“Knowing Catamco, this is just a scheme to divide us, to use our traditional ways to make us fight against each other.”
Tribal leader to solon: ‘Baganis are for peace, not to serve your interests’
Day: September 12, 2015
Labis-labis
Sobra naman kayo! Hindi naman lavish ang selebrasyon ng ika-35 anibersaryo ng LRTA. Sabi nga ni Administrator Chaneco, mukha lang labis-labis kasi “Roaring Twenties” ang tema ng party kaya strictly kailangang magsunog ng libo-libo para makapag-drag ang mga empleyado ng 1920s era-inspired attires (black and white only). Maliit na bagay. Isa pa, pipitsugin ang pinagdausang…
No one should be forced to go to college just as no one should be forced not to
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Only a few individuals and groups, among the latter the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), took issue with a statement by Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) chair Patricia B. Licuanan last August that not every student should go to college. What she said should…
Armed conflicts displace 60 million worldwide
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Yes, that’s how many citizens of various countries, enmeshed in varying degrees and types of armed conflicts, have been displaced thus far – either internally (within their homelands) or forced to seek asylum/refuge in other countries. (In the Philippines, we’ve had numerous, repeated incidences…
#StopLumadKillings | Int’l rights advocates call for ‘global action for Mindanao’
“Be assured, my dear friends, be assured again, that you don’t stand alone.”
Lumad schools call on military chief to probe soldiers on Surigao killings
“General Iriberri, your fellow Surigaonons are being slaughtered in the military’s implementation of counter-insurgency operations.”
#StopLumadKillings | ‘They were great fathers’
The three men killed in Lianga, Surigao del Sur on Sept. 1 were not only principled leaders who spent their whole lives helping others – they were also good, loving fathers.