"May mga kasamaan sa ating lipunan. Umaabot tayo sa punto na kailangang mamili ng artista kung hahayaan na lang ba niya ang mga ito o yakapin kung ano ang tama at nararapat," ani Villanueva.

“It seems they would be spending more than the amount they are supposed to receive in order for them to claim the assistance benefit,” the OFWs said.

Peace talks between the GRP and the NDFP were most successful with Ramos as GRP President, both parties agree. Veteran negotiators like to narrate that once the GRP panel declared an end to the talks and went home because of a very contentious issue, FVR ordered them go back and resume the negotiations with the words: “Who told you to stop negotiating?”

“We see this as another round of attacks against the Philippine revolutionary movement that exposes the truth of what is happening especially in the countryside and calls out the ruling class for the worsening oppression and exploitation of the Filipino people,” the NPA said.

"Manghiram ka man ng kasuotan ng minorya, / O humarap sa madla na animo prinsesa, / Kahit may putong na korona at palamuti, / Batid ng masa ang 'di malinis na budhi."