The World - News from Feb. 28, 1988

A broad-based coalition ranging from leftists to a Roman Catholic bishop launched a campaign against U.S. bases in the Philippines with demonstrations in Manila and other major cities. “Despite our differing political perspectives, we are one in our goal . . . to remove all foreign military bases, troops, facilities and nuclear weapons from our land,” said Maria Socorro Diokno, a spokeswoman for the group. Washington and Manila will soon begin a review of a lease agreement on Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base, which expires in 1991. The coalition urged in its founding statement that the review should concentrate on determining how the bases can be dismantled with the least negative social impact.