We say the games are open to all. But access isn’t just about entry; it’s about infrastructure. It’s about who gets to train without interruption, who has the right shoes, or who has to skip practice to fetch water or sell fish.
He looked at the grave of his brother. "Jun is at peace. He's the lucky one. We are the ones who are haunted. We are haunted by the ghosts of what we could have been, what this country should have been."
As much as it's important to take law school seriously, don’t forget to take a step back and enjoy life outside of your studies. Touch some grass. Get involved. Care beyond your own interests.
Withal, we join the nation and every peace advocate in celebrating the theme for this year's Mindanao Week of Peace Celebrations "Sustaining the Gains of Peace, Solidarity and Resilience” celebrated from November 28 to December 4, 2024.
While the path may be fraught with difficulties, they realize that it is also rich with opportunities for growth and learning.
It was as if society only valued one color from the rainbow. I felt disenfranchised, denied the right to excel in school, and left to rot in ignorance because “I was not the favorite color”.
Revelations after revelation, perhaps this drama has already reached its denouement. The problem is, in this spectacle-loving, intrigue-hungry, gossip-predilect culture of ours, issues are never really distilled.
More than a farmer, more than a wife, and certainly more than a mother of seven. You are the heart and soul of our family. Every sacrifice you made, every dream you nurtured, was a testament to the depth of your love.
Feminism does not seek supremacy but fundamental equality, as Wollstonecraft quipped, “I do not wish (women) to have power over men; but over themselves”. Centuries have since passed from the writing of these aspirations, yet reality is still wanting.
May moves be made unapologetically, and may you smell the sweetness of life without the melancholy because you deserve that much. Fight for her as you fight yourself. Include!
The Kalilangan festival is perhaps one of the best ways to immortalize the historical narratives of Mindanao. It is a celebration that calls for healing, recognition of indigenous historical narratives.
These undertakings demonstrate that democracy is not guaranteed, it is a war requiring collective action and ostentatious vigilance, to safeguard our independence and protect our rights, for the present and the posterity.
Literary piece by Nadine A. Calmerin, Graphics by Manuel Ordonio IV
You are not the only one who contemplated taking a break because maybe finishing your masters, or taking educ units will suffice instead of trying to stomach another night of saying, “I am sorry, Sir. I haven’t read the case.”
This has been my mantra ever since - make your dream a necessity, says Atty Martsu Ressan Ladia.
