“The commencement exercise and her welcome speech then became not merely traditional school-officiated exercises but alternative avenues to speak for justice.”
High school salutatorian lauded amid school censorship
Day: March 24, 2015
Widows, wounded say: End war, relieve our grief
The widows said that losing their husbands and the fathers of their children “weighed more than the thousands of bullets and armaments used in this continuing operations.”
Lumad shot dead in Bukidnon ‘bungkalan’
Security guards in a disputed land in Bukidnon fired at Lumads, killing one and wounding two others.
Bayan Muna hits SC rule on partylist system
“The powerful parties would also use this anti-people ruling to get more of the majority seats in Congress and make their railroading even faster.”
The progressives: A continuing tale
Progressive groups pressed for President Benigno Aquino’s resignation at a rally in Manila last Friday. Marching from various points in Metro Manila, they converged at the historic Mendiola bridge where they sounded like they were, for the nth time, simply haranguing the chief executive for hours on end. Cynics said the event was nothing new…
Venezuela stands up to US bullying
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The failed coup in Venezuela last February and US President Obama’s declaration this March that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a “national security threat” to the United States have escaped most Filipinos’ notice. Understandably so, with the entire country preoccupied with the ongoing cover-up of another monumental blunder…
Pamahiin
‘wag ko daw buhatin ang kabaong ng aking amain utos ng matandang pamahiin baka daw may sumunod na kapamilyang maisapuntod ‘wag daw lilingon kung nasa prusisyon dahil ‘pag nagkataon may libing na naman sa bagong taon ‘wag daw magwawalis o maligo ‘pag ala sais bawal maging malinis naknampatis akin na ‘yang pistola wala ng kasunod…