vonjobi: wow, congratulations! kelan ang trip? i hope i'll be around when you come. had a good time with diosa last...
Keith Bacongco: Knowing Nograles and his Big Boss...garapalan na lang talaga.
Vinia Datinguinoo Mukherjee: Congratulations, PCIJ! Mabuhay kayo!
Lead Philippines: But without credible mass media there, what is left to protect the people..?
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hopeless_race : Lets not just focus sa mga malversation of funds, sa mga overpricing..ating pagtuunan ng atensyon ang diskarte ng mga politiko na umuutang ng bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno."Small time" ang ibang pamamaraan ng pangungurakot kumpara sa pag-utang sa gobyerno ng bilyon na tunay ngang masasabing "pinaka big-time" at wala pang sabit.
hopeless_race : Mukhang tikom ang bibig ng lahat pagdating sa diskarte ng mga politiko sa pagutang ng mga bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno na tinatakbuhan. Itong pamamaraan na ito ang tunay na kumakain ng malaking porsyento ng ating national budget batay na din sa sinasabi ng world bank.
hopeless_race : Pakisilip naman po ang mga utang ni Villar sa BSP, ang mga utang nila RAMON JACINTO, RONNIE ZAMORA, JOE DE VENECIA at madami pang ibang mga pulitiko. Iilan lamang yan sa mga nababanggit sa balita na may mga malalaking utang sa gobyerno.
hopeless_race : Nagmimistulang "small time" lamang ang malversation of funds kumpara sa laki ng kinakamal ng mga umuutang sa gobyerno. At ito ay malinaw na natatakbuhan dahil hindi nga naman pwede makulong ang may-ari ng kumpanya sa pagkaka-utang lamang. Tunay na mga tuso at magagaling sa batas itong mga politiko natin. Masasabi ko na malamang lahat ng mga politiko ganito ang diskarte...wala pang kulong.
hopeless_race : PCIJ pkitingnan naman po ang mga gaya ni Villar na my malaking utang sa Gobyerno pero tinatakbuhan. Magtatayo ng kumpanya at uutang ng bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno ng walang balak bayaran. Tunay ngang walang nakukulong sa utang...ito ang prinsipyo ginagamit ng mga politiko ntin kaya nakakapagtaka kung san napupunta ang daang bilyong pera ng gobyerno.
hopeless_race : Sana itreat naman po ng media ang hacienda luisita at mendiola massacre na parang MAGUINADANAO MASSACRE. Ipublicized ang mga katotohanan at ipakita sa tao ang karumaldumal na pinaggagawa sa mga farmers dun. Untouchable po ba sila cory at danding at hindi magawang batikusin ng media about these two massacres?
hopeless_race : Kapag napaguusapan ang mendiola at hacienda luisita massacre ay parang walang nangyari at parang hindi big deal. Anu po ba ang pinagkaiba ng dalawang nabanggit na massacre sa maguindanao massacre?
hopeless_race : Its sad that we pinoys are blind to the fact of what had happened in mendiola and hacienda luisita. Ang tanong..bakit ang media ay hindi manlang matackle ang ganitong usapin? Takot ba sila kay cory at danding?
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hopeless_race : Gud am..glad to be back.
jr_lad : rip mr. alecks pabico. you'll be greatly missed!
sevens21 : Dati input mo lng name at SSS ID makukuha mo agad STATIC INFO...
sevens21 : tawag ka sa HOTLINE nila walang ANSWER grrr we need pa namn ng static info SSS Gising!!!
sevens21 : Gawa naman po kayo ng article about SSS. Pangit ng site nila dali ma blocked ng account
guest_899 : we must check the background of each potential candidates to avoid having another big mistake like GMA
guest_899 : congratulations to PCIJ, more power and God Bless !
jazzymuver : how did Arroyo swallow that kind of things!! how come that she just spend the money our countrymen for her own sake!!
guest_3664 : i would be glad if u can include the investigation of the manner public officials announce infra projects as per COA regulation. It is frustrating to see their faces on the tarpaulin instead of the prescribed information like name of project, date of implementation,amount of contract, source/s of fund, among other things. This is very rampant here in Marikina. Thanks and more power on your noble endeavors. We need people like you to have make our country great again.
jhanz_08 : im making research on R.A 9136...with rgards to the privatization of NPC..could someone out there can let me understand more bout this matter?why was monopoly dismantled?email me..jhanycem@yahoo.com...thanks much
erika marie : P.S.:) my paper is due next week and i do hope someone could provide me these reports coming from reliable resources thank you ulit.
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guest_4275 : i am currently doing a study for my paper regarding political killings in the philippines. i noted that there are no human rights reports during the Aquino and Ramos administration. could someone out there please send me reports regarding these matter? i do hope these reports came from reliable resources you could send it in my email; erikamariet@yahoo.comyour response would surely be appreciated. thanks everyone. god bless.
jayson bourne : gusto ko po maging member ng PCIJ, panu po ba? may application po ba? sana mapadalhan nyo ako ng info sa email ko... www.jboxpenshoppe@yahoo.com
jayson bourne : cory is OK, but kris & Noynoy sensationalize masyado...
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meow : boycotts worked during marcos years. how about doing it now against the businesses of the con-ass congressmen?
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Video probes U.S. military’s ‘unconventional’ presence in Sulu

Posted by: Alecks P. Pabico | February 18, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Filed under: Governance, Image Galleries, In the News, Videocasts

'HUMANITARIAN' BALIKATAN [photos by Conrado Maralit]
A U.S. military doctor, assisted by a medical corpsman, performs minor surgery in the coastal village of Bolong, Zamboanga City.

A heavily guarded U.S. convoy rolls through a rough road in Jolo, Sulu bound for a medical civic action program in the outskirts of the island.

A heavily guarded U.S. convoy passes by a local public utility tricycle.

U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney talks to young American soldiers over lunch at the US encampment inside the Philippine Army's 104th Infantry Brigade in Jolo, Sulu.

A U.S. military chaplain brings children's books as part of the Balikatan's medical civic action program in a school in the remote village of Buansa in Indanan, Sulu.

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WITH another round of Balikatan exercises formally opening tomorrow until March 4, American troops are again back in the country. Foreshadowed by the bitter row over the temporary custody of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith convicted of raping a Filipina, the joint military exercises will however focus “mainly on humanitarian assistance” this time.

Not everyone though is buying this claim. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, for one, believes the focus on “humanitarian work” is just a ploy to make the military exercises “acceptable” and “palatable.”

Last month, the PCIJ also featured a report by Herbert Docena, a senior researcher at the Focus on the Global South, a policy research institute, on the constant presence of U.S. forces in the country since January 2002, particularly in Mindanao whether or not there were scheduled Balikatan exercises. As Docena pointed out, the contingent of U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOFs) maintained in the country are not exactly “ordinary” troops as they are considered as the elite unit of the U.S. military specializing in covert missions.

The Focus on the Global South report is also now in video-documentary format, which had its first public screening in Manila at the University of the Philippines last Friday. The video was first shown in Jolo, Sulu last February 10.

Probing allegations of U.S. military involvement in the war in Sulu, regarded as the stronghold of the Moro National Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf Group, the documentary contradicts American and Philippine officials’ oft-repeated claim that the U.S. troops are never involved in combat. It zooms in on one particular operation in which U.S. troops were said to have joined Filipino soldiers in their offensives against the MNLF.

The video also contextualizes the issue of U.S. military presence in the country within the long and bitter history of conflict in the south, examining the historical conditions that led to the emergence of the Moro separatist movement and the subsequent rise of the Abu Sayyaf.

To order free copies of the video, write to info@focusweb.org.

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