Category: hard times
demolition blues
says fr. joaquin g. bernas in inquirer: Relocation of informal settlers. You might say that the constitutional command is clear enough: “Urban or rural poor dwellers shall not be evicted nor their dwellings demolished, except in accordance with law and … Continue reading
the irresponsible filipino elite
i’ve been fretting over, and collecting columns about, the yawning gap between the few filipino rich and the manymanymany filipino poor for some time now, wondering why other southeast asian countries are able to bridge lessen / shrink the gap, … Continue reading
bookbug blues
i could be more upset about the book tax. i am a bookbug, after all. i buy imported and local fiction and non-fiction regularly, mostly imported mostly english, and i read them all as a matter of pleasure, of study, … Continue reading
marck, edel, benignO
over @ the collective filipino voices, young blogger marck ronald rimorin laments: When are people going to write for the poor, the downtrodden, the laid-off, the fired, the underpaid, the hungry, the sick, the ill… those people who are as … Continue reading
do not delete (economic provisions)
verrrry interesting that it took that angry (complete with expletives) december 12 multisectoral anti-chacha rally to provoke former leftist now gma apologist-loyalist alex magno into revealing the real score behind the arroyo administration’s kulit campaign for charter change. apparently, suko … Continue reading
feeling the fall of america
wow. who would have thought that we would see the american economy collapse like a house of cards, bringing the whole world down with it. diyata’t hindi pala invulnerable ang superpower na ito. diyata’t nagkakamali rin, pumapalpak, bumabagsak. at … Continue reading
hard times (updated)
my self-embargo (cvj’s term) re the ces drilon kidnapping is not so much because i approve of the way anc and inquirer initially managed the news blackout, rather because the information available even now is so thin and confused, and … Continue reading