“The government must be responsible to the transportation workers, the passengers and the communities.”
Protesting train commuters dramatize Aquino, Abaya being run over by train
Year: 2016
A quixotic New Year’s wish about beauty contests
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Two hours before the New Year is ushered in, this accidental columnist struggles to write the last essay for the year. It isn’t easy. Writing has never been easy for someone who doesn’t write in pursuit of a muse or a career. I write because, fortuitously, I have been…
Dama De Noche
Ni Ryan Alcarde Walang nang ibang pipili sa gabi Upang pagsabuyan ng halimuyak. Kaparis mo, munti at puti, Ang bituing nagliliwanag. Aanhin mo ang umaga Ng mga hari’t reynang Nasilaw sa sinag ng araw; At ng imperyong Nagsadlak sa marami sa pinakamahahabang gabi. Kaya mo pinili ang lamig at dilim, Ang pamumukadkad sa mga daang…
Hope, fear, frustration: Driving forces for change
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Whatever may be the reason(s), 90 percent of Filipinos welcome 2016 with hope, per the surveys by Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations. Here’s wishing one and all a happy and exciting new year! Before midyear, we’ll know the results of the national and…
Christmas is over
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
The books I read in 2015
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com 1. In Defence of Politics, Bernard Crick. I disagree with the author’s conservative views and his rejection of communist societies as totalitarian regimes but his treatise on politics, elections, and behavior of political actors allowed me to better understand the worldview of mainstream politicians. 2. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold.…