ONE had the sense that Joseph Scott Pemberton would get away with murder.

After all, American-Philippine relations are filled with narratives such as this one, and this would not be the first time that an American soldier, here for the US bases or any other version of it since 1994, and “on a break” from “official business” via some “rest and relaxation” gets into trouble for abusing our women.

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