As an artist, he painted and wrote about the revolution and its people. Despite the dreariness of the the political and socio-economic situations, he still found these inspiring to paint with all the possible colors the advancement of the people’s war, and turned his life and those of the masses into a colorful, vibrant, exuberant subjects of depictions.
Gut issues, topped by fast-rising inflation led by spikes in the price of rice and other foods, hit the people hard in September. Beleaguered, the Duterte regime cooked up the “Red October ouster plot” hoping to distract us, but it looks like the problem will persist (like a pesky esophagus?) for the rest of its…
The spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), in elaboration of the AFP chief-of-staff’s tale of a “Red October” leftist-rightist conspiracy to oust President Rodrigo Duterte from power, said last week that the country’s university and college students are being “brainwashed” into activism and radicalism. He claimed that this is being done through,…
Ni EDEN BRILLO Ang loro sa palasyo Talak nang talak ng kung anu-ano. Kanta nang kanta, Kahit wala sa tono. Sunud-sunuran sa amo, Bahag ang buntot, Nilunok ang itlog, ‘Di na iniinda ang kabulukang pinasok. Ang loro, Kinatuwaan ng mga tao. Labing-anim, Nabulid ng lokong ibong sinungaling. Labing-anim, ngising aso. ‘Pagkat ramdam ang mahal ng…
MANILA — How are farmers and fisherfolks, the country’s poorest sectors reeling from the effects of rising inflation? On Oct. 13, farmers and their families engaged in a ‘Hunger Games-like’ contest for survival to illustrate how the poor live each day amid the rising prices of basic necessities. They held games like Duter-Darts, NFA Sack…