Eraserheads, Voltes V and the fight against oppression 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/04/2023

The  weapon known as the ultra electromagnetic top, resembling a spinning top, which Voltes V launches from within its torso became the inspiration behind the  Eraserheads’ groundbreaking album, “Ultraelectromagneticpop!”. The album contains the songs “Shake Yer Head”,”Toyang”,…

Pride Month and the campaign for the passage of SOGIESC Equality Bill

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/27/2023

I first saw the film “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” in 2005 when it premiered at the First  Cinemalaya Film Festival of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Set in the slums of Manila, the coming-of-age…

Close encounter with the women of ‘Noli Me Tangere’

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/20/2023

It was in 1957 when National Artist for Music Fides Cuyugan Asensio portrayed Sisa in “Noli Me Tangere” opera by Felipe de Leon which  premiered at the FEU Auditorium. Sixty five years later, her granddaughter Nicole Laurel…

Ibarra the musical: Filipinos must not be silenced in the midst of injustices in society

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/13/2023

My first encounter with Jose Rizal’s novels was  during our high school years since these were required readings. The book “Noli Me Tangere”, published in 1887 and written in Spanish, is a sweeping and passionate unmasking of…

‘Good Bad Mother’: Pigs as symbols of failures and success

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/06/2023

We grew up watching films and animated series  with pig characters like Porky Pig, Miss Piggy, Three Little Pigs, and Babe. The “Good Bad Mother” is a Korean drama in Netflix about a village piggery with the…

Karakol as a street dance of faith during Bohol’s Fiesta month of May

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 05/10/2023

Gorechos hailed from Barrio Matabao in Tubigon, Bohol which celebrated its barrio fiesta last May 8. The first habitants in Tubigon settled along the shores of the river. Seasonal overflowing of the river flooded the community and…

Disciplinary proceedings as  means of  protecting the administration of justice

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/25/2023

The new Lawyer’s Oath mandates that a member of the bar “shall do no falsehood nor shall pervert the law to unjustly favor or prejudice anyone” and “shall faithfully discharge the duties and responsibilities to the best…

2022 bar exam passers first batch to be sworn under the new Lawyer’s Oath

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/18/2023

The 3,992 law graduates who successfully passed the 2022 Bar exams will be the first batch to be sworn under the new Lawyer’s Oath. The results of the November 2022 Bar Exams were released last  April 14,…

Who is a seafarer under the Magna Carta?

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/11/2023

A Seafarer refers to any person who “is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship to which this Act applies”. The definition is lifted from House Bill 7325 or the proposed Magna…

Self-Flagellation and crucifixion as extreme expression of faith

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/04/2023

It was Holy Week of 2012 when I accompanied my Filipino Australian cousin Jeremy Baltazar to witness one of what can be considered the extreme acts of devotion in the Philippines, the flagellants doing the  “penitensya”. Jeremy said…

Lake Mapanuepe and the Aetas’ journey to education

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/28/2023

SAN MARCELINO, Zambales — Bird-shaped flutes made of bamboo that can blow up multiple sound like birds are being sold by 14-year-old Aeta Earn to visitors at Lake Mapanuepe. The small stick at the bottom controls the amount…

Flowers for Lolas: Accurate historical inclusion while the comfort women’s voices can still be heard

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/21/2023

Like other Filipina comfort women, Lola Hilaria Bustamante died still fighting without receiving justice. Lola Hilaria passed away  last Saturday, March 18, 2023  at the age of 97, 10 days after the UN Committee on the Elimination…

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