BALAT SIBUYAS
“Sobrang sensitibo./ Kaunting kanti, nagagalit./ Maliit na gasgas, nagpapalahaw./ Pero kung hindi naman pansinin,/ nagtatampo kaagad.”
The death of my daughter Kerima
My wife and I recited poems in her honor. The tribute of her Frankfurt-based sister Karenina drew applause. She recalled how she spent one night in an Isabela jail in 2001 just to be with her sister Kerima, at least for one night of her sister’s month-long detention.
Farmers demand food production aid under 2022 nat’l budget
“Gutom po ang mga Pilipino lalo na ngayong pandemya. Kailangan palakasin ang lokal na produksyon ng pagkain. Paano magagawa ito kung walang ayuda sa mga magsasaka at hindi nagagamit ng tama ang pondo sa agrikultura ayon sa pangangailan ng mga magbubukid? KMP chairperson Danilo Ramos in a statement said.
Ngalngal Sa Danas at Diskontento
Ito ay kuwento ng danas at diskontento hindi lamang ni JP. Ayon sa Sine Sanyata, “Hindi lang tinig ni JP ang ating maririnig. Isinasakatauhan ni JP ang boses ng kay raming Filipino na naghihirap ngayong pandemya. Si JP ay ang masang Pilipino—inaalipusta, niloloko, nilalapastangan, at etsa-pwera ang pag-iral. Sa katunayan, tayong lahat si JP.”
Groups describe as ‘prank’ Duterte’s amnesty offer to Leftists
“[T]he premise, framework, and implication of the use of the term ‘communist terrorist group’ render this kind of amnesty patently objectionable and unacceptable, legally and politically,” National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers president Edre Olalia said.
Artists honor medical workers with street mural
The artists said they wanted to call attention to the health workers’ demands and for the Philippine government to effectively respond to the worsening pandemic.
MonRam, 1944-2021
Unlike the moon you wrote about, I did / not know you were a secret poet / crafting paeans about the silent and glowing / orb across cloudless night skies / and shadow-throwing trees giving shelter / to comrades trekking dangerous mountain trails.
Group demands investigation on death of farmers’ rights advocate
FARDEC said Tijamo’s abduction came after both the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Department of National Defence “baselessly” alleged FARDEC and 17 other church and non-government organizations as “communist terrorist groups” in a November 2019 Congressional briefing.
Space for peaceful protests is vanishing in Hong Kong as pro-democracy coalition is disbanded
“CHRF originally hoped to continue to face the challenge with everyone in the existing ways, but convenor Figo Chan is already in jail because of several cases, and the secretariat can no longer maintain its operations. With no members participating in the next secretariat, we can only begrudgingly announce our disbandment.”
Pagpapanagot sa DOH, giit sa National Heroes’ Day
Pinangunahan ng Health Alliance for Democracy at iba pang grupo ang protesta sa harapan ng Department of Health (DOH) sa Araw ng mga Bayani, Agosto 30.