Letters to the Editor


VFA Works to Foster Servility, Prostitution and Corruption
09.06.2009

We from the Bikolano Aliance for Nationalism against Balikatan (BAN BALIKATAN) very much disagree with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The only things that work in the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is that it fosters the US trampling on our sovereignty, prostitution, more human rights violations and now even corruption.

Philippine Government Should Stop Deluding People on Real State of Economy
17.05.2009

In its latest report on Asia the IMF raised the need for governments in the region to implement measures that will boost domestic demand. It said that the Philippines and other Asian countries must rely more heavily on domestic consumption to keep their economies afloat. The government, however, is less pessimistic than the IMF and expects the country’s growth in gross domestic product to expand by 3.1-4.1 per cent this year.

Senate Should Investigate Corruption in Balikatan Exercises
17.05.2009

We from the Bikolano Alliance for Nationalism against Balikatan (BAN BALIKATAN) call on the Senate and the House of Representatives to investigate the corruption exposed by former Lieutenant Nancy Gadian, former officer-in- charge (OIC) of the Civil Military Operations (CMO) Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) in the 2007 Balikatan Exercises in Jolo, Sulu. She accused Lt. General Eugenio Cedo, the former chief of the Westmincom of pocketing a lot of money from the exercises.

Gloria Arroyo’s P25-M Reward Against Political Killings, the Height of Hypocrisy
09.05.2009

This is a reaction to the news that Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo decides to allot P25-M in solving and preventing political killings---obviously passing the buck on solving political killings to Congress. This is an aspect of Gloria’s maneuver to clear her bloodied name, but what is more insidious though is that it is the apparent mastermind of the political killings that is the one offering the reward to get the mastermind.

Storms in Mid-summer Wreaking Havoc in Bikol
09.05.2009

This is a reaction to the news article titled “Flash floods cause evacuation in Camarines Norte capital” last May 2. It is sad to say that this is just the tip of the iceberg because as of this writing, 19 have already died and 15 are still missing in the region. Barangays in Catanduanes have been cut off due to flooding, major thoroughfares in Sorsogon and Camarines Sur are no longer passable and Albay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda is about to declare the province under a state of calamity.

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