Garapalan na! as tatay will always say. He'll slam his hand on the table and he'll take a deep breath.
That's the common reaction I see in him, every time he reads the newspaper and sees journalists, activists and progressive leaders being shot, "salvaged" or abducted in broad daylight. I lost count how many times he slammed our dining table or our door. Not that I got tired counting...it's just too many and it makes me so depressed.
Every time I see him on this situation, I remember Beng Hernandez who was murdered by the military while doing her job in Cotabato Province. Beng is a colleague in College Editors Guild of the Philippines.
The son of the press freedom icon Jose Burgos was never spared. John Jonas Burgos was abducted in broad daylight, in front of so many people. Garapalan na that the very son of the person who paved way for our freedom is now a victim of the same atrocity.
Garapal na talaga! as tatay will always say. Garapal talaga that we counter the culture of impunity with the culture of silence. No non-violent protests...as if nothing happened. We rather stare at our idiot box and watch PBB or the latest in show business. Politics is now the new show business.
Bahala na lang ba? Life goes on...as if our lives will be normal with these things happening.Life never goes on when we live in fear...but death.
That's the common reaction I see in him, every time he reads the newspaper and sees journalists, activists and progressive leaders being shot, "salvaged" or abducted in broad daylight. I lost count how many times he slammed our dining table or our door. Not that I got tired counting...it's just too many and it makes me so depressed.
Every time I see him on this situation, I remember Beng Hernandez who was murdered by the military while doing her job in Cotabato Province. Beng is a colleague in College Editors Guild of the Philippines.
The son of the press freedom icon Jose Burgos was never spared. John Jonas Burgos was abducted in broad daylight, in front of so many people. Garapalan na that the very son of the person who paved way for our freedom is now a victim of the same atrocity.
Garapal na talaga! as tatay will always say. Garapal talaga that we counter the culture of impunity with the culture of silence. No non-violent protests...as if nothing happened. We rather stare at our idiot box and watch PBB or the latest in show business. Politics is now the new show business.
Bahala na lang ba? Life goes on...as if our lives will be normal with these things happening.Life never goes on when we live in fear...but death.
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