“All our efforts have not been in vain, and we attribute this victory mainly to their fighting spirit and the collective efforts of friends, supporters and advocates.”
Day: June 22, 2015
Martin’s impressions 1
West Ph Sea naval exercises a ‘false united front’ vs China
“The naval exercises themselves do very little to develop our own capability for external defense.”
How a banana in water gave me a new view of the urban poor
By BETTINA CATLI Bulatlat.com When I first heard that we were to attend an urban poor situationer, my first thought was, what is there to talk about? In my head, it was pretty clear what the situation was. I was remembering the crooked and dilapidated shanties, dirty-faced children running naked, and the occasional loud voices,…
Learn the lessons of Laudato Si, live its teachings through the people’s struggles
KALIBUTAN By LEON DULCE (Columnist’s note: We released this statement last Friday,June 19, after reading Pope Francis’ entire encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si. We are publishing it in Kalibutan for everyone to see groundbreaking implications of the Encyclical rarely captured in traditional media coverage.) ‘Laudato Si,’ the much-awaited encyclical on climate change and the…