TAMA si [Senator Miriam Defensor] Santiago baka madehado ang claim natin sa Sabah… dapat careful ang Congress sa pagpasa sa Philippine baseline bill kasi parang walang alam ang mga lawmakers na ‘yan sa mga territorial claims ng Pilipinas.
Dapat ‘wag na nating pakawalan pa ang Sabah.
– Amando Respicio Boncales, Illinois, US (via e-mail)
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April 6th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
To Pedro,
Not because we dont have military presence in Sabah, it would mean we dont have the rightful right. If that would be the legal opinion, then we would be back in times of the Roman, where the mighty rules, and with that, all lands would be owned by eithe US or Russia who have several bases world wide.
The question is, can we afford conflict with Malasia ? With the likes of Marcos around, I would say, Yes we can. With Gloria, we would have a NIL chances. Our Land never easily succomb to military intervention in the past. We fight the mighty and the great. We fight the Spaniards, the Japanese, the American. All are wordl power of their time. Can we not fight the Malaysian ? If we can not, then we just better hide in our Lola’s skirt and runs away. There would be no place on us here on earth.
April 6th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Kung hindi lang sana tayo naging masyadong anti-Marcos nung araw, Sabah may have been part of the Philippines territorry now. I was still young then, But i remember, Marcos try to regain Sabah thru two discreet military approach. But some anti-Marcos elements expose the delicate military mission that spoil everything. Marcos during those time replaces Macapagal, who will replace now Macapagal II ? Do we need new Marcos ?
April 6th, 2008 at 8:41 am
I am helping Malaysia get richer by working for them. Sabah is getting richer because of its vast oil deposits. What can the Philippines do? Malaysians just laugh at us for being poor, maids, nannies, our accents (as if their accents are not funny, even worse). What the Philippines should do is to regain whatever Glory we had before. Improve our image. Stop all bickerings and work toward progress. If we’re only politically stable, peaceful, then there’s no doubt we can get all the investment money we need to compete against our once poor neighbor Malaysia. Living in Malaysia has made me cry a lot for our country. I argue, educate people about what went wrong with the Philippines, and telling them that there’s hope. Is there really? Sorry for veering into another topic.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
In addition to that, why aren’t we claiming back Guam and other pacific isalnds from the US? Many of these islands were part of Las Islas Filipinas for 400 years!
April 4th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Just because Sabah belongs to the sulatn of Sulu does not mean that it “must” be part of the Philippines. You see, the Sabahans voted in favor of Malaysia back then. The issue therefore should be between the Family of the Sultan of Sulu and Malaysia. It should not be politicized by the Philippines.
Granting that the Philippines won the claim over Sabah yet most Sabahans don’t want to be part of the Philippine yet they don’t want to leave Sabah for the Malay Peninsula, what will we do, papalayasin sila? Aapihin sila?
Some say one reason Malaysia doesn’t want to let go of Sabah is because it is rich in natural resources. Isn’t it that is the very same reason why the Philippines is after Sabah! We are hiding in disguise of “it belongs to the sultan of Sulu”. Had Sabah been like Taiwan, Japa or Korea, which are not rich in natural resources, I doubt the Philippines will pursue its claim.