Third Sunflower Parade gives tribute to UP women athletes 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/28/2025

“We are the ones who show the world what women are capable of. We are the ones who prove that strength is not defined by gender.” A strong statement by Achrissa Maw of the Women’s Basketball Team…

The ‘aswangs’ on Duterte’s drug war

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/18/2025

“If you destroy my country, I will kill you.” These were words uttered by former President Rodrigo Duterte Duterte on May 31, 2016. The documentary film called “Aswang” was recently screened again that coincided with the arrest…

‘Kisapmata’: Tale of domestic violence, incest and struggle to freedom

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/14/2025

“𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 e𝐥𝐬𝐞.” A father’s seemingly innocent loving lines from Tanghalan Pilipino’s (TP) stage adaptation of the1981 drama film “Kisapmata” that, however, hide  issues of domestic violence, incest and the struggle to freedom. I first saw the suspense…

Party-list system hijacked by the rich and powerful

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/06/2025

The country’s party-list system continues to be hijacked by the rich and powerful. Around half of party-list groups are being used as a backdoor to further entrench their political and economic interests. Election watchdog Kontra Daya reported…

Flowers for Lolas: Children of the War: #NeverForget 1945 Rape of Manila

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 02/27/2025

“Never Forget” is an expression and political slogan used to urge others to remember the events surrounding a national tragedy. It was first used in relation to the damages brought by World War II which started as…

Flowers for Lolas: Remembering horrors of World War II through PPO music

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 02/18/2025

I spent Valentines Day watching a concert of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) not directly about traditional love but one that imparts narratives of love of country, solemn heroism and resiliency, Through the universal language of music,…

Love ‘Hugot’ lines from Supreme Court decisions

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 02/12/2025

“Love is founded on a promise: to seek beyond ourselves in order to enable the other to continue to become the best version of themselves.” Thus declared  Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen in Tan-Andal vs.…

Eskrimadoras as brave Filipina warriors in CCP Pasinaya 2025

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 02/05/2025

The performance of the eskrimadoras, or female arnis players, seemed to be a tribute to brave Filipina warriors during the 2025 PASINAYA Open House Festival of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Female members of the…

Traslacion of the Black Nazarene as ‘popular piety’

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 01/16/2025

The Traslacion of the Black Nazarene is oftentimes linked with “popular piety” or “people’s spirituality.” Held every 9th of January, this year is my second time to personally witness “traslacion,” which is a symbolic gesture that emulates…

Remembering historian William Henry Scott of Sagada

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 01/08/2025

SAGADA, Mountain Province — After three decades, I had the chance to personally visit the humble and simple tomb of historian William Henry Scott at the Saint Mary the Virgin Cemetery. I have been looking for his…

Blind faith and fanaticism in ‘Isang Himala’

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/31/2024

“Waláng himalâ! Ang himalâ ay nasa pusò ng tao, nasa pusò nating lahat! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga himalâ! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga sumpâ at ng mga diyos” Since its inception, this line from the 1982…

UP Lantern Parade: Its social and political landscape 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/26/2024

I have celebrated my birthday week inside the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus several times, in most instances coinciding with the traditional Lantern Parade. The parade traverses the UP Academic oval canopied by over a…

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