BrettGC Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 The UK and Aussie members will get it: Carry On President? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted January 29, 2020 Forum Support Posted January 29, 2020 The tit for tat continues. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1221391/duterte-bars-cabinet-members-from-traveling-to-us https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1221391/duterte-bars-cabinet-members-from-traveling-to-us The tit for tat continues. I think this an excellent example of the saying about "Cutting off your nose to spite your face." MANILA Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday barred members of the Cabinet from traveling to the United States, days after he ordered the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and its longtime military ally. “I will not allow any Cabinet member to go there at this time. No Cabinet member should be allowed to go to the United States,” Duterte told reporters in an interview. The President also stressed that he is now slowly “toning down” the relations between the Philippines and the US. Duterte ordered the termination of the military pact after the US canceled the visa of his longtime confidant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, who has also led his bloody war on drugs. The VFA, signed in 1998, accorded legal status to US troops who were rotated in the country for military exercises and humanitarian assistance operations. Dela Rosa, who was Duterte’s chief of police from 2016 to 2018, said the US Embassy did not explain why his visa was voided but he acknowledged it has something to do with alleged extrajudicial killings under his watch. Since he took office in 2016, Duterte has publicly aired his disdain for the US—the country’s most important military ally and former colonizer—and his desire to pivot to China and Russia. This was not the first time Duterte threatened to scrap the VFA. But the firebrand leader claimed that he is “not joking” with the termination of the VFA. “I am terminating the VFA. I was not joking. The day I said it was the day that I decided it should be terminated,” he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 27 minutes ago, Mike J said: The tit for tat continues. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1221391/duterte-bars-cabinet-members-from-traveling-to-us https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1221391/duterte-bars-cabinet-members-from-traveling-to-us The tit for tat continues. I think this an excellent example of the saying about "Cutting off your nose to spite your face." MANILA Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday barred members of the Cabinet from traveling to the United States, days after he ordered the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and its longtime military ally. “I will not allow any Cabinet member to go there at this time. No Cabinet member should be allowed to go to the United States,” Duterte told reporters in an interview. The President also stressed that he is now slowly “toning down” the relations between the Philippines and the US. Duterte ordered the termination of the military pact after the US canceled the visa of his longtime confidant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, who has also led his bloody war on drugs. The VFA, signed in 1998, accorded legal status to US troops who were rotated in the country for military exercises and humanitarian assistance operations. Dela Rosa, who was Duterte’s chief of police from 2016 to 2018, said the US Embassy did not explain why his visa was voided but he acknowledged it has something to do with alleged extrajudicial killings under his watch. Since he took office in 2016, Duterte has publicly aired his disdain for the US—the country’s most important military ally and former colonizer—and his desire to pivot to China and Russia. This was not the first time Duterte threatened to scrap the VFA. But the firebrand leader claimed that he is “not joking” with the termination of the VFA. “I am terminating the VFA. I was not joking. The day I said it was the day that I decided it should be terminated,” he said. This does have an impact on those countries that are concerned with China's actions in the South China Sea. One has to wonder if the the US military will visit PI at all with the privileges the VFA gave now gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey G Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 was it a K-1 Visa ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham59 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 He has never forgiven them (US) for denying him an entry visa when he was a young man. Mustn't say any more.... as I'd like to continue living here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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