Isang napakahalagang kaganapan para sa sambayanang Pilipino ang sariwaing muli at namnamin ang bunga ng mga pagpupunyagi ng ating mga ninuno at bayani na unti-unti na ring naisasakatuparan. Ngunit marami pa rin sa kasalukuyan ang nagtatanong, tunay nga bang kalayaan… Continue Reading
(Delivered during the 2018 Ten Outstanding Young Men and Women of the Philippines awarding ceremonies at the GSIS Theater, Pasay City, Philippines, on April 9, 2019.) Thank you for this recognition. I share this award with my fellow environmentalists… Continue Reading
Last February 11, 2019, at the oversight committee hearing on Metro Manila Development at the House of Representatives of the Philippines chaired by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo, we made it clear that reclamation is basically in itself marine pollution, using… Continue Reading
Your fresh breath gives forth life, O Mother Nature. Give me the strength to stand up and be worthy of your warm embrace as I prepare to embrace those who have cold hearts. Pierce my heart with your sharp lightning… Continue Reading
Physical rehabilitation of Manila Bay is not possible if political, social and psychological rehabilitation of human beings within and around the area is not done. Further, no serious rehabilitation is not possible if new reclamation projects are implemented. We need… Continue Reading
Ang ating mga kandidato ay nais na maging lingkod ng Bayan. Minsan tinanong ko ang aking sarili: Ilan kaya sa mga nais mamuno ang tatayo at pagkilusan ang kapakanan ng buong sambayanan, hindi ng iilan; depende sa kanilang mapanalunang posisyon… Continue Reading
Hindi ako DDS, hindi ako Dilawan, hindi ako Terorista. Ako ay isang taga-islang buong loob na nagmamasid, at nakikialam kung kinakailangan. Tumutulong ako sa pamahalaan at itinataguyod ang kanyang magagandang programa para sa sambayanan; pinupuna ang mali at nagpapanukala’t… Continue Reading
(Message delivered during the Guimaras stop of Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior as part of “Balangaw: The Climate Justice Ship Tour. The Municipality of San Lorenzo and the Province of Guimaras were given the Seals of Climate Leadership for embracing renewable energy… Continue Reading
We, Thomasians, sometimes, are Mocha Usons. UST may be a cradle of heroes and saints but we did not remain in that baby’s crib forever as our teachers and fellow alumni taught and inspired us to walk and grow up,… Continue Reading
let us together rise them up. arise, you, children of Urduja as the life force gives breath – the energy that binds. let not the strong winds and raging waters topple down the colorful but strong Vinta, that, be our… Continue Reading