Interaksyon.com reports that former President Fidel V. Ramos and Broadway star Lea Salonga were among the noted personalities who have signified their support to the planned multi-country protest against the alleged Chinese encroachment on Philippine territory. The others were former Civil Service commissioner Karina David and civil society leader Leah Navarro.
The report said organizers of a multi-country protest, which include former Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros, are vowing to gather tens of thousands on May 11 in Manila alone. Filipino groups in the United States, Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, Thailand, South Africa, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates have also reportedly committed support for the synchronized protest against Chinese incursions in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, site of the ongoing standoff between the Philippines and China.
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we have to act now or else we will be paying for the very bullets that they will use against our countrymen including your siblings, parents and children. Since I cannot go to the streets to protest. i'll endure from consuming and buying chinese-labeled foods from supermarkets and won't even buy from their local merchants here even just for gift purposes (divisoria, tutuban & etc).
if all pinoys (FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE) will sacrifice from eating locally produced foods and buy local products, we will not just maintain the money (foreign reserves, gold reserves) within our circulation, we can also show the world that its possible to boycott the fruits of their labor.
by such, their government will significantly feel the punch. compute how much things you have in your house that is made in china and realise how generous you have been to them. its time to stop supporting them. remember, their power comes from every reserves our central bank pays the IMF for the products and services we acquire from them. i know its hard to do for now, but you will find it easier as time goes by.
-Karat Chef