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The Senate should approve defense treaty with Australia

June 13, 2012 | Opinion, Politics & Government

Filipinos protest against the ratification of the RP-Australia Visiting Forces Agreement in front of the Senate building in Pasay city, south of Manila. Image Credit: EPA

Commentary By Perry Diaz What’s going on in the heads of some of our senators?  Haven’t they learned that the Philippines’ defense was weakened when the Senate evicted the U.S. military bases in 1991?  Now, without warships and warplanes to defend our country, our government is begging the United States to promise that she will defend the Philippines from Chinese invasion of the Scarborough Shoal Read More …