USS America in Manila
USS America, an amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy sails into Manila on March 21 for a three-day rest and recreation for its crew after participating in a military exercise in Japan.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that U.S. ‘begged’ Duterte to restore VFA FALSE
The untrue post surfaced shortly after the U.S. sent 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming US impressed with Duterte’s achievement MISLEADS
The video did not even mention the United States but instead featured an unrelated clip from a July 26 interview with Philipine National Police (PNP) Chief Guillermo Eleazar on PTV.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte binawi ang pagtatapos ng VFA sa US kasunod ng mga donasyon ng bakuna
Matapos ideklara noong nakaraang taon na "hindi niya sisirain" ang kanyang desisyon na wakasan ang Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) ng bansa sa United States (U.S.), binawi at ibinalik ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kontrobersyal na military deal bilang "konsesyon" kasunod ng donasyon ng mga COVID-19 vaccine ng Washington.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte recalls termination of VFA with US following vaccine donations
After declaring last year that he would “not renege” on his decision to terminate the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States (U.S.), President Rodrigo Duterte backtracked and reinstated the controversial military deal as a “concession” following the donation of COVID-19 vaccines by Washington.
Duterte does a Marcos’ ‘show me the money’ tactic
“I would like to put on notice, if there’s an American agent here, that from now on, you want the Visiting Forces Agreement done? You have to pay.”
VFA: Confusion over custody
By LAURO L. BAJA, JR THE killing of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino citizen, allegedly by American PFC Joseph Scott Pemberton, in the Philippines brought open to the fore the provision of the Visiting Force Agreement (VFA) especially sections of Article 5 on criminal jurisdiction and custody of erring U.S. servicemen. The VFA gives the Philippines
And why should Aquino go to the wake of Jennifer Laude? Who she?
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS TOTOO naman. Bakit nga naman inaasahan natin pumunta si Pangulong Aquino sa lamay ni Jennifer Laude? Sino ba si Jennifer Laude? Hindi naman siya kamag-anak ng mga Aquino. Hindi naman siya haciendera katulad ng mga Cojuangco-Aquino. Hindi naman siya sundalo. Hindi naman siya miyembro ng Liberal Party. Hindi naman siya nanay
Aquino’s deafening silence on the killing of Jennifer Laude
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE silence of President Aquino on the murder of a Filipino transgender by a member of the United States Marine Corps more than a week ago in Olongapo City is deafening. Jennifer Laude, 26, a citizen of this country was killed brutally (severely beaten, strangled, drowned , her head shoved in
U.S. custody of Pemberton denigrates PH sovereignty
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE suspected killer of transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the US Marine Corps 2nd Battalion 9th Marines, is in the custody of the United States. A statement by the U.S. Embassy in Manila said Pemberton “ is being held onboard USS Peleliu while a
