Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed the “double standard on the implementation of ECQ rules,” pointing out that this was not the first time police “exercised brutality instead of compassion amid the COVID crisis.”
Day: May 16, 2020
Locked up
By DEE AYROSO
Bulatlatan: Lessons from fighting a dictatorship
In this Bulatlatan episode, Mrs. Edith Burgos, then general manager of Ang Pahayagang Malaya and We Forum, and son JL Burgos, journalist and filmmaker, look back at the lessons in fighting the Marcos dictatorship and call on the Filipino people to speak the truth amid the creeping tyranny.
Balik-Tanaw | 6th Sunday of Easter: If You Love Me, Do Your Chores
This is the time to act. This is the time to embrace those suffering in the fringes of society. A time to rise up.
April’s breath
By JHIO JAN A. NAVARRO April’s breath brings colors and geometry To the endlessly azure sky Even as it does to the earth. Pink kites, red kites, yellow kites, violet kites And kites of calendar pages; Square kites, diamond kites, round kites, And kites of butterflies and birds; By 4 o’clock the heavens mirror Dear…
Brownout
A community in Manila had to bear with no electricity amid lockdown. Photo by REZ ELEAZAR SANTIAGO
Seven Deadly Sinas
By TILDE ACUÑA