This was not the first time that the Lizada community were threatened to vacate the area. Erlinda Arsadon, who has lived here for 71 years, recalled joining barricades during 1966 to stop the demolition of their houses. Arsadon said there have been many businessmen who had vied for their land but they held firm that this land is a public land.
While this campaign points out coal energy as a major threat to climate and the abrupt change in weather, the university’s Dean of Arts and Sciences and astrophysicist, Fr. Dan Mc Namara, however, considers coal-fired power plant “okay” for the “short term” to meet the city’s power demand.
Bayan Muna said the difference between Bonifacio and Rizal “lies in the ability of Bonifacio to translate Rizal’s writings into a language understandable to the Filipino masses and to transform and develop them into practice.
There are still many needs for the survivors, from medicines, water, shelter kits and tools and clothes, as national and international aid groups have flocked to Eastern Visayas. It’s a question of time and resolve from government to get things done in the soonest time possible.
Kim's fight is the fight of all Filipino professionals for the right to practice their vocations freely and safely, for the chance for them to open themselves to the wonderful fulfillment of serving others.