President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RICHARD MADELO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
The American military presence was revealed by President Duterte while lashing out at Vice President Leni Robredo for supposedly being clueless about foreign affairs including the alleged “many offenses” of the United States against the country.
The sprawling Subic bay was the previous site of the largest US naval installation in the country until 1991 when the Philippine Senate voted to terminate the US bases deal. The coastal area has since been developed into an economic zone and become a popular tourist attraction.
“Hindi mo alam kung mga pangyayari noong una, antecedent or precedent, na may ginagawa itong mga Amerikano, parang parang ano tingin yata outpost eh You don’t know about the antecedent or precedent that the Americans are building an apparent outpost),” Duterte told Robredo in a televised address Monday night.
PASAY CITY, Feb. 11 Incumbent and former senators honored former Sen. Victor S. Ziga, who passed away on January 31, 2021 at the age of 75, during a hybrid necrological service held at the Senate session hall Wednesday.
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, in leading the chamber to honor the late Sen. Victor S. Ziga, says the former senator’s defining moment was when he voted against the extension of the United States Military Bases in the Philippines in September 1991. Sotto said that in this historic vote, Ziga “risked the displeasure of his benefactor in voting for what he thought was for the best interest of the Philippines.” Photo from Senate of the Philippines Official FB page
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Incumbent and former Senators honor late Senator Victor S. Ziga
Incumbent and former senators honored former Sen. Victor S. Ziga, who passed away on January 31, 2021 at the age of 75, during a hybrid necrological service held at the Senate session hall Wednesday.
Ziga was accorded arrival honors led by Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, the family of the former senator, and Senate officials.
The Senate President presented to the family of the late senator Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 84, expressing the profound sympathy and sincere condolences of the Senate on the death Ziga who served the chamber from 1987 to 1992.
Past and present senators on Wednesday paid their last respects to the late former Senator Victor Ziga, who passed away on January 31. A necrological service was conducted at the Senate session hall on Wednesday morning in honor of the late legislator, attended by his family, friends, and colleagues.