RP-Japan accord ‘toxic’

[klavel]

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Sad but true..Hope the legislature will prevent this from happening..

A NEW DUMP for toxic waste may soon open for Japan -- and it has 7,100 islands.

This is how concerned environmentalists see the likely effect of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signed on Sept. 9 in Helsinki on the side of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

In exchange for the export of nurses and caregivers, the Philippines will allow the entry of toxic and hazardous waste under the JPEPA, according to environmentalists.

The top Philippine negotiator in the trade talks, Senior Trade Undersecretary Thomas G. Aquino, told the Inquirer that the accord covered a broad range of products. But only regulated waste would be allowed into the country once the pact is ratified by the legislatures of the two countries and goes into effect, Aquino said.

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerhea...ticle_id=28543

[darkraven]

kuyawa gud aning nga trade....

philippine nurse and caregivers for japan's toxic waste

wa na lipong atong government ani

[fingolfin]

... hhhmmmmm, in ten years time we'll have mutants in our hands. haha. X-men, filipino style. hehehe. Seriously, we have a lot of islands in the philippines to spare. and c'mon, why should people be bothered by it?? Just look at some major cities in the philippines, like manila. It's already a toxic zone.

[godCode]

ahaka gud ani... tsk tsk tsk...

[LytSlpr]

If this is true, then down with GMA. We are indeed Asia's or the world's prostitute.

[darkraven]

@ fingolfin

if you consider manila as -- already a toxic zone... ok ra sad diay nga mahimo og toxic zone ang uban place sa philippines.

and filipino people should be bothered by it.... its our health that is on risk here.... we don't know what harmful effects this toxic waste would bring to our country.

[cooldude06]

pagka^! this is not a good news to the people.

[baron]

I don't think that the government would compromise our environment in turn of nurses and medical practitioners in Japan. The government knows that we need to give importance to our environment before it becomes too late. All of us should be concerned with this, anyway.

[athlon XP-M]

Could we have the full script of the accord. I think what comes out in the media are just misinterpretations from various sectors whose hidden agenda could be affected in this agreement.

I don't think that Japan will be damping their waste in the Philippines, being an environment conscious country and an advocate of the Kyoto Protocol.

The JPEPA is still a win-win pact for both countries.

[darkwing]

wow Filipino X-Men we export health and import death lol