2014 – New section for Feature articles, either from Monitor, or contributed articles
“My brother is not a pig!” This famous line of multi-awarded actor Ms. Nora Aunor in the 1976 movie, Minsa’y Isang Gamu-gamu (Once a Moth) is again a relevant line today as the United States government repositions and beefs up its military presence in the Philippines.
The arrest and detention of student activist Emmanuel Mijares of the Ateneo de Naga University for chanting “walang pagbabago, sa ilalim ni Aquino” (nothing has changed under the Aquino administration) underscores the kind of freedom and democracy in the country. After the said incident, members of the Presidential Security Guards punched Mijares and forced into …
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The case of Andrea Rosal exemplifies the dreadful situation in Philippine prisons and detention centers. Rosal is a woman political prisoner whose only offense, if one would consider it as such, is being the daughter of the late spokesperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines Ka Roger Rosal. She faces charges of murder and …
