The trouble with the Philippine educational system is that it is foreign-dictated and it is now unmasked when the country’s Commission on Higher Education chief herself, Patricia B. Licuanan. Licuanan was quoted saying that Filipino youth does not have to enter college.
Today — August 21 — President Noynoy Aquino is making extra noise in drumbeating as a way of proclaiming the greatness of his parents.
We condemn the continuing culture of impunity and violence in the country and demand justice for the two victims.
It is a real pleasurable experience to be listening to military personnel speak (and/or write) in the language of the schooled among Filipinos and succeed in creating confusion in their listeners (and readers).
There are more fitting tributes for those whom the Kadayawan wishes to celebrate.
An apology that is not an apology at all. This is how we see the contradicting statements from the resigned Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) spokesman Colonel Eduardo Gubat.
This is a very interesting news item. It must be submitted to the widest expanse of the public for their own information and scrutiny. It is a very revealing information.
The game of politics in our country is truly an interesting art form—a sarswela politika which has been developed through the years ever since the very first electoral exercise our country experienced after having been granted a token independence by the United States.
And I truly hope that the UP Diliman administration feels the same way, even if only privately, given their lackluster explanation to the media and their pooh-poohing of the protests.
Today—August 9—a day set aside by the international community as Universal Day for Indigenous Peoples throughout the world—is replete with significance and meaningfulness for the Lumads who have sought refuge at Haran Mission House of the UCCP.
