First Person | Ka Louie and the alugbati

The memory and contributions of Ka Louie Jalandoni will live forever!

To: Communist Party of the Philippines, National Democratic Front of the Philippines From: Freedom Road Socialist Organization The m...

First Person | Ka Louie and the alugbati

The CPP in its tribute to Luis Jalandoni said the NDFP Negotiating Panel’s longest-serving chairperson is “beloved by the masses.” I was witness to this. I once was a guest at Ding and Inday (nee Jalandoni) dela Paz’s home in Silay after a peace and human rights forum in Bacolod City where the recently-departed Ka Louie and Coni Ledesma spoke. It was followed by a courtesy call with the then Bacolod bishop. It was in the mid-2000s and I was ther…