I almost threw my phone when I saw a screencap of Duterte’s directive to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to shoot women rebels in the vagina to render them “useless”. The curses went out of my mouth and head as fast as a Gloc-9 song. That very moment made me imagine that a gun…
Binigkas ng manunulat noong Pebrero 25 sa Mendiola sa pag-alala sa mga martir at bayani na lumaban sa Batas Militar ni Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. The post Bilang buhay appeared first on Manila Today.
In time for the 32nd year of the EDSA People Power 1, members of Movement Against Tyranny – Metro Manila, Bayan Metro Manila, Rise Up for Life and for Rights – Metro Manila, People Surge and Stop The Killings Network held a wreath-laying and candle lighting ceremony at the historic Don Chino Roces Bridge in…
Ang pagkamulat daw ng tao ay wala sa edad, kasarian, paniniwala, at edukasyon. Bagkus ito’y nasa pakikilahok niya sa reyalidad ng lipunang ginagawalan niya. Kaiba sa karaniwan sa murang mga edad inakap ng mga kabataang ito ang reyalidad ng kanilang ginagawalan kung saan talamak ang kahirapan, patayan, inhustisya at pasakit. Binuksan nila ang kanilang puso,…
Some called it a revolution, but it was hardly ever one. After the fall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos on February 25, 1986, the Philippines’ so-called restored democracy meant no land for farmers, low wages for contract workers, land grabbing and militarization for indigenous peoples. Nothing much has changed since then except the names and faces…
The 7.2-magnitude ‘Big One’ hasn’t happened yet, but Metro Manila trembled with thousands of footsteps and cries. “Ngayong araw, yayanigin natin ang sistemang matagal nang nang-aapi at nagsasamantala sa ating bayan. Yayanigin natin ang dayuhang interes sa ating sariling bayan. Yayanigin natin ang pamamayani at paghahari-harian ng mga panginoong maylupa sa ating bayan. Yayanigin natin…
As the 32nd anniversary of the EDSA People Power was expected to be commemorated with prayers and protests, more human rights violations were reported. On February 22, international rights organization Amnesty International likened President Rodrigo Duterte to other world leaders ushering “a new era of human rights regression”. The historic People Power uprising on February…
On the first day of 32nd EDSA 1 People Power uprising commemoration, Marklen Maojo B. Maga, a staff of labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) tasked to organize workers’ unions in the port area, in factory belts in Valenzuela and in Central Luzon, was abducted in San Mateo, Rizal. It was only in the evening…