Tag: September 12, 2006

A RETIRED Supreme Court Associate Justice and a UST Graduate School alumnus, Jose Melo, said no one, not even President Macapagal-Arroyo who appointed him would be spared in his investigation of suspected political killings nationwide.

“Let the chips fall where they may,” Melo said. “We will not stop going after anyone involved. There will be no sacred cows.”

LEGEND has it that the Mangyans are a “white race” and “tailed-people” who lived in the island of Mindoro.

But in meeting Betty Ungay, a 21-year-old Mangyan, Thomasians saw neither a white-complexioned nor a tailed native. Instead, they saw an ordinary Filipina who is deeply attached to her culture.

Ungay was a volunteer in an interactive exhibit on the Mangyans last Aug. 23 to Sept. 2 at the Beato Angelico Gallery. The 10-day exhibit was organized by the Center for Intercultural Studies (CIS), Beato Angelico Gallery, and Mangyan Heritage Center (MHC).