Filipina Soul

While the US celebrates July 4 as the American Independence Day, the Philippines marks this day as the Philippine-American Friendship Day, to commemorate the freedom of both American and Filipino forces from the Japanese occupation at the end of World War II.

This week’s news links incorporates Philippine news involving other countries. Some news are “friendly”, others are bad.

• Murder suspect for Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell gets life sentence. (ABS-CBN)
• Medical feat gets club-feet Filipina to walk for the first time. (Newsweek)
• Korea donates $300,000 victims of typhoon Frank. (ABS-CBN)
• Philippines dangerous for journalists - IFJ (ABS-CBN)
• Philippine Airlines renews “Buy 1, Take 1″ promo fare (GMANews)
• Philippine peso trades at P45.57 while global oil prizes shoot to $144 per barrel (Inquirer)