Jessica Soho to 2025 UP Diliman graduates: ‘Be disruptors for good’

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/09/2025

“Never stop asking the hard questions and be disruptors for good”. Veteran journalist Jessica Soho reminded the graduating  students to be one with the community and society during her speech as a guest speaker at the University of…

‘MakiBeki. Huwag Mashokot’ reverberates in UP Diliman, Pride 2025 host

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/03/2025

“MakiBeki. Huwag Mashokot” is the gay lingo for the activist slogan “Makibaka. Huwag Matakot” that reverberated during this this year’s Pride March and Festival last June 28, 2025  held at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman…

Celebrating Pride month in Virgin Lab Fest XX

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/25/2025

Virgin Labfest (VLF) celebrates Pride Month by staging one-act plays linked with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ+) community. “Sa mga nagsasabing puro kabaklaan ang mga dula ng VLF…tama ka,” says playwright and…

Happy 117th Birthday UP!

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/20/2025

The Oblation statue of the University of the Philippines (UP) depicts a man facing upward with arms outstretched, symbolizing a selfless offering of oneself to his union. UP was founded on June 18, 1908, or 117 years ago,…

Two decades of Virgin Lab Fest

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/13/2025

“MAY ASIM PA” is an appreciative Tagalog phrase often heard in storytelling involving middle aged women that acquired its double meaning: sourness and sweet. Literally translated in English it means “sourness retained” or “sour still.” Paradoxically the…

Photojournalism, fake news and copyright

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/05/2025

The equivalent of fake news can be found in most periods of history, though it was not yet widely understood then or used as a term. An interesting 1951  Supreme Court sedition case on a published “fake death”…

UP students dominate 2025 CineMapua Short Film Festival

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 05/29/2025

Students from the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) received major awards in the recent 21st CineMapua Student Film Festival held from May 19 to  May 23, 2025 at Mapua University. This year’s theme “Expand Your Vision”…

Amicus Curiae: The economics of vote buying

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 05/23/2025

The young Ae-sun in the Netflix Kdrama “When Life Gives You Tangerines” lost the class election for presidency not because of fewer votes but because the class rich kid brought in treats for everyone. The drama follows…

Women’s suffrage and women’s vote in Philippine election

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 05/15/2025

For the 2025 national and local elections, the Philippines has over 68.4 million registered voters wherein 34,877,106  women make up 51percent of the electorate, while 33.5 million are males, indicating strong female participation. Regions with higher number of…

Bohol sinks during the fiesta month of May

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 05/07/2025

Bohol is “sinking” during May is a popular joke among Boholanos because the population of the island during this month is multiplied twice, thrice, or even four times. May is a special month in the island because…

‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’: A tale of shoes and cabbages

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 05/02/2025

When I was younger I always had dreams of flying through magical shoes. In Greek mythology, shoes, particularly sandals and winged sandals, symbolize various themes including speed, travel, divine aid, and even power or authority. Shoes, far…

In memoriam: Nora Aunor (May 21 1953 – April 16. 2025)

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/24/2025

Ate Guy is a rebel. Thus declared veteran writer  Ricky Lee during  the state necrological service for the late Nora Aunor held at the Metropolitan Theater  on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. “Rebelde si Guy. Sa loob ng pitong dekada ay…

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