WHAT: Mass action against Tubbataha Reef damage, Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)

WHO: UP Alliance to Save the Tubbataha, Junk VFA (a newly formed organization of concerned UP Diliman students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni and friends)

WHEN: January 30 (Wednesday), 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: AS steps, Palma Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City

WHY: To quote from the alliance’s statement: “(C)oncerned members of the UP Diliman community strongly call on the Aquino administration to make the US Navy accountable for the damage to the Tubbataha Reef and to assert the Philippines’ territorial integrity and national sovereignty…We renew our call to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement. This call is consistent with the patriotic tradition of the University of the Philippines.” To read the full text of the statement, please go to http://www.change.org/ph/mga-petisyon/save-tubbataha-junk-vfa-condemn-tubattaha-damage-call-for-the-abrogation-of-the-vfa.

Media coverage is requested.

For details, please contact Prof. Danilo A. Arao (Department of Journalism, College of Mass Communication, UP Diliman) at (0908) 866-2726.