Damayan
One of the key indigenous values the pre-hispanic society has bestowed upon the Filipinos is damayan
Philippine Church’s Historic Role
Interestingly and no doubt, the opportunity the Pope created in his visit expands to the fact that social diseases indeed urgently need our collective management towards a more responsive society consistent with our national heroes’ dreams of a better Philippines.
MARILI: Artist, Trainer, Organizer, Researcher, Networker
Marili was a Mindanaoan artist immersed with the condition of martial law regime.
People’s Bishop
Filipinos look up to religious and spiritual leaders. Not to be left unnoticed are progressive church community leaders who emerged in their outreach as they mount development projects with the people. But how are the church leaders doing their share of community work in the context of restrained democratic processes and extreme poverty?
Decadent Culture
Women’s lives have been under scrutiny again in a national scene with the media hype on actor Vhong Navarro mauling for the last two weeks. Deniece Cornejo may represent a number of Filipino women designated with a “character.” Such designation troubles me both as a practitioner of social work and as a womanist or women human rights activist.