justice and to hold those behind the incident accountable. (Photo courtesy of Patriotiko Mindanao / bulatlat.com)
By RONALYN OLEA
LFS chairman Terry Ridon said the greatest terror threat present in the Philippines is the continued US intervention. Gabriela Women’s Party Luzviminda Ilagan added that there is a terror scare because the ‘lopsided VFA not only allows the entry of terrorists in the country, it also guarantees their protection from suit and accountability.’
Sidebar: The VFA, A History of Abuses
By RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat.com Eleven years of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) has resulted in many incidents of abuses. Here are some: On July 25, 2002, Buyong-buyong Isnijal was shot at by American solder Sgt. Reggie Lane inside his home in barangay Canas,...
PRESS RELEASE September 20, 2010 "We serve a word of warning to the President - the country is not for sale to the United States. He better not sign trade and other executive agreements that would makes our people worse off." This was the statement Terry Ridon,...
Press Release September 15, 2010 Cotabato City - The US government and its excessive global war on terror is impetus to the uproar surrounding the planned construction of an Islamic centre near ‘Ground Zero’ in New York City, according to Moro group Suara. Suara...
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