We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic The Silent Media Native Advertising: Not just a Problem of One Marawi Prof Wants to Go Home to ‘Ground Zero’ to Look for USB Flash Drive Containing Her Writings “Marawi Prof Wants to Go Home to ‘Ground Zero’ to Look for USB Flash Drive Containing Her Writings,” is published in MindaNews on February 25, 2018. By Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews MARAWI CITY — Retired Literature Professor Dalomabi “Dolly” Lao Bula of the Mindanao State University’s main campus wants... Marawi Crisis: Women Ease Pains of Dislocation and Homelessness By: Diana G. Mendoza SHE HEARD gunfire just outside her classroom in the Jamiatul Philippine Al-Islamia College in Banggolo, Marawi City. Teaching social science to college students, Sittie Haima Sultan wondered whether this was just another shooting that sometimes erupts in the area and ends as suddenly. But... Peace is Key in Rebuilding Marawi – Bangsamoro Women By: Diana G. Mendoza CONFRONTED WITH different kinds of crises, government must always reflect its recognition of the country’s diversity expressed invariably through its different faiths and cultures, with traditions that grow from core values. As relief and recovery efforts approached the fourth month for internally displaced persons... ‘No peace without women!’ “‘No peace without women!’” was first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 9, 2017. By Rina Jimenez-David/Inquirer IN THE coverage of the current standoff in Marawi, the focus has been mostly on men — the forces led by the Maute brothers (with the strategic involvement of their mother... War, Peace and Maternal and Child Health in the ARMM “War, Peace and Maternal and Child Health in the ARMM,” is published in the social media news site Women Writing Women. This was first submitted to Women’s Peace Table. By Bugan Ni-Rosipan, (a nom de plume) a feature writer and multimedia artist, a hiker and cyclist, a mystic and... Bontoc Women still Man the Night Watch “Bontoc women still man the night watch,” was first published in the Nordis (Northern Dispatch Weekly) on July 3, 2016. By Kimberlie Ngabit-Quitasol/ Nordis (Northern Dispatch Weekly) BONTOC, Mountain Province — On June 27, some six elderly women gathered at a waiting shed in Samoki village of Bontoc with their... The Tale of the Sack and the Hope of Muslim Women Diana G. Mendoza Secretary Yasmin Busran-Lao of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos who is also outgoing President Aquino’s presidential assistant for Muslim Affairs used to be a bakwit who was with her family every time they are whisked off by fighting between soldiers and rebels. “My family’s... Muslim Women Lament Diaspora and Unattainable Peace By Diana G. Mendoza “Pag buntis ka, maraming nangyayari sa loob mo. E pano na kung marami ring nangyayaring gulo sa labas mo?” (When you are pregnant, there are many changes inside you. What more when there are also upheavals in your environment?) said Anisa Taha, 51, an aleemat... Liberating Badjao Women After War “Liberating Badjao women after war,” was first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Jan. 10, 2016. By Julie S. Alipala/ Inquirer Mindanao THE MOST visible effect of the war between government forces and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) members in the city in 2013 is the misery it brought to thousands... A Lumad Widow’s Story Jocelyn Campos, the widow of Dionel Campos, one of the three Lumads allegedly killed by paramilitary groups in Diatagon Village in Lianga, Surigao del Sur, on life of Lumads and Lumad killings. 1234Next » Search for: Archives Archives Select Month January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 If you are a human and are seeing this field, please leave it blank. 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