By KRISTA V. MELGAREJO
Davao Today
How I wish I could visit Maricon in Batangas. But I wish more that she’ll be finally released. For now, I’m keeping her words deep inside my heart: “We will not stop until we break these bars and until victory and freedom is achieved.”
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
True social transformation can only occur in a radical movement for change — an uprooting of the primary causes of the problems that beset society, and a subsequent institution of structural elements in the newly established social order.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
Allowing a system that singles out those who criticize the government for its ineptitude and anti-people policies, only reveals the blackhole of impunity, a mockery of the right to suffrage and a joke against the whole electoral system.
ByDON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
Indeed, the conscious and faithful adherence to the injunctions of utang kabubut-on is a formidable trait among Filipinos, such that it has become a pernicious weapon wielded by politicians as a means to garner votes.
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
The recent bombing in the area, which affected at least 44 families, including women and children, further paints a dark and grimy picture of impunity of the Aquino administration, a stark contrast to his brightly colored yellow lies and fairy tales of “matuwid na daan.”
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
In a society where the teeming majority of the population is poor — miserably poor — acts of charity are not only a welcome gesture. It is generally regarded by the people themselves as a kind of saving grace.
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
In his usual emphatic but rhythmically pleasant style he said, “You know Don, the greatest mistake of Marcos is that he let the military taste power.”
By DON PAGUSARA
Davao Today
Under the present setup, there’s no way a worker or a farmer or a fisherman or an urban poor can win an electoral seat, nationally or even locally. Let us therefore stop calling our elections a democratic process.
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
The state machinery with all of its legal institutions, under normal conditions, works as a manageable apparatus for peace and stability. But in a dictatorship the ruler commands state authority with the nozzle of the gun. No matter its pretensions, its inward decay oozes out as a reign of blood and terror for the perpetual suppression of people’s rights and interests. At best, it is a “paper tiger.”
By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today
And as the country observes the Holy Week, we are reminded that the Ten Commandments mandate mankind to follow God’s simple rules, to live life the way it should be. And these also encourage us to reflect with our beliefs. Allow me to share mine.
