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Ni JUAN ARMANDO PUEBLO Nagiging bihasa ang isang makata sa pagsusulat ng obra Hindi sa pagkakatha ng pabango at pampaganda Upang pagtakpan ang krisis ng kasalukuyang sistema, Hindi sa letra ng kasangkapang pampropaganda Upang gawing banal pangangamkam ng mga...
(Isang Tula Para Kina Ben Quilloy at Rita Espinosa) Ni RENE BOY ABIVA Nakakubli ang ‘sang madilim na daigdig— abuhin ang ulap,nakabusal ang mga bibig, nakagapos ang mga kamay, nakagapos pati mga pintig ang makapal na haligi’y s’yang pandaig sa natitirang titis ng...
In the evening of Feb. 22, 1986, then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Vice Chief of Staff Fidel Ramos announced that they were withdrawing their support for the dictator Ferdinand Marcos. It was only a few hours after...
Over the past week, President Duterte and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, with puerile collaboration by the Philippine National Police, have tried to drum up as “real” their conjured plot to oust him next month, which they tagged as “Red October.” However,...
“Teachers are bringing work to their house, which takes away their time not only for themselves but also for their family.”
“Teachers are made to work like tireless machines stripped off of dignity in exchange for meager salaries.”
“We asked for a livable wage but the Hong Kong government gave us a slave wage.”
“The presence of the Lumad schools in UST is a big step because it helps push other schools to do the same.”
For the past weeks, the Duterte administration has been weaving a rather absurd narrative of unholy alliances between and among various political parties purportedly plotting to unseat him. The plot thickens day by day. The disinformation they are throwing, red and...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission that extrajudicial killings is his “only sin” has “legal and moral implications.”
By E. G. Geronimo Can you see those eyes full of pain and questions? Would you dare answer the nagging questions in the deep recesses of his mind? What is injustice? What is greed? Why is there injustice? Why is there greed? Why should we suffer from all these? Why...
But a real existing rightist is rendered hidden from public gaze. When citizens encounter a rightist politician, they fail to see a person already succeeding in imposing his dogmatic political beliefs in the bureaucracy. They don’t even see him as a political actor with ideological bias.
Journalists cannot sit idly by while the highest official of the land leads the attacks on press freedom and wields the machinery of government to peddle lies and deception.
“The birds’ habitat, the people’s source of livelihood and protection from storm surges are being turned into just another concrete jungle for the profit of the very few.”
“In truth, all of this panic mongering and “red scare” angling is being spurred by the authorities to justify increased repressive measures taken against critics of the government.”
“Our battle cry for the people’s right to health, the health worker’s rights and welfare and honest and good governance will ring through the Halls of Congress.”
“It’s high time the people get to have a voice in the Senate.”
“From lewd ‘pepe-dede’ videos to mocking hearing-impaired citizens, Uson and her equally wastrel sidekicks have wasted public funds on displays of poor values.”
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