Two construction workers use buckets to drain a government road repair project of unwanted floodwater instead of a more efficient mechanized water pump. Habitually done during typhoon seasons Philippine public works are slow to complete but quick to deteriorate....
An old lady sells candles to followers of an age old religion. (Dauis, Bohol)
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
“We felt the people’s desire and interest for a radio station they truly own long before this launch. Radyo Sagada is no longer a dream but a reality.”
A beach front masseuse grabs some rest after a hard day's work, using an umbrella to shield herself from rain. (Alona Beach, Panglao, Bohol)
Road 10, Tondo, Manila - A dog watches with interest as his human preens himself.
A street child is fully engaged by an interactive installation at the Museum of the Filipino People. (Ermita, Manila)
A group of OFWs practice their dance moves as their way to pass their time and they day off. (Central, Hong Kong)
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Wearing new uniforms printed with Rosal’s stylized photograph, an honor squad executed a “silent gun salute” at about noon of October 15.
A curiously-shaped white porcelain seat and a sitter with a book makes for an interesting sight in a very public site. (MTR Station, Mong Kok, Kowloon)
A son dutifully takes his elderly father to a walk along the busy streets of Kowloon. (Nathan Road, Kowloon)
A boy does a double take as he walks pas a blind street musician. (Nathan Road, Kowloon)
A mentally-disturbed young man pretends he is Incredible Hulk, putting on a show for passing motorists, passengers and pedestrians. Office-goers in the area say he does this every morning. His worried mother would always fetch him eventually, wondering how her son...
Bad drivers, dangerous roads and corrupt and inept enforcers are not the only problems on Philippine streets. It seems there are other, albeit funny, issues on our roads. (Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City)
By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com An activist’s life can be aptly compared to a dog—a working one. This is truer to full time activists and truest if he or she is a Third World progressive. Sometime soon muscles knot and pain killers are popped like candies to...
A dog and his human enjoying a weekend drive. There are several of them around the Metro (all Azkals). But he is the only one with his own helmet and wrap-around shades. (C-5, Taguig, Metro Manila)
Desperate to free their ambulance from waist-high ruts an emergency health worker hopes that one added man power will accomplish what hundreds of horsepower failed to do. This, in a country where politicians shamelessly plaster their names everywhere to remind...
A rooster unwittingly waits for its turn on the spit in this row of barbecue stands along a busy city street. (Cagayan De Oro City)
A flock of racing pigeons fly circles around their trainer perched on a rooftop. Pigeon racing, long a favorite past time in Metro Manila, has become a truly global sport with bets that could go as high as millions of dollars. (General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila)
With an odious economy, is it any surprise that even second hand toilet bowls are for sale in the Philippines? (Butuan City, Agusan del Norte)
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