Ni Ma. Cecilia de la Rosa Turuan mo akong magtanim, Kapatid Sapagkat hindi ako magbubukid; Hindi ko kayang bungkalin ang karagatan Upang magpunla ng kinabukasan. Hindi ko kilala ang lupa Sa paraang kilala mo ito. Sa akin, lahat ng lupa ay pampang— Daungan ng itinaboy na mga buhay, Takbuhan ng mga paang hinahabol Ng pangamba.…
Month: May 2015
Labor Day 2015 | Workers want Aquino out
On Labor Day, Filipino workers call for the resignation of President Benigno Aquino III for failing to provide adequate jobs, for refusing to grant substantial wage hike, for betraying national sovereignty, among others. Photos by Dee Ayroso, Kathrina Manuel and Ronalyn V. Olea Editing by Ronalyn V. Olea Music: Awit ng Proletaryado by Tambisan sa…
Rebuilding
A boy carries wood his father brought home for rebuilding their house.” (April 2015, Tacloban City)
#BulatlatAsks | How is your work situation under the Aquino administration?
Bulatlat.com asked people at the Liwasang Bonifacio Labor Day program about the status of their employment under President Aquino.
Labor Day 2015 | A Red, hot day at the park
The heat was not so oppressive compared to the Aquino government policies, said the protesters.
Kwento ng ina
Ni RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Matagal akong naghintay kay Kamatayan Hindi ko man siya ninais dumalaw At kung sakaling siya’y dumating Ipipinid ko ang pinto at sasandal ako sa likod nito Hindi ako tutugon sa kanyang mga tawag Baka sakaling mapagod siya sa pagkatok At lumisang walang bitbit na kaluluwa. Anak ko ang siya niyang sadya…
#FacePalm | Netizens react to Veloso bashing
‘Ingrate’ is a politically-charged word that was “historically used by the ruling class, by colonizers, by the frailes, the hacienderos and the landlords in order to insult and demonize the toiling masses, the peasants, for not bowing down to the ruling class elites for giving them scraps to live by.”
Nanay Celia
Ni FUDGE TAJAR Binulabog mo ang bayan natin sa iyong pagtangis Isang inang ingrata na gustong maningil sa gobyernong tinalikuran ka Noong mga panahong naghahanap ka ng kasagutan Noong mga panahong ninais mong dugtungan ang buhay ng iyong anak Anong karapatan ng isang katulad mong dukha na maningil? Wala kang puwang sa lipunan ng mga…
Mary Jane Veloso is Flor Contemplacion 2
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The story of Mary Jane Veloso is Flor Contemplacion Part II but for the much happier ending: her execution by firing squad for drug trafficking having been held in abeyance by Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo at the eleventh hour. In the case of Contemplacion, which by the way happened…
Capital punishment as spectacle
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Thanks to her lawyers from the National Union of People’s Lawyers — and no thanks to the government — the execution of Mary Jane Veloso has been deferred, hopefully toward its eventually being commuted, or her being released. Only in the very last days prior to her…
Can US take a softer, wiser tack on maritime row?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Since my first column piece (this is the sixth) on our maritime dispute with China in the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea, I have consistently urged the Aquino government to stand firm against Chinese incursions, but advised maximum use of diplomacy towards resolving the…