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Sharing with you an open letter from Gideon Javier, son of the martyred Evelio Javier of Antique:
February 21, 2022
My fellow Antiquenos,
I hope you have heard the news that the dictator’s son will no longer be speaking at the hallowed ground where my ⬇️
Sharing with you an open letter from Gideon Javier, son of the martyred Evelio Javier of Antique:
February 21, 2022
My fellow Antiquenos,
I hope you have heard the news that the dictator’s son will no longer be speaking at the hallowed ground where my ⬇️
father died to free us from his family. I hope it gave you a restful weekend.
I believe this cancellation is being spun by the organizers into “the place is not big enough.” Just in case the organizers are not familiar with Antique geography, there is another venue very close ⬇️
I believe this cancellation is being spun by the organizers into “the place is not big enough.” Just in case the organizers are not familiar with Antique geography, there is another venue very close ⬇️
by: the Binirayan Sports Complex.
Building Binirayan was a beautiful thing. Many Antiquenos volunteered with their picks and shovels to shape the hillside into stadium seats. My father drove the bulldozer on the night shift to flatten the playing field. Now, we and our ⬇️
Building Binirayan was a beautiful thing. Many Antiquenos volunteered with their picks and shovels to shape the hillside into stadium seats. My father drove the bulldozer on the night shift to flatten the playing field. Now, we and our ⬇️
children have a place to play basketball, jog and hold our happiest events.
Five days after they killed my father, Imelda Marcos took one million pesos in cash from her bedroom and gave it to the killer. They found the ledger in Malacanang after the EDSA Revolution.
I know ⬇️
Five days after they killed my father, Imelda Marcos took one million pesos in cash from her bedroom and gave it to the killer. They found the ledger in Malacanang after the EDSA Revolution.
I know ⬇️
the cost of building Binirayan from conversation in my household. I was five or six. I know about the cost of killing my father from conversation in my household. I was sixteen. Marcos Junior was twenty nine when his mother handed out the million pesos and it looks like he was⬇️
still living with his parents.
I normally don’t talk about money but it makes me angry that we Antiqueños made do with so little but those in power just tossed around those sums for the killing of an unarmed man. That money wasn’t theirs, it was the Filipino people’s money. ⬇️
I normally don’t talk about money but it makes me angry that we Antiqueños made do with so little but those in power just tossed around those sums for the killing of an unarmed man. That money wasn’t theirs, it was the Filipino people’s money. ⬇️
I wonder what so preoccupied the organizers of the Marcos rally when they scoped out their venue. Beside the stage is the rock my father was sitting on he before he was murdered. You have to write the word “Freedom” in the space labelled “location” when you apply for a rally ⬇️
permit.
Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed the news and that little bit of rest. We will need to return the fight to preserve our democracy very soon.
Gideon Javier
🌸🌸💗💗🇵🇭🇵🇭
Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed the news and that little bit of rest. We will need to return the fight to preserve our democracy very soon.
Gideon Javier
🌸🌸💗💗🇵🇭🇵🇭
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