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Hair is one’s crowning glory and is often linked to one’s personal identity. For others, hair loss can have complicated consequences. One of the cause of hair loss is Alopecia Areata (AA) which is an autoimmune condition…
The “International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances” or “Desaparecidos Day” is observed August 30 annually since 2011. “Desaparecidos” is the Spanish and Portuguese word for “disappeared people” or victims of forced disappearance. The UN Commission…
The dark side of mandatory military service on bullying and hazing took the spotlight in the South Korean Netflix series D.P. short for “Deserter Pursuit.” All able-bodied men in South Korea are required to serve 18 months…
“Gusto kong ibigay ito sa lahat ng mga ‘Eric’ na inalisan ng bibig at hindi nakapagsalita, para sa inyo ‘to. Nandito kami, nakikinig,” says Director Carl Papa of “ITI MAPUKPUKAW” (The Missing) that won Best Film at …
“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…
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