This war by proxy conducted by the US Government and which the Philippine leadership join in partnership through some immoral and illegal agreements will last for as long as the US nurtures economic interests in this part of the globe.
If we are going to make a fuss about the Yaya meal, then we should make a fuss about the class contradictions seething underneath it.
It’s disheartening—no, disgusting! But that’s what one feels watching the resumed deliberations on the Mamasapano Incident in the House of Representatives of Congress.
There has been ceaseless attacks made by certain Senators in Congress against the BBL or Bangsamoro Basic Law, which aims to establish an autonomous Islamic State in the Mindanao region.
For UP this may still be the mid-semester, but for the rest of the Philippines it is already the season for graduations and finishing the academic year.
Which from the beginning was already there in a the ego spot of President Noynoy’s personal agenda as a prime motive — the Nobel Peace Prize?
Today is one of those great occasions when we get to celebrate our young people – their achievements, their perseverance and their successes as they grow up.
Songs and poesies and artful discourses are common recipes providing entertainment flavor in many anti-Aquino gatherings, rallies and fora, especially in specialized cultural presentations.
It’s nice to have a government leadership that adheres to western tradition, even the curse of history.
I am privileged to have consolidated some notes on my experience as a women political activist while into a graduate program in social work.
