The organizers and designers lamented how Flores de Mayo has been treated as beauty pageants these days and they wanted to show a deeper meaning to the tradition.
#BabaeAko #LalabanAko | Flores de Mayo highlights defiance against ‘Duterte’s tyranny’
Day: May 26, 2018
After the Supreme Court — the Senate?
The newly elected president of the Senate has been accused of plagiarism, of disrespecting women, of cluelessness about the most pressing issues of public concern, and of ignorance of the Constitution. During the debate on the Reproductive Health Bill, Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, who rose to his present exalted rank thanks to his credentials as…
A disturbing proposal on martial law imposition
May 23, 2017 marked the beginning of two catastrophes that befell the people of Mindanao; one year later, the harsh impact on their daily lives and the profound trauma in their individual and collective psyche seem far from being assuaged. First, there was the so-called siege of Marawi City, a nearly-five-month war between the state…
‘Di Terorista si Ama at Ina
Ni RENE BOY ABIVA Narinig ni Asyong sa radyo: tumaas na naman po ang presyo ng mga sumusunod at t’yak aaray ang inyong mga bulsa at kukunot ang inyong mga pawisin at makikintab na noo. Tumaas kangina lamang umaga ang matrikula ang bigas ang gasolina ang tinapay ang sigarilyo ang galunggong ang pamasahe ang sardinas…