MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – U.S. House of Representatives Bill No. 1433 or the proposed Philippine Human Rights Act seeks to block any assistance to the Philippine military and police until the government ensures that perpetrators of human rights abuses are held accountable.
8,000 miles across the Pacific, in the Philippines, the U.S. was given access to an additional four military operation sites in addition to the five already existing under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).
Is the U.S. having its cake and eating it too?
Not quite.
If the U.S. House Bill becomes law, the Philippines could cancel EDCA.
STALEMATE!
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – The outcry for the release of former Senator Leila De Lima more than 6 years of incarceration is growing louder and louder.
Today, De Lima received support from the most unexpected place — San Francisco, and the most unexpected individual — ex-Comelec Chair Andy
Bautista.
Bautista remains in hiding from Philippine authorities which have issued his arrest warrant for non-appearance at a Senate probe on “unexplained wealth,” an accusation coming from his own wife.
In a Twitter post, Bautista demanded that De Lima be freed now, offering to swap his luxurious life in the U.S. with De Lima’s solitary confinement in jail.
Almost immediately, the hashtag #FreeLeilaDeLima was replaced with #ArrestAndyBautistaNow.
Many netizens, however, commended Bautista for his courage, compassion for De Lima, and his true sense of
patriotism. What a man!
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