HUNGRY
Hundreds of Dabawenyos file names as they wait in line to get the regular ration of rice from the Davao City government. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Hundreds of Dabawenyos file names as they wait in line to get the regular ration of rice from the Davao City government. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
On this day, on this very hour, I am nursing an aching wound in my soul. I am sad and unusually depressed. My mind wanders to that long long night of terror in our land. . .to that nightmare in history called Martial Law! And it makes me sick. I open the Youtube, hoping to find solace. And I come upon Joey Ayala and his song “Wala Nang Tao sa Sta Filomena”. And the song summons living memories that weigh me down even more. Until I feel my soul in my eyes.
If there’s ever a cultural phenomenon that has pervaded Philippine society in all its layers and dimensions, it is “consumerism”. It has conquered and enslaved the Filipino psyche like some kind of addiction. It constitutes a large share of the Filipino culture.
The human rights group Karapatan aborted late today a probe mission heading towards a reported “militarized” village in this interior town.
A Moro National Liberation Front faction said it is unlikely to follow the ways of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) because of the latter’s “radical” view of Islam.