By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
Imagine a mother, a daughter, a sister or a cousin made to suffer in the hands of our government officials. They are touched, probed, forced into submission, psychologically and physically tortured by one who is supposed to help and protect them in a foreign land? How would you feel? Rage!
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
If I may correctly recite the Sibika at Kultura lessons during my elementary years, the three stars in the flag represent the three major islands and the colors blue and red represent peace over war. It affirms our belief, our conviction, our choice, that peace should reign in our land.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
I don’t know if I can afford one if ever I will have kids in the future given the K+12 Law and the commercialization of education. It is a sad and infuriating fact that education should liberate us from the quagmires of poverty but it is the one thing which drives us to despair knowing that our children and our children’s children may never get one.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
We cannot grasp the enormity of the responsibility we have at our hands as voters. But we are going to shape a nation which is mired by corruption, poverty, armed conflicts, human rights violations and economic sabotage.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
Peace comes with a high price. It comes not just with a symbol of a dove and the signing of agreements. It comes with a commitment to achieve actual results through genuine and sincere reforms for the majority of the people.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
And as the workers, farmworkers and peasants marched and braved the heat, with hundreds of red flags waving, they showed Aquino they are still a force to reckon with, undeterred despite the oppression they are experiencing from massive corporations who stole their lands and displaced them from their homes and livelihood.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
As a leader, one must know when to attack and when to surrender. A good leader must have principles which must not only to be morally upright, but knows what is right and must have the conviction to stand by it.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
Allowing a system that singles out those who criticize the government for its ineptitude and anti-people policies, only reveals the blackhole of impunity, a mockery of the right to suffrage and a joke against the whole electoral system.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
The recent bombing in the area, which affected at least 44 families, including women and children, further paints a dark and grimy picture of impunity of the Aquino administration, a stark contrast to his brightly colored yellow lies and fairy tales of “matuwid na daan.”
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
And as the country observes the Holy Week, we are reminded that the Ten Commandments mandate mankind to follow God’s simple rules, to live life the way it should be. And these also encourage us to reflect with our beliefs. Allow me to share mine.
