the sell-off and the murder., page-16

I've got to go. But just quickly the NPA shouldn't be further funded into strength. It would be costly to the national army and potentially, further civil war would ensue.

The NPA needs to un-arm and focus on a political future, which is unlikely to happen under the current political system, but could happen under the constitutional "charter change" to a parliamentary system, as proposed by previous president Arroyo but rejected by the Church.

I guess the focus for SMI now is building confidence in security for new personell. But IMO, it would be pretty hard for the wife of young construction engineer in Manila to choose that her husband go away to work in Sth Cotobato rather than Dubai or Singapore.