Ang kabilang mukha ng Eraserheads reunion concert

Kabilang ako sa napakaraming mga kabataan na lumaki at namulat noong dekada 90. Panahon iyon ng muling pag-arangkada ng Pinoy Rock na may ilang taon ding natulog. Panahon din iyon kung saan halos lahat ng kalye, eskinita at eskwelahan sa Metro Manila ay may mga kabataang kasama sa banda o kaya naman ay nagbabalak na [...]

SCRAP REMITTANCE CHARGES PETITION

Attention all OFWs:
Please read and sign the petition to scrap all unjust charges and government taxes on OFW remittances. Kindly circulate widely. Thanks.
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SCRAP REMITTANCE CHARGES!
SCRAP GOVERNMENT TAXES ON REMITTANCES!
SCRAP VAT ON OIL AND POWER!
The Filipino people are facing a crisis never before seen after the time of the Marcos dictatorship. In the latest SWS survey, [...]

Arroyo pulling Moro peoples’ legs

When President Arroyo announced that she was in favor of postponing the scheduled automated elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) next month, she was trying to trick the Moro people.
Why? Because postponing the polls at this point in time, i think, is next to impossible. First and foremost, the elections in ARMM [...]

Kung saan P7 lang ang pamasahe

Alas-kuwatro pa lang ng umaga, gising na si Mang Daniel Soriano, 41, para umpisahan ang maghapong kayod sa manibela. “Pag hindi ako magsisipag, walang kakainin ang pamilya ko,” aniya, kaya naman “hataw” kung bumiyahe itong si Mang Daniel.
Pero habang maraming mga tsuper ang natuwa sa pagtaas ng minimum na bayad sa pamasahe patungong P8.50 kamakailan [...]

Outraged over Oil Price Hikes

I couldn’t help but feel outraged over the statements made by one oil company who made the public choose among the two: deal with a single blow of oil price hike or endure weekly increases.
“Mahirap yung ginagawa namin, sinu-suspense pa namin. Alam naman po natin kung magkano dapat ang itataas ng presyo ng fuel. [...]

A case of justice denied

I couldn’t agree more with Chief Justice Reynato Puno when he said poverty hampers poor peoples’ access to justice.
Speaking at a forum recently, the Chief Justice said poverty threatens to overwhelm poor Filipinos rights, and this, according to him, could be the reason why efforts to protect them from the “arrogance of the strong who [...]