The return of Aliwan as âMother of all Fiestasâ
FILIPINOS are âvisualâ people when it comes to faith and history. We like to tell stories by acting them out during festivals.
After three years of...
Eraserheads, Voltes V and the fight against oppressionÂ
THE WEAPON known as the ultra electromagnetic top, resembling a spinning top, which Voltes V launches from within its torso became the inspiration for the Eraserheadsâ groundbreaking...
Pride Month and the campaign for SOGIESC Equality Bill
I FIRST saw the film âAng Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliverosâ in 2005 when it premiered at the First Cinemalaya Film Festival of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
Set in...
Ibarra the musical: Filipinos must not be silenced
My FIRST encounter with Jose Rizalâs novels was during our high school years since these were required readings.
Noli Me Tangere, published in 1887 and written in Spanish, is a...
Good Bad Mother: Pigs as symbols of failure and success
WE GREW up watching films and animated series with pig characters like Porky Pig, Miss Piggy, Three Little Pigs, and Babe.
The âGood Bad Motherâ is a Korean drama in...
Congratulatory tarps for new lawyers of Marawi
MARAWI City â After the release of the results of the 2022 bar examinations, Marawi City will again be flooded with huge congratulatory tarpaulins for its...
Motherâs Day with cancer-afflicted kids of Child Haus
THE MONTH of May has three significant dates for our family: Mothersâ Day, Mamaâs birthday and her death anniversary.
My mother, fondly called Mama Linda,...
Karakol â a street dance of faith during Boholâs fiesta month of May
THE GORECHOS hailed from Barrio Matabao in Tubigon, Bohol which celebrated its barrio fiesta on May 8.
The first habitants in Tubigon settled along the shores of the...
Disciplinary proceedings as means of protecting the administration of justice
THE NEW Lawyerâs Oath mandates that a member of the bar âshall do no falsehood nor shall pervert the law to unjustly favor or prejudice anyoneâ and...
2022 Bar exam passers to be sworn under new Lawyerâs OathÂ
THE 3,992 law graduates who successfully passed the 2022 Bar exams will be the first batch to be sworn under the new Lawyerâs Oath .
The...