By DON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today The cliché “silay nauudyukan” is reflective of a pattern of thought invariably sung by people in authority. It is an utterance proceeding from an attitude that sweepingly belittles the people, especially the impoverished sectors.
By DON PAGUSARA Davao Today And when the real facts as they happened did not conform with the exactitude of his plans, his fascistic nature as a patronizing authority figure surfaced. He was afraid the media was bound to gather the real facts from the ground. And this gave vent to his arrogant posturing and unreasonable utterances.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR. Davao Today There is irony in the festivities of Kaamulan going on. The plight of indigenous peoples continue to deteriorate. With large-scale mining, illegal logging, land-grabbing, aggressive agri-business expanding in many parts of Bukidnon, there will be no more gathering of tribes in the future to speak of. By destroying their land and heritage, we are destroying their future and our history.
By DON PAGUSARA Davao Today The tenacious alignment and adherence to a political entity should have been premised on a set of ideals and principles that provide firm basis for the party platform and concrete plans of action. Each of the candidates in such group subscribes to these ideals and principles as his (her) personal commitment and as his (her) standard of conduct in governance. It is the only enduring beacon that the party and its candidate must hold on to in steering their campaign to victory.
by DON PAGUSARA Davao Today It is regrettable that the US commits this show of disregard to our sovereign rights -- a treatment that ill-deserves the little brown brother’s loyal deference to the Big Brother. To be sure, it is another act of insensitivity -- or is it a willful disrespect? --- that smears the colors of the emblem of equality among nations and races around the globe. At worst, it smacks of superpower arrogance.