WHY I’M HERE | Rey Cagomoc, lider-obrero
Lider-manggagawa ng Samahan ng mga Janitor sa PUP--kung bakit siya kumikilos at lumalahok sa panlipunang pagbabago.
Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival is now accepting entries
The Pandayang Lino Brocka is a yearly exhibition of audio-visual works gathered from independent filmmakers across the country. As a tribute to internationally acclaimed filmmaker Lino Brocka – who depicted the plight of the oppressed in his films Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag, Insiang, Bayan Ko, Kapit sa Patalim, Orapronobis, […]
Statement | On the first UN Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Today, November 2, we observe the first United Nations Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, with sorrow and rage. That the UN has to declare such a day, just as IFEX in 2011 declared November 23, the date the 2009 Ampatuan massacre happened, the International Day to End Impunity, says much of how […]
Simula ng Biyahe
ni Marx Halili Umaapaw ang mga tao sa bunganga ng bulawang Claro M. Recto nang dumating ako roon. Nagmistula iyong sinehan dahil sa haba ng pila ng mga estudyante ng Politektinong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (PUP) at maging ng marami pang ibang mula sa iba’t ibang paaralan sa Metro Manila. Ang ilan ay nagmula pa sa […]
Mga tula para sa mag-inang Rosal
Mga tula tungkol sa mag-inang Andrea at Diona Andrea Rosal.
Citizen Photo | Electronics workers call for reinstatement of union leaders
Around 1,000 workers of NXP Semi-conductors Cabuyao Inc., maker of electronic parts for giant international firms such as Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Asus, Bosch, Siemens, and others, managed to breach police barricades and held a protest at the company’s compound inside the Light Industry & Science Park in Cabuyao, Laguna. The workers are protesting the […]
Ilo Ilo: The Movie (Review)
by Delia D. Aguilar* Loosely based on his childhood experience with an Ilongga yaya, “Aunt Terry” in the movie (Teresita Sajonia of San Miguel in real life), Singaporean first-time filmmaker Anthony Chen’s “Ilo Ilo” received the Cannes’ Camera d’Or award in 2013. It also garnered a slew of rave reviews from critics worldwide. One of […]
Panaghoy (Tula)
ni Alona Agustin Pighati ang nadarama sa bayang sinta mga nagdaang bagyo at delubyong inakala, Libu-libong buhay nasawi; tirahan, kabuhayan, at kapaligiran nawasak sa ilang saglit. Panaghoy ng mamamayan maririnig, biktima’y tulala, impit ang pagluha sa kanilang sinapit. Maging Diyos na sinamba’y di sila dininig, “katapusan na ng mundo” kanilang sambit. Pagbabago sa kalikasan sa […]
Mga bata ng unos
Matapos ang pananalasa ng bagyong Yolanda, sa gitna ng gutom, kawalan ng tirahan, o pakikipagsisikan sa mga relokasyon, masaya ang mga bata ng Tacloban City na nagkakasama sa gitna ng ulan. Kontribusyon/People Surge
Photo | Luisita farmers bring scarecrows to Cojuangcos’ office
Farmers from Hacienda Luisita today trooped to the Jose Cojuangco & Sons building in Makati City to condemn the recent attacks by the Cojuangco-owned Tarlac Development Corporation (TADECO) to drive them away from their lands.