The paramilitary group, Wild Dogs, attacked a Higaonon community in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur after staff of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) asked permission for the reopening of their Literacy and Numeracy (Lit-Num) School in the the municipality. On June 10, 2011, Melissa Amado-Comiso, the
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Reposting an article I read over at Mindanews: (This piece was posted as a Facebook entry by the author. A friend of hers, Inday Espina-Varona, editor in chief of The Philippine Graphic sent this out to other friends “for two reasons. One, that it us a powerful
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A frat brother sent me a link to an article that made me laugh early this morning. It was about Nogie drumming up results of him winning over Sarah Duterte in a mock election held in UP Mindanao. There were 46 participants only, most of which were
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Everybody’s agog at Ninoy’s decision to run for president, most especially after Mar’s decision to step down and give up his ambition for a man whose last name is more popular than his.
And yet what does Ninoy really have to offer the filipino people? His last name made popular by the role his parents played during Martial law? Is that name really enough and basis alone for Filipino people to put another Aquino in power? A popular sister who as early as now enlisted the help of fellow celebrities for the campaign?
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Tens of millions lost their jobs; billions across the globe have been hurt—the poor always harder than the rich. No one was spared..
It has affected us already. But the story of the Philippines in 2008 is that the country weathered a succession of global crises in fuel, in food, then in finance and finally the economy in a global recession, never losing focus and with economic fundamentals intact.
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