Originally posted on Panay Today:
ILOILO City – The burial grounds and sacred sites of the Tumandok indigenous peoples of Central…
Category: History
Cebu’s 4-day ‘Welgang Bayan’
Originally posted on In Between Columns:
October 22-25, 1984 (This is an account of the first day of the four-day transport strike…
Never forget
The growing acceptance of glowing myths of the Marcos era is therefore not just the outcome of Filipinos’ innate forgetfulness or “forgiving culture.” It has more to do with the absence of a real settling with the past and the failure of an “elite democracy” characterized by unabated poverty, injustice and rampant corruption.
This is why the son of the dictator can brazenly call on the public to forget the past in his run for the second highest position in the land. This can also explain the lure of the iron fist, as exemplified by the tough-talking Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s open endorsement of the killing of petty criminals.
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Cebuanos remember 30th year anniversary of Fr. Rudy Romano’s disappearance
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Ang mahabang kasaysayan ng paglaban ng mamamayang Bangsamoro
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PixelOffensiveGinugunita ngayon taon ang ika-116 anibersaryo ng pagsiklab ng Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano, isang marahas na gerang agresyon ng Estados Unidos upang sakupin ang Pilipinas. Ang Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano ang simula ng isang-siglong paghahari ng kapangyarihang US sa ating bansa. Malaking hamon ang pagmulat ng mga kabataan at mamamayang Pilipino sa tunay na kasaysayan ng Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano.
Ang kabuluhan ng First Quarter Storm (FQS)
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Marcos and BS Aquino: The Dictator and the Wannabe
I wrote this commentary for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Last September 21, the nation commemorated the 42nd anniversary of the … More
Remembering Fr. Rudy Romano on the 29th anniversary of his disappearance
I wrote this for Philippine Online Chronicles. No trace of Fr. Rudy Romano’s body has been found until the present, … More
Tumandok epic: The Panay indigenous people’s struggle for land*
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Andres Bonifacio and the Unfinished Revolution
I wrote this for the Philippine Online Chronicles. On November 30, 2013 we commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Andres … More
FARC: Narco-Terrorists or Marxist Revolutionaries?
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“I’d like to buy the world a Coke”: Coca-Cola’s Secret History
Coca-Cola is a mainstay of everyday urban life in the Philippines. My colleagues, family, and friends drink it all the … More
The Filipino Youth and Social Transformation [1]
In these times of national crisis and global upheavals, there is a need for an active youth that can unite … More