Ni MARK JOSEPH RAFAL Bulatlat.com Anak ng bayan ang ang matandang babae sa bangketa Anak ng bayan ang matandang lalaki sa Luneta Anak ng bayan ang paslit sa gitna ng EDSA Anak ng bayan ang binatang walang mahanap na trabaho Anak ng bayan ang dalagang katawan ang pinagtrabaho Anak ng bayan ang inang nagbebenta ng…
Day: December 2, 2013
They are people with stories to tell
By POM CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com They were the first people I noticed as we approached a mass burial in front of San Joaquin Parish Church in Palo, Leyte: two teenage sisters standing over an unmarked grave with only a single candle protected from the wind by a plastic cola bottle. It is an image that will…
People in Samar, Leyte still hungry despite gov’t claims of moving forward from relief to rehabilitation
“We had thought we’d see the government or the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) busy at work, but we didn’t see them. We didn’t see anyone rushing to do relief and rehab.”– Connie Bragas- Regalado, Migrante, during a relief mission in Samar and Leyte November 23-24.