Much welcome is the news that the Armed Forces, after prodding from senators, is open to reconsidering the deal that allows a China-backed telco to install communication equipment and facilities in Philippine military camps. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he’s taken note of the senators’ concerns and will look again into the agreement. He should, and very carefully—because that deal was first of all signed in his absence. On Sept. 11, while Lorenzana was away on
Folk in Jaro, Leyte, used to dread coming to the farming village of Villaconzoilo. “Not only was the farming village poor and remote,” wrote Inquirer correspondent Joey Gabieta, “it was also a sanctuary of communist rebels.” “There was no access road. Poverty was widespread and we were once tagged as a
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