“If not for development workers like you, I could just imagine how miserable the country would be right now.”
Of home cooked meals and tireless smiles
Day: July 22, 2018
Fellow Mindanaoans brand Duterte as traitor
“The one change he brought is more killings.”
Development workers face more dangers under Duterte
“The role of development workers is to help address the needs of the poor and marginalized sectors of our society, especially those living in rural areas since they are largely unable to access government services.”
Broader ‘People’s SONA’ to confront President Duterte
The United People’s SONA will call Duterte to account for failing to fulfill his campaign promises: to end labor contractualization, uplift the dire conditions of the poor, and pursue peace negotiations to their logical conclusion by addressing the root causes of the armed conflict.
Better silenced than silent
Freedom of the press is not just about the right to say or print anything; it also includes the duty of creating an informed and engaged audience, which is specially crucial in times of peril such as the present.
Filipino women as labor exports increasing
As Migrante summed it up, the widespread consequences of Duterte’s labor export policies and contractualization laws have generated more Mary Janes: women obliged to work abroad only to be baselessly accused of crimes punishable by death; or maybe, more Nanay Celia’s who have lost faith in a government tolerating such injustices.
Intensified labor export drives more Filipina diaspora
Three years later, after the bittersweet circus of Mary Jane’s case, she remains in jail in Indonesia, unsure of the final verdict in a crime she insists she didn’t commit.
#SONA2018 | Protest art on a barong
“Art should have relevance. In this time of pop culture, art should arouse the people in asserting their rights and fighting for their welfare.”