By Joffre Balce Would like to examine Jose Rizal as an intellectual more closely. He was not so much a journalist or philosopher like Karl Marx but shared his  belief in the equality of people in rights . His social philosophy was more guided by Robert Owen and  Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, based on his co-op endeavours in Dapitan. Politically, he is unlike the nationalists like fellow Latinos Simon Bolivar and Jose Marti but adopts a position where Filipinos are equal in rights with Spaniards under a federation of states or a Commonwealth of nations. As a literateur, Rizal put in Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo elements of Victor Hugo's reflections on social justice and the moral struggles of humanity in Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. Crisostomo Ibarra and  his persona of Simon even resembled Emily Brontë's Heathcliffe in Wuthering Heights. As a visual artist and sculptor, he was a scientist in his approach, concerned with capturing the substance, form and  func...

EDITOR/COLUMNIST By Caloy Bueno  🔰👓📚📰📂💻 Note  The death of... has divided the nation again. "...beliefs form the framework and operate the interstitial elements that inform and compose an individual's character and behavior in life." Yet, on the author's final analysis, he writes: "Our beliefs either fuck up our ability to think, or enable us to more clearly see and discern what is true, or noble, or worthy, or real." #PagMayTime ~  By Caloy Bueno The thing about beliefs is that no one can fault nor assail anyone else for having such beliefs ~ beliefs are personal and, more often than not, beyond the power of reason (particularly from anyone else) to dislodge or shake from the individual's grasp and dedication. Religion, politics, economic (business) practices, social norms and values, etc. ~ these are the stuff that beliefs are made of, and these beliefs form the framework and operate the interstitial elements that inform and compose an individual...

Note: Bold, fearless, brave and daring. The author was a former DDS vocal defender of the current national government Administration and often  crosses borders with his sharp weapon: keyboard and truth. His ultimate desire is to awaken the people from a prolonged stupor of national injustices and continued nonchalance over the course of the state of the country.  ✻ღ♥*✿*•♥ღ✻ Ever since we are pitted against each other.. The seeming aristocratisation of the Tagalogs and the downgrading of the Visayans, and other ethnicity. Our Muslim brothers were demonized, are allegedly barbaric, because they are the only tribe that were never dominated and until today whishes not to yield. We fought them as Christian against Muslim, not realizing that we are all Filipinos. Religion widened the rift, and today we are an extremely divided nation. If such foreign religion is really of God, then it should have united the people. Funny that even Christianity is so divided that there ought to be C...

Tula ni Rado Gatchalian May Akda Darling Square Library  Haymarket NSW November 6, 2019 (Para Kay Gat Jose Rizal) Kung mabubuhay ngang muli  Ang ating pambansang bayani - Yayakapin ba ng sariling lahi  At iibigin nang walang pagkukunwari? Makisig na susuriin ang bayang pinaglaban  May bunga ba ang kanyang kamatayan?  Sa kanya muling paglalakbay  Hahanapin ang kalayaang tunay - Ang bawat Pilipino may ligaya sa puso,  Matatag, at taas-noo bilang isang tao.  Hindi kailangang maging bayaning muli  Para ipakita na ikaw ay katangi-tangi. Hanapin mo lang ang iyong halaga At ialay ito sa ating pinakamamagal na bansa.  Source : FB/RG February 9, 2018

Paunang bungad ng makatang KU RIS Tapos na Ang Araw ng Kalayaan ngunit hayaan niyo akong ibahagi ang piyesa kong Ito. Panlulupig nga’y lumipas Panlulupig nga’y lumipas Sa hawla’y nakaalpas Malaya nang maipagaspas Pakpak ma’y punit at gasgas Ilang táong nakipagduwelo Sa mga dayuha’y nakipagpatintero Hanggang tuluyang tumalilis  Sa paniniil at hinagpis Anong galak sa puso’y namugad Mga sisiw hinanap, kaparanga’y ginalugad Ngunit bakit, pagtangis ang siyang bumungad? Inakay’ nakapiit, sa kasamaang palad. Inahing lanta, sa hilahil ‘di pa nakahinga Dalit ng kahapon pilit pang iniinda Umaaligid, lakas inihahanda Upang inakay, masagip— makawala. Ngunit sa paglibot kaniyang napaghulo Mangangaso’y kayumanggi, kakulay pa‘t kadugo  Waring isang balaraw, gumuhit sa yaring puso Bakit sa pag-uwi, sugat ang natamo? Sa dayuhan ma‘y nakaalpas, natuwa‘t nagwagi Ngunit sa sariling parang mga inakay’ nasawiKalayaan!  Kalayaan! hiyaw nitong labi Umaasang may makarinig— nagbabakasakali. Ngunit...

I  Kapagka ang baya'y sadyang umiibig  Sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit, Sanlang kalayaan nasa ring masapit  Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid.  Mula sa mesa ni Dex Amaroso