“Women hold up half the sky” is the slogan that synthesizes the call and struggle for women’s rights. This may be an understatement.
Forty-three years ago, on the eve of martial law, a Senator quizzically asked “What’s happening to our country, General?” Perhaps, in another ominous time— ten, twenty, or God knows how many years from today—a similar question will again be asked.
Philippine politics has descended into the realm of the dead. It is election season, and even before the official campaign period, already the political parties have launched their strategies in presenting and marketing their respective presidential bets.
Whether it’s Bob Dylan that renders the song or it’s the trio Peter, Paul and Mary, the phrase “blowing in…
Hello! I’m 77 years old, and I have participated in our country’s elections only two times—that was when my own father ran for mayor in our place in 1970, and then when my brother was a mayoralty candidate for the same office in 1986.
History will drag them to where they are bound to be thrown—to the dustbin of dishonor and shame.
Yesterday, we were swamped with varying opinions about the phenomenon which many have dubbed as the “darkest moment in Philippine history”—and that is the Marcos Dictatorship or simply the martial law regime.
Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Not even a glittering glow of a firefly seems to manifest itself in the pitch dark situation of Philippine political affairs.
Amidst the terrible pain and insecurities that the Lumad people of Surigao del Sur and other places in Mindanao Lumadlands are suffering in this trying moments of their tribal life.
Yes, the AFP under the present commander-in-chief Pres. Noynoy Aquino is capable of doing absolutely anything. Absolutely anything!
