To see what is and to demand what should be: This is the stance of the students of the University of the Philippines that is provoking all manner of criticism from those frightened of what it could lead to. UP students are trained to examine the society in which they live, to identify and understand the roots of inequity and impoverishment, and to refuse to bow to the superior force that protects the status quo
Marikina, to many Filipinos, is synonymous with shoes, the same way that ducks and balut are traditionally associated with Pateros, jewelry-making with Meycauayan, balisong with Batangas, and lechon with La Loma. When I saw the video of the giant red shoe that represents the “shoe capital of the Philippines” swept down the raging Marikina River, I knew Typhoon “Ulysses” had done its worst. Before COVID-19, the Marikina shoe industry was estimated to be worth P1 billion. After COVID-19 and Ulysses? It’s anybody’s guess. Marikina traces its beginnings to a Jesuit foundation in 1630, while the shoe industry began in 1887, the
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