Assembling editorial columns...
Following the issuance of an arrest warrant and her subsequent posting of bail for grave threat charges, Vice President Sara Z. Duterte repeatedly declared to reporters and legal counsel that she no longer feels safe in the country.
It has been 54 years since martial law was declared in the Philippines. The freedom that we possess is built on the lives of those who fought for it, for a dying democracy.
Time is a tyrant, and amnesia is its alibi.
Following the issuance of an arrest warrant and her subsequent posting of bail for grave threat charges, Vice President Sara Z. Duterte repeatedly declared to reporters and legal counsel that she no longer feels safe in the country.
May araw na gigising ka at sasalubungin ka agad ng simpleng pagbabadyet na hindi kailanman naging patas: ang sahod na pang-isang linggo ay mauubos sa isang araw para lamang sa kuryente, tubig, at pamasahe.
Ngayong araw, halos mga makabayang salita ang lumabas sa bibig ng pangulo at isa na rito ay "Sa mga pang-aalipusta, hindi tayo matitinag. Sa manlulupig, hindi tayo pasisiil.
The deaths of Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili have left behind grief and unanswered questions.
Kapag ordinaryong mamamayan, magtatrabaho muna bago makakuha ng puwesto. Ngunit kapag sa pulitika, sisiguruhin muna ang posisyon bago gawin ang serbisyo.
"Ang edukasyon ay siyang lupa at ang kalayaan ay siyang araw ng sangkatauhan. " Wika nga ni Jose Rizal.
Rest is supposed to be simple. To rest means to relax into something and let it support you.
“I am just like my country
“Hindi mo naman ako naiintindihan, eh. ”
“Uno ako sa major! Deserve ko siguro nito.
Sa liwanag ng karagatan, ang bawat hangin ay sumasayaw na parang abay. Ang bawat huni ng mga ibon ay tila paru-parong dumadapo—banayad at kalmado.
To love an activist is to understand that my attention will rarely belong to you alone. My heart does not beat alone for your existence; it also beats beneath the scream of the workers and in the force of the wails of those deprived by the rotten system.
Mukhang hindi na ako magd-DSPC. Sayang.
Kung gusto mong pumatay ng wika, huwag mo itong patayin agad. Unahin mo ang mata, isunod ang mga paa, at panghuli ang bibig.
"Atin cu pung singsing... metung yang timpukan...
May larong matagal nang nilalaro ng bayan—
Tulungan mo akong mangarap para hindi ako maging katulad mo.
Tuyo na ang lalamunan. Pilit kong tinatahi ang mga gutay-gutay na alaala ngunit ang bawat letra’y nalulunod sa sarili kong bulong.
We act as if when she steps down, integrity dies, and decency leaves the hope for good and honest governance. This is not admiration anymore; this is idolatry. And it does a disservice to the very movement she tried to build— being a loyalist and a political fanatic.
