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The story of Danilo de Leon’s journey of leaving behind his family in the Philippines to work abroad is perhaps the story of most Filipino migrant workers, especially parents. He did so, after all, to provide a better future for his two children.
The 45-year-old activist, along with Gabriela-Roxas City’s secretary general Marivie Bartolome Arguelles and another individual, was named in a search warrant used by the members of the police to raid their shelter house for women located at Happy Homes Subdivision, Barangay Sibaguan, Roxas City.
'Kamao ang Hugis ng Puso' alludes to the essence of Doloricon’s life and work, his passion (puso) being always entangled with a cause and struggle (kamao).
“We are afraid (the government) will bury our history. We are afraid they will burn all of our archives and books."
“It has only been three months since the son of the dictator sat in power, and my mother is already back behind bars."
“(These films) are a big chunk of our collective memory as a people of what happened during the Marcos era and these we have to preserve.”
"We are not satisfied that the NTC is merely issuing SMS alerts, urging the public to be cautious of these phishing scams. It is ineffective and downright lazy."
"The education sector will suffer from huge budget cuts while the NTF-ELCAC [National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict] enjoys a big allocation, or P10 billion budget for silencing the people's dissent. Both the offices of Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte will have bloated confidential and intelligence funds."
"This is another victory for the families Loi and Ador. But the fight continues. Loi and Ador should be brought home safely, securely, and immediately to their families,"
Farmers said Marcos Jr's decision to give priority to debt servicing and infrastructure during this period of worsening food crisis is telling of what’s in store for Filipinos in the next six years.
Before she was abducted, Cha became a victim of red-tagging, Azase said. She said her mother told her about receiving death threats and felt she was often being tailed.
Engracia, Carvajal and I might not have gotten our wish for a full-blown trial and ruling on the merits. But we've sent across our message: Fearless journalists who won't be silenced are alive and well. They will fight for what's true and right in defense of press freedom.
Townsfolk fear loss of ‘nurturing, healing spring water’ from nearby mountains.
Tributes continue to pour for the late beauty queen and women’s rights activist Nelia Sancho, who passed away last week.
“Nothing now stands in the way of freedom for Reina Mae Nasino, Alma Moran and Ram Carlo Bautista after nearly three years in jail for an offense they did not commit because it was a pure police invention.”
It's historically farcical as it is no less lethal that cold-war anti-communist crusade and red tagging trope earned new vigor at present. Our historical moment now is most decadent when the worst elite of the country captured the reigns of the state by corrupting the election mechanisms of formal democracy.
Despite being scared, we must continue our mission towards a world with no violence, a world where peace and justice reigns. This should be our motivation, being followers of Christ. In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. (Luke 14:33).
Instead of attacking the COA should it find and report an anomaly in this or that agency, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. could urge the offending party to do better. In doing so he would be defending the Commission as a Constitutional body crucial to the drive for good government and national development to which every administration, including his and his predecessor’s, claim to be committed.
Two days apart this week, two important commemorations took place. One evoked a resounding plea for long-delayed justice; the other, for the resumption of peace negotiations to attain just and lasting peace. In each case, concerned groups and advocates urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to act positively.
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