A DIFFERENT MORE DANGEROUS KIND OF WAR I just got a series of text from my Tausug friend who was displaced and is still at the Grandstand up to this day. Manz is a Tausug musician who composes, what we brand as, Bakawit (bakwit-awit). He will be performing in tomorrows PAHINGALAY event, a healing gathering of orphans and children of OFW who were directly affected by the siege. His pamangkin just passed away because of dengue. He needed someone to talk to. His words brought me to tears: (verbatim) Galing aku ng general hOspital, bctahen sana ang aking pamangkin,,nagulat aku ang dami kuna palang kamag anak at kaybigan sa ward 8, at ang saya nla ng makita ako. Bt kaya ganun cla sa akin, dahel b kaya sa napapatawa ko cla kahet nagdurusa at nalulungkot dhel sa mga anal nila na ginegera ngayon ng dengge? Lam mu Kiko, lumalakas loob namin mga natitirang magulang nag nabigyan niyo ako ng panahon para kumanta, kaya salamat na may programa kayo bukas. Darating kame kapatid... Kung may dapat tayong tulungan hindi ang nsa granstan, kundi ang ating gobyerno, tulungan natin cla para mapa blis ang pag lipat ng mga tao nasa grandstan...hangang ngayon nsa gtna parin kami ng gera,, gusto namin lumaban wala kaming magawa. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I need some time alone to pray for the soul of Manzs pamangkin and for the people who are still fighting a different kind of war at Grandstand, a war more devastating than the September siege, A WAR THAT CAN BE STOPPED IF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POWER WILL SET ASIDE POLITICAL INTERESTS AND DIFFERENCES AND EXPEDITE THE RELOCATION PROCESS WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF OUR DISPLACED BRETHREN.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 04:08:16 +0000
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