Hair loss due to Alopecia Areata 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 09/05/2023

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…

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances/ Desaparecidos

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/30/2023

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…

Military trainings: Tales of mental anguish, hazing and bullying

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/22/2023

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…

Gay and lesbian  films dominate 19th  Cinemalaya

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/15/2023

“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 …

Spotlight on Cinemalaya films on human rights, red-tagging and extrajudicial killings  

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 08/08/2023

“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…

The return of Aliwan as the Mother of all Fiestas

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/18/2023

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…

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…

Celebrations of mangoes: ‘There is always light in even the darkest times’

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 05/30/2023

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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