Remember the comfort women? These were young women abducted and forced to provide sexual services to Japanese soldiers in World War II. In the Philippines the issue was brought to fore when Lola Rosa Henson came out and told her story after one prominent historian declared that there were no comfort women in the Philippines. The truth is that the Japanese government did officially sanction rape in World War II. The Japanese government has never formally apologized for Japan's atrocities in World War II. The Japanese government also has not paid any damages to the women although a private foundation sponsored by the government has done so. The comfort women are now passing away and are a perfect analogue on what's happening to the Philippine environment. It is not a foreign power that is officially sanctioning environmental rape but the Philippine Government! Take for example the Philippines's mango isle of Guimaras. An Australian company has applied for a mining exploration...
"It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved" - Galileo