“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
Month: March 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…
Sound Bites ni Nguynoy
Ni Mark Angeles Bulatlat.com Magtatayo ka ng wind; paano kung walang hangin? Kung solar, paano kung makulimlim? Kasalanan ko na naman. They are not only inaccurate, they are lies. May nagtanong ho kasi sa akin, sabi niya, ‘kamusta love life mo?’ Eh ang sabi ko po sa kanya, parang Coca Cola. Noong araw, ‘regular.’ Naging…
Framed
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Agusan Sur evacuees | A thousand go home, a hundred remain
Even as 969 evacuees return to their villages in San Luis town, more than a hundred others remain in Bunawan town.
Protesters to Aquino: ‘We’re fed up with your lies’
“Gone are the days of forbearance. The people do not want Aquino’s apology, the people want him to step down.”