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“If you destroy my country, I will kill you.” These are the words of former President Rodrigo Duterte that resonated in the documentary film Maria of the 19th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival at the at the Philippine…
Filipinos are “visual” people when it comes to faith and history who like to tell stories by acting them out during festivals. After three years of being in hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Aliwan Fiesta returned…
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”,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Songs of Rivermaya like “Liwanag Sa Dilim” reverberated before a huge crowd at the municipal grounds of Jordan, Guimaras as the highlight of this year’s Manggahan festival. With its English translation “there is always light in even…
MARAWI City — After the release of the results of the 2022 bar examinations, Marawi City will again be flooded with huge congratulatory tarpaulins for its new lawyers. When I visited Marawi last February, I was really…
The month of May has three significant dates for our family: Mothers’ day, Mama’s birthday and her death anniversary. My mother, fondly called Mama Linda, died on May 17, 2002 due to pericarditis and lymphoma three days…
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…
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…
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