U.S. Complicity for the Sex Industry in the Philippines

A Brief History

The Philippine Islands will (I hope) ever be a land of beautiful beaches, sunsets, and people. The Filipino culture is admirably accepting of others and filled with smiles and laughter. At one time, they were an Island peoples living in communal settings and experiencing the paradise of a fruitful land. This tranquil life was disrupted by the catastrophic effects of colonization, war, empire and global economics.

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Phillip Michael Garner

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I am a poet, an author, and a philosophical theologian who lives on Mactan Island and travels Asia. My present corpus of work is published by Wipf and Stock.

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