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BALITA AT LATHALAIN
Remembering Braveheart
By Lisa Cariño Ito
Isaias Manano Jr., Secretary-General of Anakpawis-Mindoro Oriental, would have turned 24 last May 16. He was shot dead allegedly by soldiers while walking home on the evening of April 28, making him the 74th member of progressive peoples’ organizations to be murdered in the Southern Tagalog region since Jan. 27, 2001. This is a tribute to a friend, activist, and an iskolar at anak ng bayan, whose principles shall prevail in the conviction and practice of all those bereaved by his loss.

New Bilibid Prison
By Matthew Ventura
We perceive this as a place where the better society locks up its meddling menaces. Its population ranges from petty thieves, swindlers to arsonists, murderers, kidnappers, crime lords and more. The mere thought of being in here can make me go crazy. The night before, I had been assigned to go there and interview political prisoners.

Joan Carling's Journey to Damascus
By Alexander Martin Remollino
As she herself admits, Joan Carling - chair of the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance - felt no pride in having been born of Cordillera’s indigenous peoples when she was younger. But she would reach a point from which there was no turning back, and now she is a prominent leader of the Cordillera peoples’ movement against development aggression and for social justice and self-determination.

Extra Income
By Kathy Uykiat
Sometimes, our allowances are not enough for our everyday expenses due to our country's economic condition. Most of us are looking for part time jobs to earn money, so they can pay their tuition fees, buy books, help their parents in paying household bills, and etc.

On Love, Life, Tape Recorders and Outer Space
By Gilbert Trillana
There's a reason why I fancy tape recorders. I'll be forever grateful to Akio Morita for this. I happen to own one and for the life of me I enjoyed every moment using it. More so when I get to have a small TV/VHS set where ultimately you get to record your favored show until you probably get tired of it, you'd tape it over with something else. You'd understand; blank tapes are costly nowadays, but not much.

Reclaiming Ka Amado
By Alexander Martin Remollino
By emphasizing the significance of Amado V. Hernandez in the historical scheme as a socially committed writer of the highest order, Suri at Sipat: Araling Ka Amado reclaims—with finality—his legacy from the clutches of posthumous cooptation, and clarifies that his proper place is—as it invariably was during his lifetime—on the side of the struggling masses.

LIHAM AT PAHAYAG
Schools Urged to Sacrifice for the Nation
By Raymond Palatino
This plea is specially directed to Catholic schools which have been recently involved in the crusade for a clean and honest elections. We hope their zealous appeal to our leaders to think of the future of our nation can also be applied in the management of their learning institutions which rank among the most expensive schools in the country.

Statement Denying Any Involvement in So-called Destabilization Plot
By Vic Ladlad (Bayan Muna, May 27, 2004)
I strongly deny the wild accusation of the PNP top officials yesterday that dragged my name into a so-called destabilization plot to derail the proclamation of the presidential and vice-presidential winners in the elections. Of the many charges which the PNP and AFP have long been making against the progressives in this country, this is the most ridiculous.

“The Emperor Has No Clothes. Empress Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Has No Clothes.”
By the Public Interest Law Center
Censorship or prior restraint. This is the nature of the gag order imposed by the Comelec, the DOJ, and justified by Malacanang, on ABC Channel 5 to stop the network from conducting and airing its quick count.

The Attack on my Human Rights and Civil Liberties is Part of US Offensive Against the People's Right to National Liberation, Democracy and Social Justice
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
I wish to express my views on the historical and current global context of my case, my inclusion in the "terrorist" list as a direct attack on the Filipino people's right to national liberation, the facts of my persecution and the violation of my rights and certain courses of action that have been adopted and undertaken to defend myself and oppose the malice and inhumanity of the US, its imperialist allies and the Philippine puppet government.

TINIG
Where’s Earl on Prisoner Abuse in Abu Ghraib?
Members of the Filipino Youth for Peace declare: "We in the Filipino Youth for Peace—and, we are quite sure, Ms. Doyo herself—categorically place our sympathies on Michael Berg, Nick's father, who puts the blame for his son's appalling death squarely on the shoulders of those in the Coalition of the Willing/Shameless, including our own incumbent president (and presidential contender) Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo."

Henyong Fernando
"Simula nang umupo bilang pinuno ng Metro Manila Development Authority o MMDA si Bayani Fernando ay marami na siyang naibahaging mga 'katalinuhan' sa tanggapan. Mula sa pagiging isang mayor ng Marikina ay naging isang tunay na 'henyong pinuno' ng MMDA itong si Fernando," ayon kay Armando Sinaglahi.

Ang Halaga ni JMS sa Bagong Henerasyon
"Totoo. Hindi singguwapo ng sinumang artista sa Hollywood si Ka Joema. Pero aaminin ko, kahit ayaw naming ipahalata noon, starstruck kami sa kanya. Ang mga pasalubong nga naming sa mga kasama sa sektor, autograph niya at ng iba pang kasamang political refugees sa Holland. Sabi pa ng isa naming binigyan, ipapa-frame daw niya ang kapirasong papel na may pirma ni Ka Joema, with matching star sa dulo," kuwento ni Ronalyn Olea.

The Narrow Now
"Prudence (and a busy schedule) forced me to wait until after May 10 before I began writing this rejoinder of sorts. So, as soon as I got my finger dirtied for casting my vote, I began to put on paper all three months of rage, disgust and incredulity I held in delicate reserve for Bayan Muna’s hecklers," Adelfo Cyrus Alanis fervently expresses.

Ang First Time ni Gel
Miyerkules… April 21, 2004, isang normal na araw ng Miyerkules at ako’y nagising sa aking kusa. Walang kumakanta sa videoke-han ng hindi kaaya-aya sa pandinig, walang mga batang sumisigaw ng, “SASARA ANG BOOLAKLAK, BUBUKA ANG BULAAKLAAAK! PAPASOK ANG REYYNAH! SASAYAW NG CHA-CHAA! ” Mabuti’t hindi nag-BOOM!!!-tiyaya ang eardrums ko nang araw na iyon at nakatawa akong bumangon sa aking hinihigaan," ang maningning na kuwento ni Gel.

Pagte-text: Isang Penomenon
"Dapat tandaan na may limitasyon ang lahat, oo nga at napapadali ng pagte-text ang komunikasyon, subalit dapat pa ring tandaan na may angkop na gamit ito at hindi dapat gamitin sa ibang sitwasyon tulad ng mga gawaing pang-akademiko," paalala ni Nestor Calaguas de Guzman.

TULA
Gayuma
Ni April Jade Imson

Domingo de Ramos
Ni Francis "Kapi" Capistrano

Anak
By Christine Ongpin

Gabi ng Wakwak
Ni Carlos M. Piocos

Halo-halo
Ni Kristian Cordero

LRT
By Francis Martinez

Tri-in-wan
Ni Miles Pardalis

Hangin
Ni Jacqueline Raveza

Vase of Flowers, in Watercolor
By Naya S. Valdellon

Ang Mercedes at ang Sarao
Ni Jelson Capilos

MAIKLING KUWENTO
Kuya Ko si Superman
Ni Salvador T. Biglaen
"Darating si Kuya sa bahay, mangangalisag ang balahibo ng alaga naming pusa. Magtatago ito sa ilalim ng kama o kaya'y susuot sa kisame. Kahit tanghali pa, hahapon na ang mga tandang at inahin sa tuktok ng puno ng duhat. Makakalimot ang mga gansang kumembot sa pagsiksik sa damuhan, matatameme ang mga kambing, at mamumutla ang mga baboy.'"

Babasaging Titig
Ni Karla Marla R. Requilman
"Ginising ako ng tunog ng paulit-ulit na pagkaskas ng walis tingting sa lupa. Nararamdaman kong maraming dahon ang winawalis sa labas. Malakas ang hangin. Ikaw, nakatingin ka na naman sa akin."

MULA SA PATNUGOT
Napunan na Sana Namin
Sa paglabas ng isyung ito ng Tinig.com ay halos isang buwan na mula nang ganapin ang Halalan 2004. Halos isang buwan na, at hanggang ngayo'y wala pa ring malinaw na kinalalabasan ang napakabagal na bilangan, na ayon kay Ka Dan Vizmanos--aktibista at dating kapitan ng Hukbong Pandagat--ay tila siyang pinakamabagal na kanyang nasaksihan (lahat daw ng presidente'y nakita niya magmula kay Quezon).

KOLUM
DALUYONG
Mong Palatino
Rason Edad Medya
"Nakakapagtaka't nakakatawa pero may isang panahon sa kasasayan ng daigdig na hindi kinakain ng mga tao ang kamatis dahil ito raw ay may lason. Minsan, pinaniwalaang patag ang mundo at matagal bago tinanggap ng mga pantas na ang araw ang nasa gitna ng sangkalawakan."

PANTAS
Aris Remollino
Pseudo Soda Pop Shock
"Nothing has probably affected the mode of life in the twentieth century more than pop music. In some cases, it has been likened to a rare gem that enriches our lives, one that gives it hue and definable form. Largely, however, it has been as much a nuisance as the bubonic plague (also known as The Black Death—which wasn't just metaphoric) that almost decimated the population of Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century..."

ALIPATO
Alexander Martin Remollino
Bayani
"Ang pagsapit ng Araw ng Kasarinlan (Hunyo 12) ay lagi nang isang angkop na pagkakataon upang pagnilayan ng lahat ang tungkol sa mga bayani. Wala namang bansang nagkamit ng kasarinlan kundi dahil sa pagkarami-raming bayani nitong nakipaglaban sa mga mananakop—may pangalan man sa mga aklat ng kasaysayan o wala. Ngunit ano nga ba ang isang bayani? Mahalagang malaman ito sapagkat kung mayroon mang salita sa wika natin na lubha nang kahabag-habag dahil sa dami ng pagkakataong sinalaula ang katuturan nito, ito'y ang salitang 'bayani.'"

IBAYO
Arianne Angela Solis
Parang Sweet and Sour Sauce
"Paano nga bang mamuhay nang malayo kay Inang Bayan? Sasagutin ang tanong na iyan sa pamamagitan ng isa pang tanong: Nakatikim ka na ba ng sweet and sour sauce? O ng sweet and sour na ulam, mapa-isda, karne, o gulay man? Kung oo ang sagot mo, sasabihin ko sa iyo ito: nasagot mo na rin ang ipinukol kong katanungan."