Without a doubt, their wanderer-son is truly “Bayani ng Maralita,” (Bayani ng Maralita) a description printed on the shirts of Wendell’s family on that night of tribute and goodbyes.
Grieving but proud of their red fighter son
Day: August 7, 2016
Postponement of GRP-NDFP peace talks likely sans release of NDFP consultants
“The NDFP is willing to give time for the GRP to effect the release of detained NDFP consultants.” — Luis Jalandoni
The Duterte challenge
With only a few exceptions, the corporate media are failing to provide the citizenry the information it needs to understand what’s going on as the five-week-old Duterte administration pursues an aggressive agenda of governance. While supposedly focused on bringing about the changes this country needs, that agenda is turning into a challenge to the press…
More informal meetings vital to peace negotiations
It was relieving for those keenly concerned with peace to be reassured early this week that the Duterte government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines remain committed to resume, in the last week of August, the long-suspended GPH-NDFP formal peace negotiations. The misunderstandings and exchanges of mutually hurting words between the two sides…