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Focus on the Philippines: Number 31 |
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The 'Bad Guys' in Iraq
By Herbert Docena
IN HER COLUMN IN ANOTHER PAPER YESTERDAY, Solita Monsod continued to insist that the Philippine government should have allowed Angelo dela Cruz to be beheaded because we should not give in to the “terrorists.” She cites the recent kidnapping of Kenyan, Indian, and Egyptian workers in Iraq as proof that wasn’t the government’s support for Iraq’s invasion that caused dela Cruz to be abducted. She also dismisses calls for the Philippine government to withdraw its support from the occupation of Iraq because she earnestly believes that the occupation has ended because the United Nations says so. In all this, Monsod laments that “we seem to be forgetting…who the ‘bad guys’ are.” |
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Focus on the Philippines: Number 30 |
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Withdrawal from Iraq just the first step By WALDEN BELLO http://bworld.com.ph/current/TopStories/topstory8.html This writer is often a shade cynical when discussions drift to the President, who has been one of the most calculating political animals ever to stride the Philippine scene. But to be fair, the decision she made to save Angelo de la Cruz was not based mainly on political calculation. It came from simple humanity: like most of her countrymen and women, President Arroyo simply could not allow a fellow Filipino to die owing to a commitment to an abstract principle like "not giving in to terrorists." |
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Focus on the Philippines: Number 29 |
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Big Pharma: Part of the Problem of part of the solution? By Walden Bello In this issue: We feature the speech delivered by Professor Walden Bello last July 14, 2003 as part of the debate on patents, drug development and HIV/Aids at theXV International Aids Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Read full article >> |
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Focus on the Philippines: Number 28 |
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The ‘terrorists’ in Iraq : Support for the illegal war-not pull-out-exposes us to ‘terrorism’ By Herbert Docena In this Issue: Ten more members of the Philippine Humanitarian Contingent in Iraq are expected to arrive today. According to news reports from Baghdad, the remaining 32 other members will be flying back to the country shortly, thus signaling the full withdrawal of Philippine troops from Iraq. The entire country now awaits with bated-breath the homecoming of Angelo dela Cruz, the truck driver and father of 8, whose captivity moved the nation and reinvigorated the debate on the war and the occupation of Iraq. |
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Focus on the Philippines: Number 27 |
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Meditations of a Single Day By Renato Redentor Constantino In this Issue: Constantino shares an eventful day in Hong Kong with hope-filled anectodes about overcoming adversaries no matter how powerful they are. The reported mobilization in Hong Kong with numbers reaching close to half a million protestors is impressive. Red’s narrative is an important insight into the prevailing political climate in Hong Kong seven years after the historic handover to China. Trade campaigners around the globe are looking at Hong Kong-- the site of the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization in 2005-- as the next major convergence point of anti-WTO, anti-globalization protests. It would be useful to pause and reflect on the sort of issues that are closest to the hearts and minds of HK residents today and how to link their concerns to issues of trade and globalization, if we are hoping for a repeat of the "mammoth demonstration on July 1" with its characteristic mix of discipline and determination next year. Red Constantino writes a regular column for the paper TODAY and its online partner, abs-cbnnews.com where this piece originally appeared (Op-Ed, TODAY/abs-cbnnews.com. July 12, 2004 http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?section=Opinion&OID=54976 |
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