INTERVIEWING University of the Philippines student Marjohara Tucay, editor of the UP student newspaper The Philippine Collegian, GMA7 TV’s Howie Severino implied in so many words that by expressing his opposition to the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) during a GMA7 TV event with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Tucay was in violation of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘VFA’
Trojan horse
Posted in Vantage Point, tagged Hillary Clinton, Marjohara Tucay, VFA on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cheap
Posted in Vantage Point, tagged Subic rape case, VFA on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A hundred thousand pesos nowadays will buy you 1/20th of a two-bedroom house in a cheap suburb of Manila, and less than 1/10th of a previously-owned 2004 Series Three BMW sedan. The same amount should just about cover the insurance for both purchases. It’s not much — about US$2,000 — given today’s prices. But that’s [...]
