By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The guerrilla is like a poet Keen to the rustle of leaves The break of twigs The ripples of the river The smell of fire And the ashes of departure. -- Jose Maria Sison, 1968 Sari and Kiri Dalena’s ground-breaking...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Filipinos hailed the fall of the Marcos dictatorship 27 years ago, 14 years after the imposition of martial law on Sept. 21, 1972, as marking the end of a historical anomaly. Prior to Presidential Proclamation 1081,...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld As of this writing (Sept. 19), the President of the Philippines, Benigno Simeon Aquino III, had been five days in Zamboanga, where, according to Palace sources, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces he was...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Today marks the 41st year when then President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law and imposed a dictatorship to perpetuate himself in power. In 1986 a peaceful popular uprising ended his despotic rule....
“This is all part of the scheme of the Cojuangco-Aquino clan to silence us. Who else would have ordered the police to arrest us? Who else would have allowed the military to construct their outposts here?” -- Florida Sibayan, Ambala
Zambo evacuees recount the "politeness" of MNLF members, and the "oddness" of the state military burning houses of civilians as a strategy.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star That the gross domestic product grew by 7.5% in the second quarter of 2013 the fourth consecutive quarterly GDP growth rate at 7% may continue to elate the Aquino administration. It gushingly parlays the...
"When they entered (Zambo), there were naval patrols already; and there was an exchange of gunfire, we contained them in the four barangays we mentioned.” - Pres. Noynoy Aquino
Militarization here is linked with the entry of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd, which is eyeing KASAKA’s ancestral domain
The peace policy of President Aquino should not be divisive and exclusive. It should not leave out a legitimate group just to appease another group. This is no way of talking peace in Mindanao.” - Bayan Muna Representative Zarate
Marahil nadinig na ang kasabihang "Ang katotohanan ay magpapalaya sa iyo?" Ngunit naitanong ng sugo ng Imperyo: "Ano ang katotohanan?" Hindi nakuha ng isinakdal noon na gumuhit sa buhangin upang tumugon; may usisa pa ba sa kasukdulan ng naratibong iyon?
Ni MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com Syria, halika at saluhan ako sa aking almusal. Kagatan mo itong binili kong shawarma. Itong baklava, kasintamis ba ng tinitinda sa iyong abalang mga bangketa? Gusto kong malaman kung paano mo natitiis ang alinsangan. Masaya ka ba tuwing...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The continuing, if not permanent, presence of hundreds of American troops in Mindanao and other parts of the country since 2002 purportedly in accord with the Visiting Forces Agreement has been a raging...
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