Ang Hupa, Cinemalaya and the indie films

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 08/06/2019

  “Binulong sa akin ng Diyos: ako ang magliligtas ng aking Bayan.” Words that reverberates throughout the brave four-hour-and-thirty-minute film “Ang Hupa” by Lav Diaz which is a mix of sci-fi and horror “about death of a dictator,…

A harvest of heritage treasures for Cebu

Jobers Reynes Bersales 08/05/2019

The Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio de Maria Parish Church of Boljoon will no longer be the only National Cultural Treasure (NCT) of Cebu. Declared in 2006 by the National Museum (NM), the only cultural agency in the…

The name of the game

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/04/2019

  Corruption in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is nothing new.   In August 04, 2016 or exactly three years ago today, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte pronounced during an environmental summit in Davao City that the…

Visayan music

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 08/03/2019

I grew up in a home where Sunday mornings were all about the songs of Max Surban and cassette tapes which my grandfather, Diosdado Sr., called “standard Bisaya” music. Living in a house next to my grandparents…

Height equality in the PNP, BFP and BJMP

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 08/02/2019

  When I read the news that Cebu Third District Congressman Pablo John Garcia refiled a bill that seeks to abolish the height requirement for the PNP,  BFP and BJMP recruits, I remembered the history on the…

Saving the Philippine Sea

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/01/2019

The Filipino ocean has been described as an epicenter of marine biodiversity, with the richest concentration of marine life on the entire planet. However, it is beset with human-made pressures such as overfishing and destruction of marine…

No vision, no strategy, aimless

Fernando Fajardo 07/31/2019

I was reading again yesterday Paul Kennedy’s 1993 book on Preparing for the 21st Century. My purpose was to see what was right or wrong in his predictions on which country will be the winner in the…

Bahay na Pula and the Malaya Lolas

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 07/30/2019

The Bahay na Pula in San Ildefonso, Bulacan, with its red walls almost gone, still stands as a house with a dark and painful history. Red is a very emotionally intense color of fire and blood as it is associated with…

Rebranding Junquera

Jobers Reynes Bersales 07/29/2019

Without funding from local government nor from such a well-oiled cultural institution as the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, there is one medium-sized hotel in downtown Cebu City that is doing its own cultural heritage…

Land Bank deserves commendation

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/28/2019

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s threats to abolish the Landbank of the Philippines ostensibly for “not financing agricultural enterprises” had this corner wondering where he sourced his data because it certainly didn’t sound like it came from the…

Dahon Saging

Louella Eslao- Alix 07/28/2019

Plastic is getting a lot of flack all over the world for polluting our oceans and over-filling our landfills, the world nowadays is awash in plastic. Everything seems to be wrapped or contained in plastic, the worst…

Let’s talk about postpartum depression

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 07/27/2019

  News of a mother drowning her 11-month-old baby reached me while I was in a learning session with colleagues on responsible media coverage of children.  It’s heartbreaking.  A child, who is only a month shy of…

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