Comelec must probe red-tagging
“Red-tagging, vilification, labeling, and guilt by association constitute threats to a person’s right to life, liberty, or security. It has no place in a free, honest and fair elections and hence should be seriously stopped.”
Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest
Unlamented ex-president Rodrigo Duterte had long ridiculed the International Criminal Court (ICC) and even hurled racist slurs on former ICC Prosecutor Fathou Bensouda before insulting current Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC, who took office on June 16, 2021, and mocking him for not hurrying up and arresting him. His macabre yarn is that Khan should arrest him quickly before death beats him.
ICC arrests Duterte; progressives rejoice
Former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares welcomed the arrest, calling it a “significant step toward justice for the thousands of victims of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations under his administration.”
Marcos to blame if Duterte eludes arrest
If Duterte evades arrest despite an issuance of an arrest warrant by the ICC, there will be no one to blame but the Marcos administration.
Oryang’s genius in ‘O, Pag-ibig na Makapangyarihan’
Bonifacio Ilagan’s play will naturally compel theatergoers to examine contemporary armed struggle with the acuity of Andres, an autodidact by description who learn more from the French revolution by reading, and in the course of wooing Oryang, she imbibed the ideas that Andres had imparted, just as Diwa and Plata, understood why peace cannot be achieved under a regime established through violence.
Pangangailan sa lider-kababaihan
“Kailangan natin ng mas maraming lider-kababaihan na ipaglalaban ang mga karapatan ng ordinaryong tao at hindi ang pansariling interes ng kanilang pamilya o negosyo.”
Tagumpay ang welga!
“Sa ating matibay na pagkakaisa, naiguhit natin ang linya ng pagkakaiba sa pagitan ng pagkaalipin sa kapital at pagiging mga taong may dangal. Sa kabila ng di makataong sitwasyong pinagsadlakan sa atin ng ganid na kapitalista, ipinamalas natin ang isang mapagpasyang bigwas sa naghaharing sistema.”
Patnubay sa Botante: Camille Villar
To be honest with her, she simply doesn’t have it, and no amount of embellishment would change her image as simply aloof, like all others born with a silver spoon, and she spoken a sentence or two to champion whatever advocacy she has in mind.
Karaniwang Babae
Narito tayo’t tumutugon, tumatapang/Gabay ang diwa ng ninuno nating kababaihan/Umiibig sa bayan, kalayaa’y ipinaglalaban/
Ilan mang bagong Gabriela at Lorena ang kailangan.
Patnubay sa Botante: Pia Cayetano
Cayetano loved POGOs so much when government reported that 118,239 people were employed by POGOs and they delivered P8.02-billion in revenues to Pagcor. By 2019, the Philippine National Police (PNP) was appalled by the rash of crimes in POGOs. By May 2024, 2,320 Filipinos were victimized by POGO hoodlums, representing 40% of the total number of victims, as well as 1,945 Chinese nationals or 34%, indicating that 26% of the entire number of victims were aliens.