DEL ROSARIO, Nimfa “Nona”
She became a writer-contributor to the local newsletter Dangadang. One of the reports she made involved the senseless shooting by soldiers of an 11-year-old boy harmlessly resting in a hut after a days’ work.
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MESINA, Pastor “Sonny”
Sonny’s death and the Diliman Commune would open up reflections by the whole UP academic community of what “serving the people” meant to people in the university.
BLAS, Catalino Deldoc
Catalino died at a very young age of 21. Hundreds of local people came to his burial, most wearing red as a symbol of their support for their young hero, who showed courage and commitment and took up issues in their behalf.
DE GUZMAN, Lucio Estanislao “Boy” Parungao
As his mutilated body lay exposed in the town plaza to instill fear among the people, many asked: How could such brutality happen when there was no longer a dictator and the country was marching towards democracy?
LONTOK, Bayani
As Bayani began to grasp the realities in rural Philippines, he started writing critical articles in various publications.
JASUL, Alfredo Villaflor
Alfredo became an activist during the late 1960s and 1970s when the student movement for nationalism and democracy raged in most schools in Metro Manila.
