When Martial Law tales are busted

Morexette Erram 09/20/2016

(FIRST OF TWO PARTS) Storytelling is often associated with childhood. The concept often illustrates an image of a child listening intently to an elder’s narration about a world filled with fairies, unicorns, dwarves and other mythical creatures…

Youth groups to rally against EJK

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/20/2016

NEVER again. The battlecry alludes to Martial Law in the Philippines at the time of Ferdinand Marcos and the abuses that came in between. Today, September 21, the mantra has gained new ground in the eyes of…

Militant youth groups, students hold protests on eve of martial law anniversary

Morexette Erram 09/20/2016

MILITANT youth groups and some students held protests and gallery exhibits to remind the youth on the atrocities committed during the Marcos regime ahead of tomorrow’s martial law anniversary. “This year marks the 44th year of the…

Book about Martial Law launched in Cebu

Morexette Erram 09/16/2016

At least 300 millennials attended on Friday the launching of a book that told about the atrocities committed during the 20-year iron-fist rule of the late Dictator Ferdinand Marcos, at the time when they were not born.…

O Susana ! Untold Stories of Martial Law in Davao

Sofia Aliño Logarta 09/14/2016

Macario D. Tiu, the book’s editor, declares in the introduction: “Reading the stories, I immediately saw their historical value in showing on the one hand the arbitrariness and brutality to the Marcos Dictatorship (1972-1986), and on the…

Balikas pa more

Gerard Pareja 09/11/2016

Ten years ago dihang milukat og driver’s license ang akong igsuon, may namatngunan siyang gapila nga wala makalukat sa ilang lisensya kay wala sila makapasar sa drug test. Wala siya magdahom nga ingon na diay ka daghan…

Layo ra nga mag-martial law kita

Lloyd Suarez 09/11/2016

Porbida gyud ning ubang mga tawo nga nagsige nala’g panaway kang Presidente Duterte tungod sa iyang deklarasyon nga ubos kita karon sa “State Of National Emergency” human niadtong bombing sa Davao. Unsa may gusto sa uban, mangyugpos…

Book on martial law account given to schools

Morexette Erram 09/10/2016

STUDENTS of more than 10 schools and universities in Cebu city received a copy of the book Marcos Martial Law: Never Again penned by renowned Filipino journalist Raissa Robles at Handuraw Pizza Cafe, Gorordo Avenue Saturday. The…

Retrieving compassion

Jason A. Baguia 09/09/2016

If social media is a clue to the quality of our neighborliness, we have much reason for disillusionment, especially if we examine the discourse in the aftermath of the blasts that killed 14 and injured scores of…

Militants drum up support vs Marcos burial

08/31/2016

MILITANT groups held out hope that public opposition continue to grow against the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani as they held another rally at Colon Street yesterday. Jaime Paglinawan,…

‘Uphill battle’ against Marcos burial

Carmel Loise Matus 08/29/2016

While militant and civil society groups held yet another rally to protest the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, two Cebu-based martial law era activists believe the Supreme Court may…

Activists protest anew against Marcos burial at Libingan ng Mga Bayani

Carmel Loise Matus 08/29/2016

Nearly 100 people from youth and non-government organizations mounted another rally at the Capitol grounds at 5 pm Monday to voice their opposition to the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng…

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