“This is the image of Negros Island now. Once an island known as the “Sugarbowl of the Philippines,” has become a killing field. It is bloodied. And the killing won’t stop very soon. What with the threats from the President to deploy even more troops there.”
It must be recalled that the Anti-Subversion Law has long been discredited as an unjust and anti-democratic law by which anyone can be subjected to punishment on the basis of guilt by association, without the need to present evidence for the personal culpability of the accused for any crime. Such law has long been condemned as a poison to the freedom of thought, expression and assembly.
Nasa listahan ng mga manunulat ngayon na taga-Nueva Ecija na kinikilala sa buong daigdig sina: (sa pagkakasunod ayon sa alpabeto) Rony V. Diaz, Rogelio Mangahas, Maria Odulio De Guzman, Wilfredo Pascual, at Rogelio Sicat.
“Until President Rodrigo Duterte shows he is serious about protecting journalists, all the talk of investigations will come to nothing and violent attacks on the press will continue,.”
Isa pang katangian ng Filipino, ang Wikang Pambansa sa Pilipinas, ang likas nitong kakayahang makipaglaro sa – at lalo pang pagyamanin ang – imahinasyon ng nagsasalita at bumabasa.
“Punla” the exhibit finds the artists seeking new grounds by planting their raw vibrant Mindanao art of rich colors, textures and stark realities into the minds of the Manila art scene.
Panayam kay Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Chair Emeritus ng International League of People’s Struggle, ni Prof. Sarah Raymundo hinggil sa extra-judicial killings sa isla ng Negros. Sa kasalukuyan ay mayroon nang 87 ang napatay sa isla simula ng maupo sa Malacanang si Pangulong Duterte.
Habang umiinog ang mundo, habang nagkakaedad ang mundo, habang nagkakaroon ng palitan ng salinlahi, habang dumarating ang mga kahanga-hangang teknolohiya – sumasabay ang pag-unlad ng mga wika sa pagbibigay-anyo sa lengwahe.
“Habang nililinang ang Filipino ay dapat itong payabungin at pagyamanin nang nakasalig sa mga katutubong salitang umiiral sa wikang Filipino at iba pang wika.”
That a victim bravely made public such an assault took a lot of courage, lending great credence to her claim. Such fact must not be perfunctorily dismissed, as is clearly the case immediately following the complainant’s publication of her ordeal.