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Ang Mahal na Birhen ng Pagsalat

Maraming pagpapakilala ang maaaring gawin sa Bikol, ang peninsula o rehiyong pinagmulan ko na tanyag dahil sa tatlong "B"-Bulkan Mayon, Butanding at Bikol Express ang tren noon at ngayon ay pangalan na ng isang mahanghang na putahe na ginawa na ring de-lata. Sa isang nakasanayang biro, na kahit papano ay tumatalab pa rin, kilala rin daw ang Bikol sa apat na "P", at ito ang pili, pinangat, Polangui at Peñafrancia.
Mula Anak (F. Aguilar) Tungong Baby (J. Beiber): Humanidades at Kritikal na Pag-iisip

Nagbabago ang texto at kontexto ng humanidades. Pero hindi nagbabago ang layon o misyon nito: humanidades ang substansya ng pagkatao, ang bumubuo at bumubuhay sa tao lampas sa batayang pangangailangan. Sa maikling presentasyon, tatalakayin ko ang potensyal ng humanidades sa higit pang pagbubukas ng kaisipan tungo sa mapagpalayang pagkilos, hindi lamang sa formasyon ng manunulat at artista kundi sa formasyon ng mapagpalayang mamamayan.
Dam Nation: A Bloody History of Struggle Against Dams

The construction of dams has always been opposed because of their destructive effects on whole communities. Several anti-dam leaders have been killed as a result. The recent devastation by the dams of Luzon proved that they were right all along.

MANILA - Macli-ing Dulag is a prominent name in the history of environmental and indigenous peoples' rights struggles in the Philippines. He is widely remembered by environmental and indigenous activists for his leadership in the anti-Chico Dam campaign of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Still a Long Struggle Ahead for Women and the Oppressed

MANILA - It has been a century since over 100 women from 17 countries representing unions, socialist and communist parties, working women's clubs, and the first women elected to the Finnish parliament gathered in Copenhagen for the second International Conference of Working Women and declared International Women's Day. Next year would mark the 100th year of the first International Women's Day commemoration when more than a million women and men held simultaneous rallies in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland to campaign for women's right to work, vote, be trained, and to hold public office, and for an end to discrimination.
10 Years On, VFA Only Served US Interests

Has the VFA served its avowed purpose? Or has it only reinforced the unequal alliance between the Philippines and the United States, a relationship so tilted in the Americans' favor that to call the VFA a treaty - with all the word's connotation of equal rights, benefits and privileges - would be a travesty?

MANILA - On May 27, 1999, the Philippine Senate passed the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States. Then president Joseph Estrada soon after signed the agreement.
Groups Suggest Ways to Make Automated Elections Work Credibly

MANILA -Will your vote count? Can a new president and a new set of officials be credibly elected on May 10? With less than two months before the election, doubts persist as to whether the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is adequately prepared to make the first ever automated elections system (AES) in the Philippines reliable, accurate and trustworthy.
Ang Mahal na Birhen ng Pagsalat

Isang kabalintunaang kailangang tingnan sa debosyong Penafrancia ang matinding pangangailangang masalat ang imahen ng Birhen. Kailangang may panghawakan dahil umiinog lamang ang buong selebrasyon sa Ina sa dalawang mahalagang pagdaloy: ang paglipat at ang pagbabalik, ang Traslacion at ang Sakay sa ilog. Mayaman sa simbolohikal na pagpakahulugan ang nasabing debosyon sa Ina na kung matutukoy lamang ng mga Bikolnon, maaninag nila ang kanilang nakaraan at ang mga di-mawaring hamon ng hinaharap.
ABS-CBN Dismisses Workers Who Refused Downgraded Contracts

MANILA - Johnny, not his real name, has been working as a cameraman for ABS-CBN's current affairs program for 22 years. On June 18, he was told by security guards that he is among those who have been banned from entering the company premises.
The VFA-Balikatan Mess

Vanessa and Gadian provide two more reasons why the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) should be abrogated and the Balikatan joint US-Philippine military exercises stopped.
In Masbate, Two Public School Teachers Killed, Another Survives Attack

MANILA - Two teachers, where one is a member of the leftist group Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), were killed in just the first 10 days of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, bringing the number of extrajudicial killings under his watch to four.