By EDGAR ALLAN PAULE Posted by Bulatlat.com Hindi Ka Nag-Iisa Artist: Regine Velasquez Director: Onat Diaz Cast: Sharon Cuneta, Kris Aquino, Boy Abunda, Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid, Bea Alonzo, Dingdong Dantes, Marian Rivera, Ai-Ai delas Alas, Mariel Rodriguez, Bianca Gonzales, Erik Santos, James Yap, Kerby Raymundo, Willie Miller, KC Canaleta, Cyrus Baguio, Enrico Villanueva, LA…
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Activist, 13 Artists Awardee Opens First Solo Show By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Culture Bulatlat.com Come November 10, 13 Artists Awardee for 2009 Raoul Ignacio “Iggy” Rodriguez can claim yet another milestone up his sleeves with the opening of his first Solo Exhibit at the Blanc gallery in Mandaluyong City. The exhibit would run until…
News in Pictures: Among the Dead
A boy walks on top of the tombs at Wireless Public Cemetery in Davao City. Thousands are expected to visit their loved ones tomorrow, All Souls’ Day. (Photos by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images )
The Mansaka and Their Golden Guitar
In one of their stories of long ago, the Mansaka, an indigenous tribe from the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley, once possessed a golden guitar, which they played when they sang their songs of longing, aspirations and victory.
In Pursuit of the Prophetic Mission
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
“UCCP: Sa Hamon ng Panahon,” a documentary-drama produced by Kodao Productions and directed by Bonifacio Ilagan, takes a searing look at the human-rights violations committed against members of the Protestant church.
The Chinese Moon Festival
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Culture Posted by (Bulatlat.com) In my years of teaching Asian civilization, I got particularly interested in China’s ancient kingdoms, particularly those actively involved in the region’s trade. It helped me appreciate how the Chinese jars, beads, and plates were able to reach the Cordilleras. These Chinese artifacts, now in…
Surveillance on Jun Cruz Reyes: ‘Attacks on Writers Are Attacks on the People’
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Long before National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera discovered that the military had been watching him, Jun Cruz Reyes, an award-winning writer, has been the subject of surveillance and harassment that began in 2006.
Politikal na Posibilidad ng Indie Cinema
Melancholia sa Melancholia Rebyu ng Melancholia ni Lav Diaz Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura MANILA — Sa mga rebyu ng Melancholia, laging dinidiin ang kalungkutan na pumapaimbalot sa mga buhay ng tauhan, ng produksyon ng sining at katotohanan sa gitna ng matinding politikal na panunupil ng komersyal na cinema (negosyo) at ng gobyerno.…
Soldier Nabbed for Spying on Lumbera, National Artist and Arroyo Critic
By RONALYN V. OLEA
At around 6 a.m. today, three men were seen taking photos and asking information regarding Lumbera’s house in a subdivision in Quezon City. Village guards approached and apprehended one of them.
Anybody Can Be a Ninoy: A Review of the Stage Play, ‘Ako si Ninoy’
By ZOFIA LEAL Culture Bulatlat.com According to Vincent Tañada, lawyer, librettist and director of the stage musical “Ako si Ninoy”, the core message of the production is the “selfless giving of oneself for our countrymen and women for the advancement of our country as a whole”. The play, a lifelong dream of Tañada, aims to…
CCP Tribute to Imelda Marcos Draws Flak
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“This is a grotesque and irresponsible display of insensitivity to the Filipino people who suffered and have been victimized under Martial Law,” Marie Hilao-Enriquez, a martial law victim and secretary general of Selda, said of the tribute by the Cultural Center of the Philippines to the wife of the dictator Marcos.