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...come true, or are we looking at another example of the Japan of 10 years ago? I believe many of the visions in your report will not come true. And by the way, I was glad to see that the world's oldest profession will not disappear. STEVEN CUENCA Makati City, the Philippines...
...Many Asian nations have come into their own in the past 100 years. This makes it our century, too, a period when we have fought for freedom and gained our independence. This century should stand as the one in which new independent nations were born in Asia. JEWELLYN DIZON Makati City, the Philippines...
...Muslims in Mindanao. The Muslims want their independence from the Philippine government to build their own state. This has been the cause of discord here. Peace cannot be achieved through war. Mindanao should remain part of the Philippines, just as Kosovo should stay within Yugoslavia. JOSE FREDERICK P. FLORESE Makati City, the Philippines...
...large number of the rebels had taken refuge in Camp Aguinaldo in the Makati district of Manila--including the leader of the coup attempt, "Gringo" Honasan. Under General Ramos, government troops quickly assembled at Camp Krame, directly across form the rebel holdout, in preparation for an attempt to overpower Honasan's troops...
...fiesta of freedom, thousands of Filipinos paraded through Manila's Makati financial district under exploding fireworks and a shower of yellow confetti. On the sidewalks, vendors did a brisk business in T shirts emblazoned with CORY. Car horns honked in chorus. Occasional placards bobbed and dipped in the crowd. REBELLION TO TYRANTS IS OBEDIENCE TO GOD, read one. JUST LIBERATED, read another. As cars crawled along teeming Ayala Avenue, men, women and children, priests, nuns and soldiers stopped to greet each other with a salutation that somehow captured the moment: "Happy New Year...