Celebrate 29th National Seafarer’s Day, 25th National Maritime Week

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 09/19/2024

The Philippines will be celebrating the 29h National Seafarers Day (NSD) this year on September 29, 2024  with the  theme “Marinong Filipino: Ligtas na Paglalayag!”. President Fidel V. Ramos issued Proclamation No. 828s,1996 declaring August 18 as NSD.…

UAAP  Season 87 opens with the theme ‘Stronger, Better, Together’

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 09/11/2024

  The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 87 commenced last weekend  at the Smart Araneta Coliseum with the theme “Stronger, Better, Together” . “The University of the Philippines opens the Season 87 as host by…

Honoring Filipino seafarers, reservists  and the Philippine flag

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 09/04/2024

Filipino seafarers are “sailing ambassadors”  fordemonstrating the best traits of the Filipinos before the international maritime community. The Philippines is considered as one of the major supplier of maritime labor globally as it is estimated that there…

Eraserheads receives UP Gawad Oblation award 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/28/2024

The Eraserheads band is definitely part of UP history as recipient of the UP Gawad Oblation for their “enduring excellence as a band, reflecting the university’s commitment to promoting national pride and cultural excellence.” First launched in…

A watered down Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/27/2024

“Fairness and social justice demand that we give them all that they are due—as a Filipino seafarer who sacrificed and as a human being.” A declaration by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen in Castillon vs…

‘Tumandok’ film on Ati tribe, biggest winner for Cinemalaya 2024

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/14/2024

“Tumandok” is the biggest winner for this year’s Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival that centered on the struggle of the Ati indigenous people to reclaim their ancestral domain in Iloilo. The film received five awards including Best Full…

‘Balota’ pays tribute to teachers during election day

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/13/2024

  The Cinemalaya entry “Balota” pays tribute to teachers and poll watchers who toil and risk their lives and health every election day. “Paulit ulit na lang, P*T@NGiN@!”, the line which Marian Rivera, as teacher Emmy, considers…

The legacy of Eddie Garcia in Cinemalaya  

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/31/2024

Eddie Garcia is definitely an icon in Philippine cinema, particularly in Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival with the most number of wins as Best Actor. Garcia is the only  person that won Best Actor thrice, the first…

Two decades of Cinemalaya 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/25/2024

“Loob, Lalim, Lakas” is this year’s theme of the 20th  Cinemalaya  Independent Film Festival  that will   run from August 2 to 11, 2024. Competing in the Full-Length Category are: ALIPATO AT MUOG by JL Burgos; AN ERRAND by Dominic Bekaert and…

No truly independent foreign policy of PH with Balikatan exercises

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/18/2024

The Philippines must pursue a truly independent foreign policy, free from entanglements with any big powers. Coalition activist and Woman Health NGO advocate Princess Nemenzo said that foreign bases do not contribute to the Philippines’ security but…

Universal jurisdiction over pirates as ‘the enemy of all mankind’

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/10/2024

Pirates are “hostes humani generis” or latin for “the enemy of all mankind”. Piracy is a crime not against any particular state but against all mankind. Thus, declared Supreme Court Associate Justice George Malcom in the case…

Cebu as holder of most wins for Reyna ng Aliwan

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/04/2024

Cebu remained the holder of the most wins in the Reyna ng Aliwan pageant with the recent crowning of Mia Loureen Tamayo as Aliwan Reyna for 2024. Tamayo of Pasigabro sa Sugbo Festival is the successor of…

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