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Why did “My Family’s Slave,” the story of Eudocia Pulido which was so eloquently told by the late Alex Tizon, stir up so much furor in social media? This week’s #AnimatED drives home the point.
It is because it drags out a monster hidden in the fabric of Philippine society: the fact that our middle class lifestyles soared on the back of a servile system that takes advantage of the poverty pool.
Each one of us, whose lives have been touched by the devotion of a yaya, a driver or a Lola are all complicit in keeping that monster hidden, our #AnimatED says. Lola’s story should inspire us to re-examine the compartmentalized boxes of our lives and ask ourselves who we really are as human beings.
The Swiss voted Sunday, May 21, in favor of a massive overhaul of the country’s energy system by gradually replacing the power from its aging nuclear reactors with renewable sources: hydraulics, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass. A full 58.2% of Swiss voters supported the shift, according to a final tally after Sunday’s referendum, with only 4 of the country’s 26 cantons voting “no.”
Taiwan voiced deep disappointment Sunday, May 21, at its exclusion from a major World Health Organization (WHO) meeting, and urged international pressure on rival China to ensure it has access in future.
Did China really threaten war against the Philippines over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute? Then newly-appointed Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano should file a diplomatic protest says Senator Francis Pangilinan. Pangilinan’s statement also comes a day after Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said the Philippines can sue China for making such a threat.
The program is devoted to non-political topics. But that does not matter to social media bashers who believe Vice President Leni Rodredo is up to no good. They accuse her of using the weekly media engagement to destabilize the government.
Hollywood star Willem Dafoe is to play the painter Vincent Van Gogh in a new film about the tortured genius by artist Julian Schnabel, its producers said Sunday, May 21. At Eternity’s Gate takes its title from one of Van Gogh’s last canvasses which shows a man holding his head in his hands.
“My Family’s Slave,” drags an ugly monster out of the closet and out into the light of day, this week’s #AnimatED points out. This is the reality that our middle class lifestyles soared on the back of a servile system that takes advantage of the poverty pool.
The House of Representatives is set to decide on the Justice Committee’s report on the impeachment complaint versus President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, May 22. Watch the proceedings here.
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