Exactly a year after being given an X-rating, “Alipato at Muog” film on desaparecidos was recognized as Best Picture by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards. “We don’t have any speeches prepared. We…
Osaka, Japan – The use of rattan for the façade of the Philippine Pavillion perhaps is a simple way to address climate change issues. The panel discussion on “Health and Climate Change: The Greatest Challenge of Our…
Eighty years ago, the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito on August 14, 1945 verbally accepting the terms of surrender that ended Second World War reverberated throughout Japan via radio. The United States earlier detonated two atomic bombs over…
BUSCALAN TINGLAYAN, Kalinga — I was inked last Holy Week in my right forearm with the iconic three dots tattoo by Apo Whang-Od, the so-called last and oldest surviving mambabatok. Batok refers to the traditional Filipino tattooing practice, particularly in…
Mahjong has a special place in our family as we grew up with weekend gatherings of aunts and uncles for mahjong sessions while we (cousins) play traditional games. Mahjong is a Chinese tile-based game of skill, strategy,…
“Aping api mga Pilipino. It is very frustrating for an old man like me to see how things are going in this country. Sana abutan ko pa ang panahon ng tunay na pagbabago para sa mahihirap.” Actor Bembol Roco…
“At nang magsawa na kami’y pinawalan, Halos ang hininga’y ibig nang pumanaw. Sa laki ng hirap na pinagdaanan, Sira na ang isip pati na katawan.” 89-year-old Lola Maria Quilantang led in singing the 18 stanzas of the song…
“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” 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…
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…
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,…
“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…
