A girl strikes a pensive pose while waiting for friends. (Technohub, Quezon City)
Raymund Villanueva
Cliffhangers
Construction workers hang on sheer cliffs to work on the strengthening of a mountainside above a busy provincial highway. (Saranggani Province)
Poseidons and Amphitrites
A couple on a leisurely bait fishing activity unwittingly mirrors the statues before them. (La Mesa Ecopark, Quezon City)
Happy to see you
A popular mascot seems to relish his winged friends’ visit. (Digos City)
‘One Billion Rising’ and Angie Ipong
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com There are a few benefits to being fat and dark. One of them is being cast as a police officer in films and live performances. The first time it happened was in a comedic role in a music video. Often, I am an abusive cop or, worse, a torturer. When…
Peek
An elderly B’laan woman cracks a smile as she realizes her emergence from behind the door was anticipated. (Kiblawan, Davao del Sur)
Morning salutation
The dog might not have struck a “Downward Facing Dog” yoga pose as it enjoys the rising sun, but its shadow did resemble the Sphinx. (Digos City)
Probe reveals massacre of Blaan family ‘premeditated’
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
“The victims were unarmed and helpless, as most of them were still sleeping. It was only the elder son who was awake and in school uniform, sipping coffee outside the hut and who can be clearly seen and identified by the soldiers and yet they still fired at Jordan.”
Hallowed Dust
This child shall find out when he grows older that the dust he played with were from hallowed ground. This photo was taken inside a former military camp where hundreds of Argentinians were ‘disappeared’ and buried during the country’s Dirty War in the 70s and 80s. (Buenos Aires)
Piety
A faithful on bended knees and behind iron bars. He may be prevented from going closer to the church altar but he hopes his prayers may reach heaven. (Iloilo City)
Spiral
“Like a circle in a spiral / Like a wheel within a wheel” go the first lines of a popular song, which this Vatican Museum ramp obligingly mirrors. (Vatican City)