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MANILA, Philippines—Talk about strange bedfellows.

Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is looking forward to having a “good working relationship” with militant party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna now that they are both senatorial candidates of the Nacionalista Party (NP).

Marcos said he was more than willing to share the stage during campaign sorties with Ocampo even if the long-time activist and Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza had expressed their “misgivings” about having a Marcos in the NP senatorial ticket.
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Rep. Satur Ocampo and Rep. Liza Maza of the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makayaban) announced today that they have joined the Nacionalista Party ticket as senatorial guest candidates in the 2010 elections. They also said they are supporting the candidacy of Manny Villar for president and Loren Legarda for vice president.  read more »

Gabriela party-list Representatives Liza Maza and Luzviminda Ilagan, for their part, said President Arroyo could be liable for treason by allowing the US troops to participate in counter-terrorism operations in the country.  read more »

Gabriela Representatives Liza Maza and Luzviminda Ilagan said the House committees on Foreign Affairs and Defense should investigate the planned stay of US troops.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines--The continued presence of American soldiers in some parts of Mindanao will be the subject of a congressional inquiry being pushed by the party list Gabriela in the House of Representatives.  read more »

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 August) -- “The presence of U.S. troops in the country is a blatant intervention to the internal affairs of our country. In fact, their decision to continuously deploy U.S. soldiers in the Philippines not only violates our sovereignty but it also puts our national security under threat. We do not need G.I. Joes to fight our own battles,” Gabriela Women’s party representative Liza Maza said in a statement.  read more »

MILITANT lawmakers filed Resolution 1335 seeking for the House committees on foreign affairs and defense to probe the 600-US soldier counterinsurgency operation deployed in the country.  read more »

Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza however said the soldiers must leave since their presence is a blatant intervention in the internal affairs of the country.  read more »

In her statement, Maza demanded the immediate pullout of US troops in Mindanao, saying their mere presence was already a clear violation of the country’s sovereignty.  read more »