Germaine Canilao
Tomorrow, these nine parols could bring him milk for breakfast and meat for dinner. Tomorrow there will be no more parols and his father would be out. But then, there would still be a lot of lizards on the walls to be gunned down. Tomorrow.
Maria Theresa Gaslang
It was a sunny Monday afternoon when I saw this very young, thin girl along the grimy roads of North Reclamation Area in Cebu. She was hurriedly crossing the busy streets to sell several bottles of mineral water. Not minding the number of speeding jeepneys few inches away from her, she continued to sell what she had in hand.
Ace Matthew Togonon
To say that Jaquline–a nine-year-old caroler, beggar, and scavenger–is fascinated with money is not enough. Money to her is important because their father’s earnings could not sustain their needs. In a way, she, with her siblings, brings food to the table.
Benjie Oliveros, Bulatlat.com
“The problem with the AFP and PNP is not its politicization. The problem is that it is being used for the wrong ends.”
Chuckberry J. Pascual
“Puro mura ang lumabas sa bibig ko, Padre. Tinadtad ko ng mura ang paborito kong host, pinaulanan ko ng sumpa ang matangkad na babaeng maputi na kunwari ay nanginginig pa ang boses sa pagsasabing mahal nila kami, na mahal niya ako. Na ako pa rin ang bida sa palabas nila. Kung kami talaga ang mga bida, kaming mga naghirap para makapasok sa loob ng pagdarausan ng palabas, lalo na ako, dahil ako ang pumatay sa may kasalanan para lamang matuloy ang palabas, susundin nila ang gusto namin. Ang gusto ko.”
