By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Counterpunch Newsletter May 01, 2012 Washington has pressured the Philippines, whose government it owns, into conducting joint military exercises in the South China Sea. Washington’s excuse is that China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, Indonesia, and other countries concerning island and sea rights in the South China Sea. Washington asserts…
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Maximum US gains at the least cost via VFA
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last April 18-19, invited by the Patriotiko Mindanao alliance, I joined the culminating activities in Zamboanga City of the 2012 Mindanao-wide anti-Balikatan protest billed as “People’s Caravan and Lakbayan against US Militarism and Plunder.” It was an exhilarating experience for me for two reasons:…
Death of 56-year old fisherman sparks more outrage against VFA, Balikatan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
As long as the US military is treated ‘above the law’ by the government, their victims among the civilian populace will not be given justice.” – Bayan Muna-Southern Mindanao
Mindanao women protest against US-RP Balikatan exercises
Mindanao women protest against US-RP Balikatan exercises (Photo courtesy of Gabriela Davao)
State employees protest vs joint US-RP military exercises
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 the Philippines. Some 4,000 U.S. troops are set to arrive today, April 16, 2012. “Government employees…
Child rights groups outraged over disparaging US military article on the Philippines
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.”
Aquino govt, military defend US troops’ permanent ‘visit’ under VFA
By MARYA SALAMAT
Can their semantics circumvent the Constitutional ban on permanent stationing of US troops?
US Special Forces want wider global operations
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 presence in the Philippines. Minus the compliments,…
Reveal details of VFA review, negotiations with US – progressive groups
By MARYA SALAMAT
“We do not need the government to once again sell out our sovereignty.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
Economic interests behind push for greater US military presence in the region
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 constricting civil liberties through the Patriot Act and why is…
On 113th year of Filipino-American war: groups protest increasing US military presence
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