During her opening remarks at a Senate hearing on the case of a US Marine who allegedly killed a transgender woman in Olongapo City, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago called the 15-year-old Visiting Forces Agreement a "failure" because it merely served to keep the Philippines attached to its "former colonizer" the United States. Video by INQUIRER.net's Ryan Leagogo<br /><br />Story: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/113155/santiago-vfa-a-failure-as-ph-still-attached-to-former-colonizer/<br />Visit us at http://www.inquirer.net<br />Facebook: http://facebook.com/inquirerdotnet<br />Twitter: http://twitter.com/inquirerdotnet
