It was relieving for those keenly concerned with peace to be reassured early this week that the Duterte government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines remain committed to resume, in the last week of August, the long-suspended GPH-NDFP formal peace...
(Kay Wendell Gumban, martir ng bayan) Ni ROMMEL RODRIGUEZ Madaling maging katangi-tangi ang isang pangalan Maaaring dahil sa bitbit na apelyidong pamana o kaya'y ang pagputong ng korona na may basbas ng estado, ng simbahan, o ng institusyong pinagmulang na...
Because the program was rushed and most public schools are not prepared for its implementation, the aim of the added years to provide “better” learning becomes unfeasible.
Ni JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Bayan Women’s Desk Ipinanganak ka’t lumisan na magkaiba ang pangalan. Wendell. Ka Waquin. Kung paano tinatalikuran ang uring pinagmulan para yakapin ang paninindigan. Maging pulang mandirigma. Wendell. Wanda. Wak-wak Queen ng Bundok Diwata. O...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s dramatic declaration of a unilateral cease-fire vis-a-vis the CPP-NPA-NDFP to usher in the peace talks slated to resume on August 20 was, for all intents and purposes, one of the high points of his one-and-a-half-hour-long State of the...
By RON DE VERA They came at night To rape our mothers They came at night To steal our fathers They came at night To hurt our brothers They came at night To kill our sisters They came at night To keep us silent They came at night To end our dreams They stayed all...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) was at various times challenging, funny, and puzzling. Particularly problematic, however, were his statements on human rights, the drug problem, and even the media. As has become evident since Day...
This week the Philippine STAR is celebrating its 30th founding anniversary. I join its loyal readers in commending the editorial staff, the management, and the employees for the paper’s sustained growth and dedicated pursuance of its declared goal: that, through...
Ni REYWYNX MORGADO Minsan ika'y nakatulog Tila hindi naririnig ang kanilang mga bulong Nakatali sa maraming personal na rason Pero di mo maiintindihan, kahit gaano katagal Magigising at magigising ka. Pagbukas ng iyong mga mata, andoon pa rin sila, naghihintay...
“For the longest time, this has been the call of farmers, who have received (little to no support) from previous department administrations.”
“If there were projects for our sector such as distribution of seeds and livestocks, the beneficiaries are few, some of them are not really farmers.”
"As long as there is conflict, and as long as there is struggle from the masses, the government and state must always listen.”
“Our fight goes on and we won’t bring down our banners.”
"Change is in our hands."
Five days before President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his first state-of-the-nation address on Monday, he was gifted by the Pulse Asia Survey with the report that its nationwide survey on July 2-8 (his first week in office) showed a 91 percent trust rating for...
In 1986 the Republic of Nicaragua filed a complaint against the United States before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ ruled that the US violated international law by supporting the Contras mercenaries trained and funded by the US, in its attempts...
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