Fr. Rudy Romano was abducted by armed men, allegedly under the orders of the Marcos dictatorial regime, in Barangay Tisa, … More
Tag: Desaparecidos
Memory and Resistance: The Desaparecidos Monument in Oton, Iloilo
I wrote this commentary for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Seemingly out of nowhere, motorists travelling along the Iloilo-Antique National Highway pass by … More
Women’s Resistance and the Antigonean Power of Mourning in Ariel Dorfman’s Widows
In acts of defiance evocative of Antigone in Sophocles’ classic tragedy, the women protagonists of the Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman’s … More
Pagtatagpo sa Kabilang Dulo: Panitikang Testimonial ng Desaparecidos
Desaparecidos, the national organization of the families of the disappeared, and Pagbutlak, the official student publication of the University of … More
Ora pro nobis
Because I’m not into writing anniversary statements these days unlike before, I leave this repost of an entry from my … More
Bombard the Headquarters! 