Regardless of the shoe brand, I stand my ground.
When I must.
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Indelible Fashion
The latest trend among Filipino migrants now: overseas absentee voting.
For some, it is an affirmation of their being Filipino. For many, it is a step towards achieving change.
Remembering Flor
I never was a domestic worker so I never really knew about their pains, struggles and sufferings.
But I need not be. All I had to do is remember Flor.
Hanged to death for a crime she did not commit. And it took then president Fidel Ramos and his ilk a lifetime to take action. Kailangan pang [...]
Kung Hei Fat Choy
She is Eni, president of the International Migrants Alliance. Having worked in Hong Kong as a domestic helper for more than a decade, she learned the value of struggling for her rights and working with others to win them.
She is joined by several Indonesian, Thai and Filipino domestic workers today to hand out lai see (red [...]
Burma
It is not only about Aung San Suu Kyi. It is not only about the monks.
It is about Burma. It is about the people’s struggle for democracy.
In the first place.
Free Snack
People did not mind enjoying a free bowl of congee, a piece of spring roll or an orange. They deserved such a treat when the government they expect to serve them was doing otherwise.
Tonight, more than 4,000 Hong Kong people gathered around the Legislative Council office in Central to protest the proposed HK$ 66,9 00,000,000.00 [...]
Try Arm!
This is a test of durability. Of strength.
A Thai woman worker showed me just how reliably strong the panties they make. Just like the struggle they are waging right now.
She is one of the more than 800 women workers who were arbitrarily sacked by Triumph Thailand. As if they were some disposable paper underwear one [...]
Hypocrite
These pictures bring me back to the first days of Gloria in 2001.
Mong (now congressman and representative of the youth party Kabataan in the Philippines’ Lower House) and I were part of a youth delegation to meet the pudgy woman and talk about the youth agenda with the Philippine government.
Right outside Malacanang, the Philippines’ version [...]