It has been said that the conditions of women and children reflect the extent of poverty in a country because they are the most vulnerable to it. But as the history of March 8, as well as that of other people’s struggles in history show, women could also be the face of the struggle. By [...]

In Payatas, Quezon City, a backhoe buries Metro Manila’s trash under a rising mountain of unsegregated garbage, like how another was used to bury 58 massacre victims on top of a lonely mountain in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, last November. In light of the recent murder of one of the most important witnesses of the massacre, the backhoe is fast becoming a morbid symbol of impunity in a country that uses it to bury massacre victims, as well as dreams.
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