By WILLIAM SAUNDERS, JR.* Hold fast to the gift of fire! I am rage! I am wrath! I am ire! The vulture sits on my rock, Licks at the chains that mock Emancipation’s breath, Reeks of death, death, death – Prometheus Unbound, Ruben Cuevas Drenched in the blood of her sons, Under the moon’s lone…
DAVAO CITY,Philippines – Dark clouds are hovering over the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines…
Ni Sham Astudillo Bumuhos ang suporta sa mga inaresto sa Pride March sa Manila noong Hunyo 26. Nagtrend online ang #FreePride20 bilang panawagan na palayain ang LGBTQ advocates na lumahok sa mapayapang Pride March. Hindi ito ang unang pagkakataong may inaresto sa gitna ng pandemya. Mula Norzagaray 6 hanggang Pride 20, ginamit ng pulis ang…
“The reality of the Philippines under Duterte is tainted with the blood and sufferings of the poor, denied of their rights and continuously being burdened by the government’s repressive and anti-people policies,” said Karapatan deputy secretary general Roneo Clamor during a protest action at the Boy Scout Circle, Tomas Morato, QC on September 7, 2018….
MAALAB NA PAGBATI, PILIPINAS! Narito ang nag-aalab na mga balita ngayong linggo mula sa AlterMidya Network: – Pagdinig ng Senado sa Endo, dinaluhan ng mga manggagawa ng NutriAsia at PLDT – Badyet sa pagkain, unang nasasakripisyo sa mabilis na inflation ayon sa women’s group – Golden rice, tinutulan ng magsasaka at konsyumer sa Bicol –…
Women activists and artists perform a poem in response to President Duterte’s statement telling his soldiers to shoot women communist guerrillas in their vaginas. The poem was written by Joi Barrios-Leblanc of Bayan-USA and performed by Gleeza Joy Belandres, Maningning Vilog, Judy Taguiwalo, Sarah Elago and Angeli Bayani at the People Power Monument during the…