BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO Sometimes he thought of the world as soil and rain. At times, the scorching sun meant everything for the roots and one’s roots, even skin. He did not go so far away To take it all the way to freedom to plenty, to happiness. He lived and taught the children…
Day: September 7, 2015
Andrea Rosal freed
“Her freedom is due to the resolute legal battle and campaign, no thanks to this government which inhumanly refuses or ignores pleas for compassion and humanitarian cries.”
Andrea Rosal cleared of last false charges, says lawyer
There is no more legal basis or impediment to hold Andrea Rosal in custody.
Surigao Sur evacuees rise to 2,700
“No perpetrator has been arrested, while the 36th and 75th infantry battalion and Special Forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines continue their military operations in the mountain areas.”
Kung sakaling mahal mo ako
kung sakaling makita mo ako sa tabi ng binti ng poste ng MERALCO sa ibabaw ng nilatag kong karton ng donut at sako o habang sinasalansan ang naani kong abubot: plastic cup, taeng-bakal, o dyaryong lukot o kaya’y malungkot na ninanamnam ano mang tirang pagkaing naulila sa daan (na minsa’y premyo ko mula sa pakikipag-agawan…
Lumad in Mindanao under attack
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld James Cameron’s 2009 box-office hit film Avatar, about an alien world where primitive but highly evolved inhabitants defend their habitat, moved audiences across the globe, including the Filipino urbanite audience. We were enthralled by the lush and luminescent world of beings who end up waging a kind of asymmetrical…
Stop the killings
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star We’ve entered the first of the “ber” months. For the many who are holiday-obsessed this may evoke merry thoughts of bells tinkling, of gift-shopping, of Christmas approaching. It’s a different picture, unfortunately, for human rights defenders, progressive organizations, journalists, and indigenous peoples particularly in…
Senator Marcos’s non-apology for Martial Law
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In a performance that would have done his father proud, Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. managed to apologize and not apologize at the same time during a television interview last week (Aug. 26). Marcos Jr. was asked if he was going to apologize for martial law —…
‘Hold Aquino accountable for blood debts’
Grief, anger and indignation sent protesters out to the streets last week, calling for justice for victims of killings by paramilitary and military groups in Mindanao, and other parts of the country.