“It is now obvious that the country is headed by a President whose policies and actions are aimed at maintaining her grip on power, even resorting to murder in her helpless attempt to quell her dissenters… The number speak for themselves: more than 700 deaths of activists and journalists remain unexplained since Arroyo took office… A similarly alarming count is the 200 victims of forced disappearances, including the two UP students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan.
[...] Indeed, while funding for basic services remain low, she has the capacity to release a billion-perso fund for her all-out war against “insurgency,” which constitutes practically all those who oppose her. It is simply unforgivable for a President to allot such a huge chunk of the budget to protect herself in a time when many of our countrymen, like the OFWs in Lebanon and calamity-stricken residents of serveral provinces, are desperately in need of help.
[...] The deployment of the military and police in this year’s SONA [State of the Nation Address], the largest in our history, indicates that the President is willing to inflict brute force just to be able to deliver her litany of deception…”
That was from the latest issue of the Philippine Collegian. Download the latest issue here.
law student, leftist, national democratic, film school graduate, photography hobbyist
i can never seem to find the collegian.
not once this school year.
must be because they’re so freaking pretty now.
Bikoy, you are sooo gonna disappear. Gloria’s watchin’ you and she wants ya to go poof!
The On-line one comes like a week before the printed version. Either way, I love all the covers. HoHo. I only have two issues ng hard copy.
basta, ingat k bikoy!
LOL, celeni, yeah, ganun kasalimuot ang proseso ng paglalabas ng dyaryo, maraming pinansyal na isyung kinakaharap ang paglalathala (kaya bumuo rin ng online version para di lang mukhang dilingkwente). hehehehehe
salamat uli, bikoy!