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NEVER again to martial law. Justice for the victims of Maguindanao massacre. Stop killing journalists. These were the resounding messages in Wednesday’s media-led indignation rally at the Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) Bridge held to demand justice for victims of the Nov. 23 massacre in Maguindanao and protest the imposition of martial rule in the province.

AUG. 5, 2009, the day former President Corazon Aquino was buried, will very welll go down in the country’s history as “Cory Day.”  Thousands of Filipinos in Metro Manila turned out to pay their last respects and join the sendoff to her final resting place.  Mario Ignacio, Luz Rimban, Chit Estella, Ellen Tordesillas and Tessa

By CHIT ESTELLA FOR someone who had undergone much sorrow and pain, Corazon Aquino laughed easily and well. People unaccustomed to hearing the former president laugh would quickly turn around to look for the source of the guffaw and be surprised at the woman who was known to be demure and self-effacing.  But she was

By CHIT ESTELLA ON the long black granite wall on the grounds of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani are 185 names of heroes and martyrs who fought the Marcos dictatorship. Some are well-known to the public; many are not. But all are bound by the fact that they had committed a great part of their