“This culture in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused should not be tolerated.”
Day: August 17, 2019
August 20 set as national day of mourning, protest vs killings
“The problem is that the framework of this task force [to end communist insurgency] provides no distinction between combatants and non-combatants, or activists belonging to organizations categorized as legal fronts [of the Communist Party of the Philippines].”
‘Mabining Mandirigma,’ seeing Apolinario Mabini in a new light
Mabining Mandirigma provides its audience a new image of Apolinario Mabini, as well as a striking realization that, although cliche, history does repeat itself.
The politics of hate
Every tyranny has used fear and hate to take power and to keep it. Coercion and the use of force have never been enough. A gun can only kill, but fear can make entire nations tremble, and hate lead them into committing the worst of crimes. Adolf Hitler used anti-Jewish sentiments to stoke German fears…
AFP, PNP resurrect creepy memories
On Dec. 4, 2018, President Duterte signed Executive Order 70 constituting a body, headed by himself, called “National Task Force (NTF) to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict.” It set a six-month period, from its issuance, for the NTF to “formulate and start to implement, in coordination with relevant government agencies, LGUs, civil society and…
PUP students drive policemen away from campus
“The united students of PUP will always be against any form of attacks and oppression and we will never falter against Duterte administration’s move to criminalize us–the students and the whole university.”
#NPANightShift | Netizens scorn Bato, ‘former rebel’ claims
Many used sarcasm and wit to what they find as ridiculous claim of Reano.
Selective hearing
By DEE AYROSO