Reblogged from Teddy Casiño: I would like to thank all those who voted for me during last week’s elections. Salamat po sa inyong tiwala sa akin at sa progresibo at makabayang pulitika na aking isinusulong. Bagamat hindi tayo nagwagi, hindi nasayang ang inyong boto. Malaking ambag ito sa patuloy na pagsisikap nating magkaroon ng pagbabago … Continue reading »
Note: This is a talk I gave to campus journalists of the University of the Philippines system during a Conference of the UP Solidaridad in UP Visayas Miagao, Iloilo last May 16, 2013. When Pixel Offensive posted a status update discouraging his readers from blaming the masses for disappointing election results, the Facebook meme page … Continue reading »
Mayo 2013 Inihanda ng Public Information Committee ng Pambansang Himpilan ng ANAKBAYAN Tulad ng inaasahan, ang eleksyon 2013 ay walang pakinabang sa mamamayang Pilipino na naghahangad ng tunay na pagbabago. Ito ay naging paliksahan lamang ng mga magkakalabang paksyon ng mga naghahari sa ating bayan para sa mga pwesto, at paghahanda para sa eleksyon sa … Continue reading »
Reblogged from AES Watch: May 18, 2013 press statement By committing more errors than those recorded in 2010, by making arbitrary and highly-irregular decisions during canvassing, and proclaiming presumed winning candidates prematurely the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has turned the second automated elections from bad to worse – a technology and political disaster. Aside from … Continue reading »
By Bernard D’Mello You are far away from the sterile atmosphere of much of academia with its politically correct but spineless professors. You are miles away from intellectuals who detest both the Indian state and those who live by the revolutionary ideal. Just as well to be nowhere near those who run with the hare … Continue reading »
Formulaic By Edel Garcellano This summer is a repetition: boys with books upraised to hide their pimples; girls with sunglasses perched on noses like Hepburn. But they will not say anything so anti-climactic, so dangerous: they subscribe to time-worn protocol, & pretend everything’s damned cool. There is no need for arguments, they destabilize novatos & … Continue reading »
Reblogged from STALIN'S MOUSTACHE: More for my study called Saint Joseph: The Man of Steel and Religion: In the city of Yakutsk, a sub-arctic city, major port on the Lena River, and capital of the Sakha Republic in Russia, a new statue of Stalin has been unveiled. Despite opposition from those dreadful anti-Stalinists, the local and … Continue reading »
Reblogged from : they forgot drunks, depressives, narcissists… Neruda was also Chilean Communist Party Secretary General and wrote odes to Comrade Stalin :) Continue reading »
The Roman jurists knew perfectly well what it meant to “profane:’ Sacred or religious were the things that in some way belonged to the gods. As such, they were removed from the free use and commerce of men; they could benefit neither sold nor held in lien, neither given for usufruct nor burdened by servitude. … Continue reading »
Reblogged from The Funambulist: Israeli settlement of Rimmonim on the road from Ramallah to Jericho I am not quite sure to know the reasons that made me take so much time to write this article, three years after my last trip in Palestine; better late than never as one says so here it is: a … Continue reading »
Teddy Casiño was here in Iloilo last May 1 to speak during the town fiesta opening program in Dumanggas upon the invitation of Mayor Onal Golez. He flew back to Manila the next day for a media conference with showbiz endorsers but returned to Iloilo in the afternoon to be present in the miting de … Continue reading »
Nguyen Van Thieu had constructed himself a worthy Presidential Palace set in the middle of a great park in the center of Saigon, with a vast ballroom, a swimming pool, game salons, a cinema, and a complex of halls for appropriate occasions. His furnishing it with plush and rich textiles, marble, and rare woods, with … Continue reading »
I wrote this commentary for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Mangoes from Guimaras are celebrated as one of the sweetest in the world. Situated between Panay and Negros in Western Visayas, the small island of Guimaras is said to possess unique soil qualities that make its mangoes luscious and sweeter. It thus comes as no surprise … Continue reading »
Reblogged from The Funambulist: As I mentioned in one the most recent articles, I was feeling odd never to have dedicated a full article to the fascinating machine invented by Franz Kafka in his short story In the Penal Colony (1919). This machine is probably the most famous torturing apparatus of the history of literature; … Continue reading »
I wrote this commentary for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Seemingly out of nowhere, motorists travelling along the Iloilo-Antique National Highway pass by a striking concrete monument in Barangay Cabanbanan, Municipality of Oton. The signage beside the road reads: “Mag-ingat sa mandurukot. Dito dinukot ng mga militar si Nilo Arado at Maria Luisa Posa-Dominado.” The sculpted marker consists … Continue reading »
