Category Archives: Revolution
Seeing through the poverty line
(This is an article written by Stanley Palisada of ABS-CBN. Your karikna was interviewed as one of six resource persons across the nation.) MANY FILIPINOS are really sick and tired of being poor in pocket, in spirit and in association. … Continue reading
Filed under Government/Politics, Ilocos, Revolution
YOUTHFUL VOICE IN AN ANGRY SEA OF APATHY AND DISBELIEF
(This is an oratorical piece I wrote for my nursing students at the Trinity University of Asia. It is now also being used in speech classes in other universities and colleges in Metro Manila. I am sharing this with you … Continue reading
Filed under Government/Politics, Revolution, Sociology
Academicians critique priest’s book on Aglipayanism
FR. ERICSON JOSUE is one of few Catholic priests I admire. Besides being bright and hardworking, he is humble and sensitive. We have known each other since our early teens (when he was still so lanky while I was then … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Church, Heroes, Ilocos, Revolution
My Favorite 2009 Calendar
Former UP Student Council Chair and now Ilocos Norte Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member Kris Ablan sent me 3 copies of this novel calendar. More than the visual feast the calendar offers, it is my favorite because of what it represents. Kris … Continue reading
Filed under Personals, PinoyPride, Places, Revolution, Tourism
Of weight loss and flimsy revolts: Resisting the BELOnization of Philippine society
JUAN DE LA CRUZ has always been portrayed as a frail man who is bordering on the malnourished, reflective perhaps of the plight of many Filipinos who have very little, if any at all, on their dinner tables. I prefer … Continue reading
Filed under Government/Politics, Health, Kuwento, Revolution
Change: where and how do we begin?
PETER WRITES ON THE INTERNET, “I sure hope he dies soon enough so he is relieved of all his burdens and that I am relieved of calling him a fellow Filipino.” No, he was not referring to some bandit, cult … Continue reading
Filed under Revolution, Sociology
“Farmer son of Batac” writes
This columnist was delighted to receive an email from reader Ernesto Rabanal Lagmay, who calls himself “farmer son of Batac”, although he is now based in Norway. He writes: “Hello Herdy! I just read your column and I am impressed … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Farm, Revolution, Rural, Sociology
Pedaling our way through the crisis
“KAPAG MAIKLI ANG KUMOT, MATUTONG MAMALUKTOT,” goes a Filipino proverb. “Sir, nagakikid met ti ulesen, kasla labacara pay ketdin,” (Sir, the mattress is now as short as a face towel) quipped Christian Aguinaldo, one of my students in Sociology. I … Continue reading
Filed under Bicycling, Economy, Revolution
Agunit and the farmer wannabe
(This is my first article in the Ilocos Times. While columnists are expected to be men of notable knowledge, allow me to begin by writing about something I have no expertise on. “Wisest is he who knows he does not … Continue reading
