September 28, 1901 More than a hundred years ago, a bloody encounter between Filipinos (mostly farmers) and American troops erupted in Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Philippines, that shook America’s war rooms and exposed America’s imperialist designs. The incident may have been dismissed by both American and Philippine authorities as a forgettable footnote of Philippine-American war history,
By “enemy” I mean the person or persons other than us who we feel or think are hurting us or, at the least, wishing us ill. Also, an enemy can refer to something bigger than persons, such as a whole nation or group of nations—which I hope to be able to talk about later in
[Note: This is a repost of an article by Ingming Aberia–Admin] From mid-2003 to sometime in 2006, I was part of a team that facilitated community meetings in Balangiga, Eastern Samar. Ours was one of several teams working in poor municipalities selected by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for its KALAHI CIDSS
[Admin Note: This post is a copy from Commentary, By Hermilando D. Aberia, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 01:58:00 06/07/2008] In a reproductive health workshop for Filipino adolescents, the facilitator asked the young participants what they thought about, or how they would define, sex. The participants, in their teens and early 20s, almost covered the board with their
[Admin’s note: This is a repost from Commentary, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 9 November 2013] Among the lessons that students of politics and economics may want to learn from the recent 16-day shutdown in the United States (Sept. 30-Oct. 16) is how a bicameral congress, or how the separation of the branches of government, works. That
[Originally posted on 29 August 2017, revised as of 15 April 2017 by GlobalPinoy] Much noise had been generated since around this time last year when the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) ignored Wesley So’s gold medal finish at the World University Games held in Kazan, Russia,
[Originally posted on 3 February 2017] Pardon my irreverence, but I, a layman, wish to address this to the leaders of my Church. This I do with reluctance, but somebody said that writing is an act of desperation. Let me preface my rant with recognition that all generations are indebted to you for sharing with
In the wild, vultures feed themselves with carcass of other animals. Their excellent senses of smell and sight provide them with handy tools of a scavenger. They are mostly found atop trees or cliff, the better for them to spot opportunities on the sprawling fields of life and death below. Make no mistake about it:
