Mommy power is in our hands

“Because I think the Filipino is worth crying for”. David Briscoe, February 25, 1986
I felt my baby tumble with joy inside my belly as the announcement from the radio blasted out that indeed Cory Aquino was our new president. My baby is now a 23 year old lady turning 24 next month. It’s [...]

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Keep Cory Aquino’s spirit alive

“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.”

Cory would have turned 77 years old today. In a speech that Noynoy Aquino delivered at her birthday mass, he said
Perhaps if we try to [...]

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Never again, never again – never again to martial law!

“The bad dream known as martial law has become an absolute nightmare under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo!” , an activist during 37th Anniversary of Martial Law, September 21, 2009.

Photo Credit to newshopper
I was 15 years old when Proclamation 1081 was declared by then President Ferdinand Marcos. My folks seemed overjoyed with the news. The administration did [...]

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A Mother’s Hope. A Mother’s Love

The most important political office is that of the private citizen. ~Louis Brandeis
I love my children.
I think of their future.
I hope for a good leader.
We all want that for our children, right? So listen up…
Do you wonder if our candidates think of the future of their children, or if they are single, the [...]

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I Condemn the Ampatuan Massacre in Maguindanao

“We can’t call him an animal because I have pets and they are tame. No, he is a monster. They are monsters” Mangudadatu on Ampatuan Jr. and his gunmen.

Photo Credits to Reuter
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I see it in Twitter, Plurk, Facebook and blogs. The outrage is all over the internet. No to [...]

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Bangon Pinoy: Our Home After Ondoy Flood Damage

“I don’t consider myself a survivor; that’s someone who has gone through something terrible.” Geraldine Ferraro
Of course, you know our home suffered the Ondoy Flood Damage. My husband is traumatized about it already that he obsesses on the weather report. Friends ask me how it has been. I feel guilty that we didn’t really [...]

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Surviving and Recovering from Ondoy Flood Damage

Of course, I never imagined the wrath of Ondoy as it poured rain in Manila. I arrived in Singapore that saturday noon and saw a twitter message from my daughter.
“Oh no, the flood is entering the house. and mom is not here”.
No matter, the age of your child, they still look for good old mom. [...]

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Noynoy Aquino as Presidential Candidate: The Game Changer

“Hope never abandons you; you abandon it” George Weinberg
Update (September 9, 2009)- Noynoy Aquino to run For President in 2010
Noynoy Aquino Announces Bid For Presidency- Part 1

Noynoy Aquino Announces Bid For Presidency Part 2

I suppose I should be jaded by now. After living through the Marcos dictatorship, the revival of democracy through President [...]

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The Violent Dispersal of Students in the Mendiola Lightning Rally

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.” –Pearl S. Buck

courtesy of Romeo Ranoco
unarmed protesters are no match for a baton, steel barrier, concrete barrier, and a metal signpost
Once upon a time, I was a student who joined lightning rallies in the [...]

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