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On Everyone’s Lips

On Everyone’s Lips

Tuluy-tuloy na ba ito? (Will this go on and on?) This is the question on everyone’s mind. Three weeks ago, nobody would have foreseen that they would be asking this question now. Similarly, it would be impossible to foresee how long, how far and how fast events...

Let the Truth Prevail

Let the Truth Prevail

BY THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH – PHILIPPINES CENTRAL CONFERENCE Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VII, No. 5, March 2-8, 2008 As co-creators of life, we women feel the deep pain of the people’s longing for a just and peaceful nation. From our wombs and our...

Desperation Among Domestic Female Spousal Units and Cross-Cultural Inequality or Paper Tigers and National Esteem

Desperation Among Domestic Female Spousal Units and Cross-Cultural Inequality or Paper Tigers and National Esteem

For hours we discussed the state of Philippine politics, American foreign policy, and neo-colonialism, complete with my requisite apologies for the sins of my ancestors, when the conversation turned to a recent piece of news. In an episode of a popular TV series in...

Deadly ‘Prayer’

Deadly ‘Prayer’

This interesting streamer was sneaked up to the stage during the Feb. 29 interfaith prayer rally in Makati City. It uses a common Filipino joke, “Sana kunin ka na ni Lord” (May God take your life away), as a political statement. This one calls on God to take...

To Expect the Impossible

To Expect the Impossible

While calling on the Catholic faithful, the biggest religious bloc in the Philippines, to destroy “the roots of corruption,” the recent statement by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo – whose...

Mobilidad sa Imobilidad

Mobilidad sa Imobilidad

Ito ang panahon ng pagpaparami ng hanay: pagtataas ng kamulatan, pagpapakilos at pag-oorganisa. Kailangang may maunang kumilos at paratihang mag-rally. Kailangang kumprehensibo ang prop, malikahain sa pagpapataas ng kamulatan. At kailangan ang napakilos ay...

Truth is Still Hostage

Truth is Still Hostage

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may make much of the recent revocations of Executive Order No. 464, which barred cabinet-level officials and top-ranking military officers from testifying in congressional investigations in aid of legislation without clearance from...

Balarila ng Anomalya

Balarila ng Anomalya

Ang nasa bokabularyo ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at ng mga tagapagtanggol niya ay ang paggamit ng mga salitang magtatakip sa katotohanan, kahit na ito ay labag hindi lang sa batas ng gramatika kundi sa batas ng Pilipinas. Tunay na may dahilan para mapansin...

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