By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Children of the storm
Month: March 2014
A love story and a commitment
More than the romance that is expected, the Tiamzons, and the others mentioned, depicted a tale that does not merely promise the lover the world, but rather with a faithful commitment to change it.
‘Still no peace for majority of BangsaMoro people in new Aquino-MILF deal’
“The Moro people will continue to endure the national oppression, economic subjugation and dire poverty and backwardness albeit under the signboard of a supposedly newer and better form of regional autonomy.” – Moro Christian Peoples’ Alliance
Interegnum
GUNITA NG SALITA Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Ito ang paghihintay ng moment of truth. Parang end-of-sem, tapos na ang requirements, at nag-aantay ng resulta. O sa collective bargaining at negotiationg agreements, nag-aantay kung ano ang magiging katanggaptanggap sa panig ng management at labor. Sa eleksyon, nag-aantay kung sino ang aalagwa’t mananalo. Wala tayong ginagawa sa…
Reds mark NPA’s 45th anniversary
On the 45th anniversary of the New People’s Army (NPA), revolutionary forces from the Southern Tagalog region hold a lighting rally in Manila to salute to all the communist guerrillas in the country. They also call for the immediate release of alleged top communist leaders Wilma Austria and Benito Tiamzon who were arrested last week.
Honoring agreements, a prerequisite to peace
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld THE SIGNING of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) by the Philippine Government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday, is being hailed as “historic” and ushering in the dawn of peace in Muslim Mindanao. In this light, there is understandable questioning and speculation about the…
The 118-year war
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld They were “insurrectos” during the late Spanish period, “insurgents” during formal US occupation, and “insurgents” still today. Echoing the country’s former and current colonizers, the Philippine government calls what the guerillas of the New People’s Army (NPA) are waging an “insurgency.” But more accurately can it be…
Positive turns for Pryce, Phl Prudential planholders
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star After having written six pieces in this space, detailing the complaints of unfair and unjust treatment of policy/plan holders by two big insurance and two pre-need companies, positive turns have developed for the aggrieved planholders of Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Co. and Pryce Plans,…
3 Luisita farmers nabbed, Cojuangco guards fence off more farm lots
Renato Mendoza, a leader of the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Asyenda Luisita has but one message for President Aquino: “Order your family to stop grabbing our land.”
Arrest of Tiamzon couple not good for peace talks – church peace advocates
“Principled negotiations, not the surrender of one party to the other, is what makes for genuine and enduring peace.” – Bp. Deogracias Iniguez, Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform
National Achievement Test, Performance-Based Bonus system, not the solutions to improve education system
The only way [to improve the education system] is to have a higher budgetary allocation to education to solve shortages in classrooms, equipment and facilities and to increase the salaries of teachers. There is a need for a comprehensive professional development program for teachers to continuously equip them and further their knowledge and capacity to teach. “ – France Castro, Alliance of Concerned Teachers