Ni Danilo Araña Arao Pinoy Weekly “Hoy! Nangangayayat ka na.” Hindi ko akalaing ito ang huli kong mensahe kay Alexander Martin Remollino (Agosto 6, 1977-Setyembre 3, 2010). Iyon na rin pala ang huling pagkikita namin. May porum na inorganisa noong Agosto 23 ang Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) sa Bulwagang Rizal ng…
Day: September 4, 2010
Pakikiramay at Pagpupugay kay Kasamang Alexander Martin Remollino
Nina Joma at Julie Sison 3 Setyembre 2010 Nakikiramay kami sa pamilya at lahat ng kasama at kaibigan ni Kasamang Alex sa kanyang pagpanaw. Nagpupugay kami kay Ka Alex bilang makabayang aktibista, matatag na rebolusyonaryo, makata ng bayan at mamamahayag. Kahit na nasa malayong lugar kami, naging malapit kami kay Ka Alex dahil sa aming…
Alexander Martin Remollino: Journalist, Poet, Activist
Alexander Martin Remollino, who died from an illness on Sept. 3, was a journalist, poet and activist who devoted the best years of his life to serving the Filipino people.
Tuparin Natin ang Banta ng Ating Panahon*
By Artists Arrest Ika nga ng kapwa niya makatang si Romulo Sandoval, “napopoot tayo dahil tayo’y nagmamahal.” Sa eksaktong kundisyong ito maaring sipatin ang isang bahagi ng buhay ni Alex Remollino batay sa panulaang kanyang binaybay. Kilala si Alex sa matapang at matalim na pagsasalita laban sa kabulukan ng lipunan. Sa kanyang mga tula at…
Nagtangka Kami
Ni AXEL PINPIN Anung hirap lumikha para sa isang manlilikha Kahit anong salamangka ay walang bisa. Nagtangka pa kaming palitan ang kanyang hininga sa gabing tik-a-tik ang ulan inuusal ang kanyang tugma. Nagtangka pa kaming bigyang tunog ang kanyang tawa sa gabing tik-a-tik ang ulan sinasambit ang kanyang kataga. Nagtangka pa kaming bigyang himig ang…
Ikaw Na Nagturo Sa Aming Manalamin Sa Harap Ng Hangin
Ni Kislap Alitaptap (Para kay Alexander Martin Remollino) Habang ipinapakilala ka sa amin Ng mapanudyong ulan, Binabantayan mong ‘wag makubkob Ng hanging nakalubog sa dilim Ang silid na kumupkop Sa’yo ng walang pagka-inip. Habang ipinapakilala ka sa amin Ng mga salitang itinanim mo Sa halamanan ng pangamba, Sinasalag mo ang mga mababangis Na atake ng…
Elegy for Alexander Martin Remollino
By Melissa Roxas news of your death arrives like so many unmarked packages no to, or from, just the anticipation of wanting to know why, when; this box carries news I never want to hear, another death of a friend, of a comrade, irreconcilable loss; there are unfinished conversations, messages to you still to be…
For Alex Who Served His Muse Well
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Hi, Alex. I’m still in shock over the news that you’re gone. Jo (Abaya-Santos) had been giving me updates as to how you were doing, and for the last three days I’d been under the relieved impression that you were doing better and on the sure path to recovery. You…
Street Shooter: Anglers
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Cordillera Reds Flatly Reject Localized Talks
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY– Communist rebels in the highland Cordillera region flatly rejected calls by the military for localized peace talks insisting “it is unnecessary” because there is a national level negotiation. Also brushing aside as “just empty talk” 401st Infantry Brigade commander Col. Eliseo Posadas’ promise to guarantee the safety of Cordillera…
Justice for Benjamin Bayles! Justice for all Victims of Human Rights Violations
Dear Mr President: Greetings of Peace based on Justice from Bago City, Negros Occidental. In the outset allow me to qoute the verse: But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! -Amos 5:24 (NIV). This is the passage from the Bible intended to the ruler and king of Judah as…