The usual question asked to someone who is in the midst of an unspeakably trying situation but who has somehow admirably survived the tribulation or ordeal sounds like this: “Where do you draw strength during this fateful moment in your life?”.
A woman displays school patches and ribbons for school uniforms in time for enrollment for school starting this week. The vendor earns around 300 pesos a day. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he was at first hesitant to help a soldier recently held by the New People’s Army when he learned that the Prisoner of War (POW) was involved in illegal logging and drug use.
Students of Salugpungan Learning School of Talaingod, Davao del Norte reenact their community's experience of harassment from the military during a public forum last week on human rights and militarism at Brokenshire College Chapel. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
It has come! There’s no question about it! What has been feared would happen is now happening. And happening fast! It’s like the US and Philippine authorities are making up for lost time. And so we witness a scenario akin to “a scampering for space” in military camps all over the country! Here and there, this and that AFP officer is offering a space within a military camp for use as military base for American soldiers. There’s no feeling of restraint or hesitation—or shame!— no different from an offer of a booth space in a carnival fair!