By DEE AYROSO
On the ‘diluted’ Bangsamoro Basic Law | Aquino must step in, says MILF
“We do not know what made the review team look at the Moro Question as a purely legal matter.” – Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Zambales folk resist mining
By DEE AYROSO
“Before the mining started, the environment was pristine. We lived on farming, and the harvest was plentiful. Now, when it rains, red water rises.”
The Soldiers Came, and the Classes Stopped
By DEE AYROSO
In a remote village in Samar, children are forced to go to school to another village, walking for hours to attend their classes, after the soldiers started coming in and committed atrocities. What happened to Bay-ang illustrates the extent militarization damages not just communities but the education of poor Filipino children, particularly in the countryside.
Under the Gun: School for Tribal Children in Surigao Bears Brunt of Militarization
Special Report | First of Three Parts A non-formal school in Surigao del Sur has shown how education serves as a tool to unite and develop Lumad communities. Now, amid the evacuation by Manobo villages triggered by the presence of soldiers, the school is being targeted by the military, claiming that it is an “NPA school.”
A Passion for Pasyon
BY DEE AYROSO Bulatlat.com During the Japanese occupation, they held pabasa in hushed voices by the river to avoid being caught by the Japanese soldiers. Come war or high water, as far as Aling Alegre remembers, her family reads the Pasyon every Lenten season. As far as Alegre Diones remembers, her family had been holding…