The country has been shocked by the news that came out in the past few weeks about a murder case in Olongapo City that involves a US military serviceman and a transgender woman who has been bitten, beaten and drowned to death in a motel lodge.
The case has also gathers massive criticism over a bilateral agreement between the government of the Philippines and the US government that allows an accused US military serviceman to be kept under the custody of US whenever he committed a crime in the Philippine territory until proceedings are completed.
Some parties wants the abolition of the VFA, but some has suggested to show the pros and cons of it, is it really necessary for the welfare and security of our country or is the abolition of it beneficiary to some or is it just our hard feelings that urges us since the victim is our ‘kababayan’?
Above all, Laude is said to be a “Hate Crime” victim. Speculations about his death came out, but there are more questions than answer in the first preliminary investigation as the suspect Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton didn’t show in the Olongapo City Prosecutor’s Office last October 21, 2014.
The case has also gathers massive criticism over a bilateral agreement between the government of the Philippines and the US government that allows an accused US military serviceman to be kept under the custody of US whenever he committed a crime in the Philippine territory until proceedings are completed.
Some parties wants the abolition of the VFA, but some has suggested to show the pros and cons of it, is it really necessary for the welfare and security of our country or is the abolition of it beneficiary to some or is it just our hard feelings that urges us since the victim is our ‘kababayan’?
Above all, Laude is said to be a “Hate Crime” victim. Speculations about his death came out, but there are more questions than answer in the first preliminary investigation as the suspect Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton didn’t show in the Olongapo City Prosecutor’s Office last October 21, 2014.
