Lagi kong tinutulaan ang araw at ang buwan, noong aking kabataan. Ang ningning ng mga bituin at ang mga alon ng sa dagat ang paboritong paksa ng aking panulaan. Hindi ko tinutulaan ang kahirapan, polusyon, korpsyon, at iba pang sakit ng ating bayan. Mahirap tumula...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld There are two things that the common tao considers as indicators, if not necessary proof, that our political system is a democracy. The first is national elections. The second is the Philippine Congress. When...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Positive news for the nation’s struggling iron and steel industry turned up this week: Seven domestic banks have pooled a P4.4-billion syndicated loan to finance the construction in Plaridel, Bulacan of a...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld It’s that time again, the filing of certificates of candidacy that’s the prelude to the months-long extravaganza-cum-freak show that we call elections. Thanks to the media focus on who’s running for such national...
The aggravating plunder and destruction of the mountains are fanning the flames of people's protest.
Kailan lamang sapilitan tayong na-detour Ng walang-hiyang Yolandang ibinunyag ang bulok Na pamamalakad ng gobyernong buktot Nalubog sa putik ng kasinungali't korapsyon Pabalik mula sa Tacloban ng mga Romualdez Naligaw tayo ng patayan sa Mamasapano, sinilip Kung...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld It’s not so much the alleged “lewdness” of that performance during the Oct. 1 birthday party of Laguna 4th district Congressman Benjamin Agarao by a group that calls itself “Playgirls” that should be pre-occupying...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star At the House of Representatives plenary deliberations on the proposed 2016 General Appropriations Act (national budget) last Monday, two interesting revelations involving investment incentives and wrongful...
There is intense controversy in many TPP countries about the pacts’ threats to jobs and more.
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its most rabid apologists are trying desperately to stem the tide of public outrage here and abroad over the series of killings of unarmed lumad leaders, their...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If the point about the study of history is to learn enough about the past so as not to repeat it, it should be more than obvious that what happened in Philippine history has never been quite understood or even widely...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “Signs of democratic dysfunction are everywhere, from Athens to Ankara. Brussels to Brasilia. In the United States, the federal government has shut down 12 times in the last 35 years…a Gallup tracking poll...
Sa dawag ng kalooban Bakit hindi natin suyurin Ang gubat ng kanyang talambuhay? Doon, maaari nating matagpuan Ang humahataw na braso Ng ama sa lupa ng haciendero Doon, maaaring ipako Ang ating paningin sa siklo Ng paulit-ulit nilang pagkagupo Kung ang mata ay...
“All we want is for our children to know how to read, write and have a better life ahead of them. The Lumad took a stand to protect the environment and give our children education but they don’t want us to do that. The government and the capitalists want us to remain uneducated, primitive and weak.”
I don't just shoot and edit videos, I tell stories.”
iniibig ko ang pilipinas aking lupang ninanakawan tahanan ng mga kauri kong tulisan pinahihintulutan akong magnakaw magpakailanman upang maging mayaman, makapangyarihan at mapanlinlang. dahil mahal ko ang aking kapakanan susuwayin ko ang mga batas at lagi kong...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Philippine government marked the 43rd anniversary of the declaration of martial law with the usual mantras about the need for everyone to see to it that “never again” will there be authoritarian rule in this...
There is one key reason why the United States is militarily involved in the Philippines - natural resources.
All throughout the event, silence would fall on the entire room when a performer delivers a poignant song, dance or poem.
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Today, September 21, we commemorate the anniversary of the Dictator Marcos’ declaration of martial law and say “Never again!” This constitutes our collective denunciation of the evils spawned by 14 years of the...
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