This was the spot where Jose Maria Sison, fresh from re-establishing the Communist Party of the Philippines the previous year, met with guerrilla leader Bernabe “Ka Dante” Buscayno to establish the New People’s Army in March 29, 1968, What used to be a bamboo clump in Sta. Rita, Capas, Tarlac is now mostly rice fields…
By JHIO JAN A. NAVARRO April’s breath brings colors and geometry To the endlessly azure sky Even as it does to the earth. Pink kites, red kites, yellow kites, violet kites And kites of calendar pages; Square kites, diamond kites, round kites, And kites of butterflies and birds; By 4 o’clock the heavens mirror Dear…
“We must realize that giving the people and organizations behind them permission to gather and use our personal information means that we do pay for their services – not in cash but at the cost of our attention, privacy, and security.” By REINETTE TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA– Amid the looming passage of the anti-terror bill, digital…
Sa dalawang pagkakataon na nagkaroon ng pangulong nagdeklara ng batas militar sa Pilipinas, naging kasabay na halos ang malawakang tala ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao ng mga mamamayan. Kaakibat nito, ilang mga pandaigdigang samahan at mga pamahalaan ang nagpapahayag ng pagkabahala sa malawakang karahasan at sistematikong patakaran ng pamahalaan na nagsasantabi sa karapatan ng mga…
Palace: No letup in Boracay cleanup Manila Bulletin Duterte won’t hesitate to blow up illegal structure in Boracay —Roque GMA News Duterte may send Marines to Boracay, ‘blow up’ illegal structures – Palace Inquirer.net Full coverage
“The combination of backwards tradition, capitalist commodification, and class contradiction all help create a culture where women are not only sidelined but are crushed by a vice and deprived of their right to voice out, to quote Alexandra Kollontai. Rape culture and bourgeois society are inherently linked, because both enable a system where a patriarchy,…