By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Will President Aquino issue a statement on Monday, Sept. 21, which marks the 43rd year after Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law and began a 14-year fascist dictatorship whose pernicious imprints remain...
Pagkat ngayong gabi’y hindi kahapon pa, Oras ng balikat ay hindi saka na. Liban kahinaan bukas ang isip ko Ang lambing ng hidwa sana lang pansin mo? Pag tirik ng araw wag magpaliwanag Anino’y tuntungan wag kang magpasikat, Pag detalye ng b’wan wag kang magmagaling,...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld No matter what his apologists and he himself believes, like every other Philippine President Benigno S. C. Aquino III will be leaving Malacañang in 2016 with a trail of citizen disappointment behind him. But unlike...
“We are demanding an investigation without the presence of the military because any investigation with their presence is useless.”
Sobra naman kayo! Hindi naman lavish ang selebrasyon ng ika-35 anibersaryo ng LRTA. Sabi nga ni Administrator Chaneco, mukha lang labis-labis kasi “Roaring Twenties” ang tema ng party kaya strictly kailangang magsunog ng libo-libo para makapag-drag ang mga...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Only a few individuals and groups, among the latter the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), took issue with a statement by Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) chair Patricia B. Licuanan last...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Yes, that’s how many citizens of various countries, enmeshed in varying degrees and types of armed conflicts, have been displaced thus far – either internally (within their homelands) or forced to seek...
President Aquino has been blind to the deaths of the indigenous Lumads, said the protesters.
kung sakaling makita mo ako sa tabi ng binti ng poste ng MERALCO sa ibabaw ng nilatag kong karton ng donut at sako o habang sinasalansan ang naani kong abubot: plastic cup, taeng-bakal, o dyaryong lukot o kaya'y malungkot na ninanamnam ano mang tirang pagkaing...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld James Cameron’s 2009 box-office hit film Avatar, about an alien world where primitive but highly evolved inhabitants defend their habitat, moved audiences across the globe, including the Filipino urbanite...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star We’ve entered the first of the “ber” months. For the many who are holiday-obsessed this may evoke merry thoughts of bells tinkling, of gift-shopping, of Christmas approaching. It’s a different picture,...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In a performance that would have done his father proud, Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. managed to apologize and not apologize at the same time during a television interview last week (Aug. 26). Marcos Jr. was...
This is one of the "Best of TomDispatch: Chalmers Johnson on Garrisoning the Planet," reposted on the said site last month, Aug. 9, 2015. A note to its readers said: ... Every now and then, in the quieter days of summer, it feels good and appropriate to feature old...
“These latest killings and attack are meant to destroy the unity of the Lumad people who have resisted the plunder of their ancestral lands in the Andap Valley Complex."
Palestinian workers are especially attractive to Israeli employers because of a very particular legal situation that’s arisen over the past few years.
Ito ang tagpong pinaka kinatatakutan ko, Ang tagpong hahabulin ko sa aking gunita lahat ng alaala at pagkakasyahin sa ilang segundong pahinga habang ikinakasa ang baril. Sa iilang segundong ito, ay inaalala ko ang iyong mukha at ang mga anak natin. Nakikita kong...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Outraged Filipinos trapped in traffic, trying to make both ends meet, and appalled at the unremitting corruption in government, have been cursing the Aquino bureaucracy, which teems with people who seem to have been...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The proliferation of huge malls in Metro Manila and rapid expansion in the provinces can be deemed both as a spur and a response to rapid urbanization. Similarly, these can both be an impetus and a response...
“To all migrante OFWs around the world, we are encouraging you to join this huge political action.”
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