LATHALAIN
Mga Eksena sa Gitna at Gilid ng EDSA
Ni Ederic P. Eder
"Watak-watak, kakaunti, at walang sigla ang paggunita sa ikalawang
taon ng People Power 2."
Nagpapalipad ng Saranggola sa Ulan
Ni Alexander Martin Remollino
"Sa album na Saranggola sa Ulan, kakulangan ang sabihing si
Granada'y walang ipinakikitang tanda ng pagkupas ng kanyang kakayahan."
GMA Declares People's War Against Graft,
Corruption
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday declared a people’s
war against graft and corruption, as she placed the full resources of
government and enjoined the citizenry to get involved in the fight.
GMA Former Allies See Little Hope in Her Leadership
By Alfred A. Araya Jr., CyberDyaryo
Groups and personalities that figured prominently in the popular revolt
from January 16 to 20 in 2001 that unseated then-President Joseph Estrada
and installed Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in his place say they still have
to see the changes they had hoped for two years ago.
Kalaban
(Isang Maikling Bahagi ng Kasaysayan ng Pakikibaka sa Bicol)
Ni Perry M. Calara, Kaiba News and Features
"May mga ahas sa ating bakuran; may mga Bicolanong nakipagsabwatan
sa mga kolonisador. Naging problema ito ng mga Bicolanong nakikilaban
para sa kalayaan ng bayan."
Don't Be a Slowpoke, Negros Farmers Tell
Pagdanganan
By Task Force Mapalad
"He should learn and act fast," says 38-year old Jimmy Mameng
of newly appointed Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) secretary Roberto
Pagdanganan, set to assume office on January 20. Mameng is a Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) beneficiary of the 132-hectare Hacienda
Conchita Villanueva in Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental,
some 70 kilometers from Bacolod City.

LIHAM AT PAHAYAG
Unity Statement
By NO VAT (Network Opposed to VAT)
"We believe that the 10% VAT is not an imperative step to be
able to fill the gap of the budget deficit and save the nation from
eventual disaster. The government should look into other ways and
other sources of revenues..."
To Our Brothers and Sisters in the 4th
World Meeting of Families
By SoUL (Society of United Lesbians) Inc.
"This coming January 22-26, 2003 Manila will host the 4th World
Meeting of Families. The call is to build up missionaries in and for
Asia, giving importance to family life. We at SoUL would like to support
this endeavor but for as long as we are abrasively labeled as unnatural
beings, we find it rather difficult."
Hamon ng Masa kay Gloria: Apat na Dapat,
Apat na Bakit
Ng Sanlakas
"Hamunin natin ang gobyernong Macapagal na pakinggan ang ating
mga kahilingan at ipatupad ang mga repormang pabor sa mahihirap. Gamitin
ang Apat na Dapat bilang panukat sa sinasabing 'sinseridad at
sakripisyo' ni Macapagal."