“What BS Aquino mouthed during the Climate Change Symposium is nothing but lip service that is totally detached from reality.”
Day: December 12, 2015
Tapestry
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Aquino in another country
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld President Benigno S. C. Aquino III returned to the Philippines last Saturday after a week-long visit to France, Italy and the Vatican, but his remarks upon landing at the airport sounded as if he were still in another country. Mr. Aquino said it was “great” to be…
Revisiting the 1950s: A military round-up
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In a single day, military intelligence operatives rounded up over 50 suspected “subversives” in Manila, herded them inside a military camp’s officers’ clubhouse, and subjected each one to prolonged interrogation. Those who resisted answering or wouldn’t provide the desired information were physically tortured. A…
Pagkilos
Ni KERIMA LORENA TARIMAN Ang lahat ng bagay ay tila kiti-kiti, Palagiang kumikilos at hindi mapakali. Ang paggalaw ay kakambal ng bawat bagay, Likas na kaugnay at hindi maihihiwalay. Ang mga bagay-bagay ay kay hirap isipin, Kung walang paggalaw, kung kaya, gayundin, Ang paggalaw mismo ay di natin matatanto, Kung wala ang mga bagay dito…
Worsening plight of climate refugees, an alarming trend under Aquino
“The Aquino administration has accumulated a long string of cases of human rights violations against climate refugees and environmental advocates.”