Year after year, the rituals of Holy Week will come and go. But how have they transform us? Perhaps this year, as we go about the rituals and liturgies, we could make a difference if we try to listen to the voices of those crying for justice, to cross the borders of difference and animosity,…
By Romae Chanice Marquez On JUNE 13 around 8 p.m., four unidentified armed men barged into the home of community worker Elena Tijamo in Brgy. Kampingganon, Bantayan, Cebu. The abductors, masked and clad in black, reportedly put a tape on Elena’s mouth and tied her hands before taking her away. Days after her abduction, she…
The Southern Philippines Medical Center announced on Monday an increase of their testing capacity for COVID-19 cases with the addition of two Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machines and one automated extractor.
The “association matrix” exposed by President Duterte’s PR man, Manila Times President Emeritus Dante Ang, has not only been criticized but also laughed at by many, including those who are being accused as “conspirators” to the so-called “Oust Duterte” plot. Without naming the source of the matrix and the dubious illustration connecting Bikoy, the anonymous…
The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), a human rights groups composed of mostly Martial Law victims, denounces in the strongest terms the House of Representatives’ approval of House Bill 7137, declaring September 11 a non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte in honor of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. read more
“BGEN Sinas has the gall to violate quarantine rules and publicly display thoughtless extravagance at a time when many people are jobless, hungry and desperately waiting for government aid.” The post ‘Outrageous instance of double standard and selective justice’ appeared first on Kodao Productions.