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Cebu Artist Bambi Beltran Receives Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Cebu artist Maria Victoria ‘Bambi’ Beltran received Freedom of Speech award from the Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award 2020 which is dedicated to courageous journalists “who are suffering repression because of their reporting on the COVID19 pandemic.” Beltran is one of the 17 laureates from 14 countries […]
Evelyn Nacario-Castro: COVID19 Pandemic Confirms Old Need to Boost Local Agriculture and Good Governance in Cebu
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – In more ways than one, the COVID19 pandemic in the tiny but populous city of Cebu in the Philippines have brought out the grit and bayanihan (community spirit) of its people. The crisis too has confirmed the nagging need to boost local agriculture and strengthen good governance more […]
A Poem and a Counter-Charge in the time of COVID
ANG POSAS Hait kini og tango Ang paak niini Mas sakit pa Sa paak Sa usa ka hugpa Sa lamok Nga nigakos Sa akong kalag- Ug bisan katol na Kaayo, ning Kasingkasing Kay way undang Ang paak Sa mga lamok. Dili nako makatol O mabutangan man lang og Off lotion. Unsaon man? Ang akong Kamot […]
The Freeman women journos sing their hearts out in the time of the pandemic
When we are out there in the dark We’ll dream about the sun In the dark, we’ll see the light Warm our hearts, everyone. By Marivir R. Montebon New York – In the time of coronavirus, Cebu journalists of The Freeman Newspaper have proven (to themselves) that they too can sing. They’re unstoppable, hypertensively eager, […]
Earth Day 2020: Leadership by Example Starts in Your Own Backyard
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – We do a virtual garden tour today, Earth Day, in the backyard of Filipino leader Ann Constantino Beck, who has committed herself to be a farmer to ensure that she and her family are eating organic, pesticide-free vegetables and fruits. Going organic is a way to heal the […]
Cebu Artist Businesswoman Jailed for her Satire
How crazy can we get at this time of the pandemic Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – While the world is turned upside down by this invisible enemy COVID19, it’s sad to see how government can still have time to be brutal, and in my birthplace at that. Last weekend, a friend […]
NY Resto Owner Laments: How About Lowering Our Rent Too?
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Filipino entrepreneurs are bracing for significantly low incomes in the next coming weeks to comply with the city’s order to lessen business operations to help contain the spread of Coronavirus here. Young entrepreneur Augelyn Francisco said that the city must also come up with measures to protect entrepreneurs […]
Samar’s Tikog Bags Reinvented
Cheers to the ancient art of weaving happiness in every bag By Elmira Judy Aguilar-Cinco Tacloban – After super typhoon Haiyan in 2013, women weavers of the province of Samar in eastern Philippines, have produced bags with bright and colorful face designs reflecting their tenacity to withstand challenges. These weavers, locally known as “paraglaras” use […]
Filipino women leaders react to Trump acquittal
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – A day after the Senate acquittal of President Trump’s charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, here’s what Filipino women leaders say. “Even before the trial, the Republicans led by Senator Mitch McConnell, already said they would acquit. What a travesty of the Constitution! I admire […]
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