Archive: Surveil
Filipina Icons
Surveil
On March 8, enlightened Filipinas celebrated International Women’s Day with seminars, lectures and workshops to empower themselves. I wonder what they thought about President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s (PRRD) admiration of Agriculture Undersecretary Berna Romulo-Puyat’s legs... President Digong said: “Berna, nadis-distract ...
Peace and Federalism
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Last Tuesday, the Friends of Peace (FoP) -- led by Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Mindanao -- met with House of Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III. Both meetings were sought by the Cardinal and the FoP ...
Federalism and failed autonomy
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Autonomy for the Muslim ethnic peoples of Mindanao was the political solution to end the war for independence waged by the Moro National Liberation Front led by Prof. Nurullaji “Nur” Misuari. First granted under the 1976 Tripoli Agreement, laws were ...
Autonomy, Federalism or Independence?
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There are three main options espoused by Muslim leaders and intellectuals in response to the Bangsamoro people’s quest for self-determination: autonomy, federalism, and independence. The Moros of Mindanao had fought for generations to preserve their sovereign sultanates from the time of ...
Order of the Rising Sun
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On Nov. 3, the Government of Japan announced the conferment of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on Senator Franklin Drilon and Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata, former Prime Minister of the Republic of the Philippines. This ...
Ups and downs
Surveil
After the burning of Jolo, Sulu (Feb. 7, 1974) during the early years of Martial Law, my family lost everything we had back home. Only the cement staircase of our house remained to remind us of our idyllic life. A ...
What’s going on?
Surveil
That night, it was my turn to be agitated, pressured by Mini’s concerns and a rush of memories about the Martial Law days: curfews, bombings and hamletting of Muslim communities, fear of the military, friends disappearing forever or going to ...