By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com Last February 24, via Pitong Sundang: a dance repertoire by the Sinagbayan (a youth cultural organization based in the University of the Philippines) directed by artist-educator Roselle Pineda, I had the opportunity to perform, alongside fellow artists Edwin Quinsayas, Lorelei Bulan and Angeli Bayani, a significant and timely piece [...]
Monday, March 5, 2012By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — According to the respected professor and scholar of culture Dr. Morr Tadeo Pungayan, the Ibaloi language is the identification of the Ibaloi people. In the first Ibaloi Forum dubbed “Tongtong” held at the Baguio Museum, Pungayan said that in other provinces of the Cordillera region, they speak [...]
Sunday, December 11, 2011Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Wala namang di matitinag sa bagong viral video ng Coke (Coca-cola ang formal nitong pangalan) . Nagsisimula sa opening title na may 11 milyong overseas Filipino workers. At may tatlo itong tutukan: si Joe Marie Ballon, isang X-ray technologist, limang taon nang hindi nakauwi nang matagal at may amang maysakit, [...]
Thursday, November 24, 2011By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com If novelist, poet and national hero Jose Rizal was alive today, would he be joining the protests against human rights violations and the continuing deterioration of the Filipino people’s economic well-being? Chances are, yes. Last week, University of the Philippines professors Judy Taguiwalo and Sarah Raymundo posited that when [...]
Friday, November 4, 2011By MARY ROSE GARCIA Norther Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com The Ibaloi, Kankana-ey and the Kalanguya indigenous people inhabit the municipality of Tublay town of Benguet. The town is known for its wonderful tourist destinations, to name a few, the Bengaongao cave, Winaca Village, and the Tuel hot spring. Interestingly, its people perform the age-old cañao [...]
Friday, October 21, 2011
Arts and fun run for children’s rights!
(Click to view larger image. Photos by Maki Macaspac)
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Matagumpay ang education strike laban sa budget cuts noong 23 Setyembre 2011. Mga isang libo raw kaming nagmartsa mula sa UP Diliman, kasama ang guro at kawani, karamihan ay estudyante. Walong libo na nang makarating sa Mendiola, kasama ng iba pang kahanay sa edukasyon mula sa SUCs (state universities and [...]
Tuesday, September 13, 2011By CYRIL ANNE DAYAO Bulatlat.com There is a mystery that has been puzzling the people in the colorful town of Lucban, Quezon. A serial killer is on the loose and the succession of events clearly shows who the targets are. In the midst of this chaos, Remington (played by Martin Escudero) discovers something about himself [...]
Monday, September 12, 2011By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com An activist’s life can be aptly compared to a dog—a working one. This is truer to full time activists and truest if he or she is a Third World progressive. Sometime soon muscles knot and pain killers are popped like candies to enable tired bodies to even stretch out on the [...]
Monday, September 12, 2011
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY ACE ALEGRE
By CYRIL ANNE DAYAO Bulatlat.com In recent years, a lot of Filipino films have been representing our country in various international festivals, and these indie films seem to fall into a certain type. Together with the recognitions abroad, indie filmmakers are being criticized for indulging in, as local critics put it, “poverty porn.” Directed by [...]
Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)
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