An evening with Chito Gascon, Voltes V and human rights
INTERNATIONAL Human Rights Day in the Philippines was celebrated this year without the presence of human rights icon Chito Gascon.
Dec. 10 each year is...
âThe tooth shall set you freeâ
âTHE TOOTH shall set you freeâ is a variation of the biblical quote âThe truth will set you freeâ and now the mantra of senatorial candidate...
âKatutubo sa Senadoâ
MACLI-ING Dulag was among the most well-known of the many victims of Martial law under then president Ferdinand Marcos.
Macli-ing was a pangat (leader) of the...
The superpowers of Choc Nut
TO BE or nut to be, Choc Nut is the answer.
Eating Choc Nut usually brings back childhood memories since many Filipinos grew up eating this chocolate-peanut candy.
We enjoy...
Lean Alejandro and UP student activism
âTHE STRUGGLE for freedom is the next best thing to actually being free,â said the late University of the Philippines (UP) student leader Leandro Alejandro.
Popularly known...
Memoirs as kidnap victim
IF âTOKHANGâ was already a sensational word in the 1990s, I could have been considered a survivor.
Tokhang is a term that blends the Visayan words toktok (knock) and hangyo (persuade) â government forces knocking on the...
International Memorial Day for Comfort Women
IT WAS 30 years ago, on Aug. 14, 1991, when South Korean Kim Hak-sun became the first to give a public testimony about her...