‘Like a scene from Orapronobis’: Police assault Lumad evacuees in Davao church compound

The July 23 morning assaultby the police on lumads in an evacuation center inside the United Church of Christ in … More

Hindi ipinagdiriwang ang Internasyunal na Araw sa Karapatang Pantao

I wrote this article for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Idineklara ng United Nations ang Disyembre 10 bilang pagunita ng internasyunal … More

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

#SignUpVsPork: ‘People’s Initiative’ launched to end pork barrel system

I wrote this for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Various groups coming from different walks of life and political persuasions have … More

Ilustrado: A Fragmented View from the Apex of Privilege

Criticism of didacticism is common fare when talking of works of literature. Poems or novels must not express political views. … More

Youth activists disrupt BS Aquino speech in Iloilo

This article was written for Philippine Online Chronicles. For the second time in the same month youth activists once again … More

To disrupt the President’s Speech is justified

I wrote this commentary for the Philippine Online Chronicles. We can only imagine the irate reaction of President BS Aquino … More

A Marvelous! Fantastic! Magical! Philippine Miracle

The recently concluded World Economic Forum (WEF) hosted by the Philippines became another occasion for the BS Aquino regime to … More

People’s Initiative vs pork ‘back on track’

I wrote this article for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Like the other bread The bread of justice must be baked … More

A Day of Protest against Pork Barrel in Iloilo

I wrote this article for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Iloilo City, Philippines – The effigy of a yellow pig lies … More

People’s Initiative against Pork Barrel

I wrote this commentary for Philippine Online Chronicles. Archbishop Jose S. Palma, D.D., outgoing President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference … More

SONA 2013 or the Idiocy of Noynoy’s Neoliberal Dogma

Note: I wrote this satire for Philippine Online Chronicles. As in all of President Noynoy Aquino’s past three speeches, this … More

Why We Deserve Better than Leloy Claudio and Akbayan

In a blog for the GMA News website entitled “Binay voters deserve better than Binay,” Leloy Claudio of Akbayan continues … More

Facebook Revolution? Social Media, the 2013 Elections, and the National Situation

Note: This is a talk I gave to campus journalists of the University of the Philippines system during a Conference … More

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