One of the key indigenous values the pre-hispanic society has bestowed upon the Filipinos is damayan
It seems the Philippine officialdom is not giving enough support and solicitude to insure victory?
What a concrete dialectical interplay of the “holy and unholy”, the “merciful and harsh”, the “compassionate and cruel” in these recent events in Philippine history!
Revolutionary political activism in spite of the Church leadership is still a very relevant phenomenon for the liberation of the country from poverty and underdevelopment.
Interestingly and no doubt, the opportunity the Pope created in his visit expands to the fact that social diseases indeed urgently need our collective management towards a more responsive society consistent with our national heroes’ dreams of a better Philippines.
There is no doubt that his hypocritical posturing of being the scion of an avid Catholic family will ever be affected in profound ways by the words of Pope Francis. His political career is only as extensive as his class interest. And class interest is just as thick as blood. There is much whiplash to expect from his big-landed-gentry upbringing after this brief season of euphoric windfall of the Papal visit.
Excitement hangs in the air as the Filipino nation fetes the coming of the ”People’s Pope”. Everyone has his/her prepared phrase in case of a face-to-face encounter with the endeared visitor—mostly, asking intercession for some exclusive personal problem or tribulation, such as cure or wellness from cancer-ridden member of the family, or survival from misery and pain, or even acquittal of a criminal case— anything that could translate into a sense of personal well-being, comfort or grace.
THERE’S no question that the people’s war waged in the countryside alongside the revolutionary mass movements in the urban areas is leveling up to advanced stages and has taken deeper and deeper roots among the broad masses of the people.
Many of our young’uns by now must be familiar with the controversy that erupted in the hip-hop scene a few days before Christmas involving award-winning rapper Iggy Azalea and fellow musician Azealia Banks.
There is an unmistakable special-ness in the act of unexpected house visit by all-time friends, even if they came to me on certain days within the year.
