MIAG-AO, Iloilo (MindaNews / 9 March) – A long time ago, when knee socks were tucked into black shoes and words like sovereignty and nationalism were mere vocabulary words on green chalkboards, I remember precociously deciding that I would never
MIAG-AO, Iloilo (MindaNews/ 18 November) — Today, I was approached by a stranger to attend a candle-lighting event to protest the burial of Marcos. I felt that this person did not know me; did not know that I eschewed these
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 January) — “Who are you voting for, this 2016?” I wasn’t able to register. I have no excuse. Most other registrants have had, will have, and are having problems bigger than mine. In fact, I will be
MIAG-AO, Iloilo (MindaNews/31 May) — Oh, everyone’s writing up their own version of vapid, over-worded goodbye speeches and pretentious concluding posts, and even though most of time I’m a useless person on Facebook, I’ll go ahead and contribute to the
GLITTER OF GOLD. A resident pans for gold along Kingking River in Barangay Kingking in Pantukan town, Compostela valley province on Jan. 7, 2012. A gold panner here averages two milligrams of gold a day or P200. Kingking River is
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 December) — After a ‘heart to heart’ talk with my DOD this afternoon when he came early from work, I discovered that we share a somewhat cynical view of Christmas. Not the entire concept, mind. We do
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 November) — A Messiah, according to my CLE teacher, is someone willing to sacrifice things precious to them for the sake of what they believe is for the greater good. These people of character genuinely care about
