Word: manila
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government was close to signing a 30-day cease-fire agreement with the Communist guerrillas of the New People's Army. But then events took an unexpected turn. At 8:45 p.m. last Monday, Philippine security officers seized Rodolfo Salas, a top N.P.A. commander, outside a hospital in Manila. The military hailed the arrest, which ended a 13-year hunt for Salas, as its biggest catch in almost a decade. Lawyers for the rebels had a quick response: release Salas, or give up all hope of a cease-fire...
...Manila, Aquino hailed last week's arrest of Salas as a "commendable ( accomplishment on the part of our law-enforcement agencies." Salas, 38, was captured outside the Philippine General Hospital after receiving treatment for sinusitis and a goiter condition. He was being helped into a car by Josefina Cruz, his wife, and Jose Concepcion, his driver and bodyguard, when the police closed in to arrest the trio. Officials claim that Salas took part in a 1974 ambush in which five U.S. Navy officers were killed. The government last week charged him with rebellion, a crime punishable by death...
Aquino's position was bolstered in Manila, where a 48-member commission, charged by Aquino with drafting a new constitution, defeated a move by leftist delegates to ban all foreign military bases from Philippine soil. Instead, the commission agreed to leave the issue out of the constitution, making lease extensions for the U.S. military bases subject to legislative approval...
...stunningly successful U.S. visit will not diminish the problems Aquino must face when she returns this week to Manila. But it certainly added a luster of political sophistication to her image as an honest, principled leader. And that should buy her much needed time -- and the increased loyalty of the Phil- ippine people -- in the difficult months ahead...
...Manila's $26 billion foreign debt. I have said all along that we will honor our debts. But I would like our creditors to look at it from our side. We inherited this debt when most Filipinos had no say on how this money was going to be spent. So when I meet with our creditor banks, I will ask them to give us more liberal terms. We have to be given the chance to grow, and we cannot do so if we have to continue paying 50% of our export earnings in interest payments...