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Kawani ng Gobyerno
Submitted by noelbarcelona on October 17, 2008 - 9:29pm. government employees | poem | social realism | TulaGiti ang pawis sa noo
sa takatak ng tiklado -
Baga'y punumpuno
ng agiw ng portofolio.
Kahit nahahapo
ay nakangiti ka nang todo
Kahit katawan ay masakit
Sa haba nang iyong trabaho.
Tainga ay nakapagkit
Sa radyo mong kakaragkarag
Sa isang sulok na malapusikit
Sa opisina mong warat-warat.
Habang tinitiis ang pagod at hirap
Pagbibintangan ka nang madla--
Isa kang mandurugas!
Sahod mong kakapurit
Paliliitin pa nang lintik
Bayad sa buwis, Philhealth at GSIS
Saan ko ipadadala ang mga bulaklak?
Submitted by noelbarcelona on October 15, 2008 - 9:34am. desaparecidos | filipino poetry | human rights violationsSaan ko ipadadala ang puting-puting rosal?
Ang sampagitang ang bango'y pawid ng hanging amihan?
Kanino ipagbibilin ang tinipong ilang-ilang
Gayong hindi mapagtanto ang iyong likmuan?
Saan ko ipadadala ang pulang mga rosas
Na aking pinitas habang nangangarap?
Saan iaabsang ang marikit na liwanag
Na aking tinipon sa bagwis-alitaptap?
Kanino ko sasabihin ang mga habilin
Gayong ang iyong tainga'y malayo sa akin?
Paano ipadarama ang ligaya't dimdim
Samantalang ang palad ay hindi masaling?
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It’s Good to Misbehave Sometimes…
Submitted by noelbarcelona on October 13, 2008 - 4:51pm. art exhibit reviewA review of MissBehaving, a two-woman exhibit by Con Cabrera and Bunch Garcia at the Lunduyan Gallery, 88 Kamuning Road, Quezon City from October 4-22, 2008.
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA CULTURE
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Agri Dep’t Transfers to Isabela in 3 Months
Submitted by noelbarcelona on September 16, 2008 - 6:11pm. news featuresBY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Does the Department of Agriculture (DA) have only three months left to stay in Manila? This is the question of employees at the Office of the Secretary (OSEC), now that there is a specific directive from the President herself to hasten the transfer of the DA office from Quezon City to Ilagan City, Isabela (approximately 397 kilometers north of Metro Manila).
Bulatlat
When a Woman is More Than a Woman
Submitted by noelbarcelona on August 25, 2008 - 10:30am. art review | sculptureA review of Tala Isla-Contreras’ third solo exhibit, Babae: Buhay at Kalikasan, mounted last July 29 and running up to Aug. 30, 2008 at the Contreras Sculptures, The Artwork 4/F Bldg. A, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
Sharing Camille’s Moods and Moments
Submitted by noelbarcelona on August 25, 2008 - 10:29am. art reviewA review of the 15th Solo Exhibition of Ms. Camille Jean Verdelaire D. de la Rosa, entitled Moods and Moments at the Renaissance Gallery, The Art Walk, 4/F Bldg. A, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. Opened on August 22, the show will run up to the 31st of this month.
Critics Tell GMA: Don’t Use BJE Issue to Push for Cha-Cha
Submitted by noelbarcelona on August 17, 2008 - 6:16pm. Bangsamoro struggles | charter change | PoliticsCritics say that it is saddening that a landmark agreement, like the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), is now being used as a tool to revive Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s charter change drive. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008
More than 60 Years After World War II: Filipina Comfort Women Demand Justice, Reject Arroyo's Cha-cha
Submitted by noelbarcelona on August 17, 2008 - 6:13pm. comfort women | women | world war 2Sixty-three years after the Second World War ended, the Japanese Imperial Army’s “comfort women” are still fighting for justice despite their age. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008
QC Biz District to Dislocate Gov’t Offices, Employees
Submitted by noelbarcelona on August 4, 2008 - 9:45am. news features | social issuesAs the Quezon City Central Business District (QC-CBD) project pushes through, government employees fear possible dislocation.
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA
Bulatlat
Volume VIII, Number 26, August 3 - 9, 2008
Bunyi ng Lahing Kayumanggi Writers' Collective
Submitted by noelbarcelona on July 13, 2008 - 12:23pm. writing groups1. Ano ang Bunyi ng Lahing Kayumanggi Writers Collective?
Isa itong organisasyon ng bagito at propesyunal na mga manunulat - makata, kwentista, dyarista at maging kritiko na may layuning itaas ang antas ng panitikan sa Pilipinas at isulong ang kapakanan at karapatan ng mga manunulat bilang mga mamamayan, alagad ng sining at bahagi ng kasaysayan ng lahing Pilipino.
2. Anu-ano ang tiyak na layunin (specified objectives) ng Bunyi ng Lahing Kayumanggi?
