Today’s Views

Gentle as a ‘Huyuhoy’

Gentle as a ‘Huyuhoy’

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Nov 13, 2014

I could not help but recall the almost inaudible voice with which he briefed me about the role I had to play in that people’s uprising in Eastern Visayas, the seat of People Surge.

People Surge [Part 2]

People Surge [Part 2]

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Nov 12, 2014

A symbolic performance act opened the Kumperensiya ng mga Disaster Survivors at 8:00 AM in Cawachsi Conference Hall in Tacloban City last November 5, two days short of the November 8 anniversary of the tragedy caused by Yolanda Supertyphoon.

PEOPLE  SURGE

PEOPLE SURGE

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Nov 12, 2014

A germ of anger is whispered by the wind
To the heart of the calm ocean
Where it was seeded at its deepest
And soon grew into a whirlwind,

Churning and whirling and churning

Thumbing down the Snob

Thumbing down the Snob

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Nov 12, 2014

For a president conscious of his “popular” image, Noynoy Aquino’s recent appearance in Davao and Samar showed him as somewhat inaccessible.

Unabated Enslavement (Part 3/3)

Unabated Enslavement (Part 3/3)

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Oct 31, 2014

The Oplan Bayanihan of Noynoy Aquino as a deceptive program of “peace and development” has continuously displaced tribal inhabitants and dispossessed indigenous peoples of their ancestral domains.

Unabated Enslavement (Part 2/3)

Unabated Enslavement (Part 2/3)

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Oct 30, 2014

Here is the inexorable reality—matagal nang nataga sa bato! (long etched on rock)— the thievery that one President does during his term has always been the same form of thievery the succeeding President does in his own time. And so on. . . and so on. . . and so on. . . ad infinitum.

Unabated Enslavement (Part 1)

Unabated Enslavement (Part 1)

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Oct 28, 2014

The recent developments in our country are consequences of unabated enslavement—or puppetry—of our government to the government of the United States of America. All these deplorable consequences are evident in all aspects of our social life—from our economy to our politics to our culture.

A Glimpse of an Ideal Farming Community

A Glimpse of an Ideal Farming Community

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Oct 22, 2014

‘Unsung heroines’ are these admirable women’s groups. Their lives have been transformed by the significant shift they made in their farming practice in the same breath that they have transformed the quality of the farm products they have heretofore produced.