“If this is President Aquino’s farewell gift to the youth, we reject it just as we reject his calamitous legacy.”
‘Aquino’s farewell gift to youth’ | Groups slam new round of tuition hikes
Day: June 10, 2016
The Duterte presidency — interesting & challenging times
In a manner of speaking, incoming president Rodrigo Duterte, like the famous durian fruit of Mindanao, is an acquired taste. Many Filipinos, like most Davaoeños, take to him despite his foul mouth, crumpled shirt, and old-fashioned machismo. They swear by the man and rise to his defense on every occasion having known him as their…
Media and power
The relationship between media and power — whether in the form of governments, business corporations, or institutions with large followings such as churches — has always been problematic. The media are almost always the first targets of repression, whether in Indonesia during the 1965 coup and the decades that followed it; in Thailand in the…
Fabella Hospital, up for rebuilding or commercialization?
Special Report:
“Where will the poor mothers go?”
Kalahati mo’y nasa hukay, Fabella
Ni MARK ANGELES Libo-libong buntis ang peregrinong Pumisan sa silungan mo, Fabella; Hindi man nagsayaw sa Obando O nag-alay ng itlog kay Sta. Clara. Dikit-dikit sa dibdib mong tigulang: Kapwa ina’t inakay na nanlalambot. Nalampasan nila ang kamatayan Ngunit hindi ang paghihikahos. Fabella, sa bawat minutong pumatak, Sa pagitan ng himala’t hinagpis, May sanggol kang…
Church leaders optimistic with resumption of peace talks
“We hope that through the resumption of the formal peace talks, social justice and the need for fundamental socio-economic reforms will finally be tackled.”