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Cinemalaya’s Best Film is documentary on Cagayan Valley activists

The documentary on Cagayan Valley activists, ” BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED”,    bagged Best Film  of  the 21st  Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. The film directed by Noni Abao narrated the story of   three land rights activists in Cagayan Valley:  Agnes Mesina  (a development worker), Amanda  Echanis (a jailed mother-artist-activist), and  Randy Malayo (a slain peace consultant).    It also won Best Editing. The film  was cited for …

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The Fear of Fear

What is fear? What are the things you are afraid of? Sometimes fears are fears but sometimes, you just have to face it and you will become a better person. Sometimes, you may fear water especially on a cold and freezing morning. It’s like – one day that you wake up feeling cold and don’t …

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Red tagging in Cinemalaya’’s “Bloom Where You Are Planted”

Activism is not terrorism! “Red-tagging” as a threat to people’s life, liberty, and security is the focus  of “Bloom Where You Are Planted” by Nonilon Abao which is one of the ten competing full length films in the 21st 21st  Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. The synopsis of the film states: “The Cagayan Valley Region in the Philippines serves …

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The Corruption of time

Today is Mental Health Awareness Week, not Mental Health Awareness Month. International Mental Health Awareness Month is in May and the regalia goes on. That is the irony of time, yesterday is different from today and from tomorrow. Today is October 9, 2025 specifically and exactly. There’s a clear difference from the now and the …

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Thirty years of National Seafarers Day to honor Filipino mariners

The first National Seafarers Day (NSD)  was celebrated  on August 18, 1996 , with the theme “Marinong Filipino: Taas Noo!” at the WG&A Pier 4, North Harbor Manila. This year’s  30th NSD  was held on September 28, 2025 with the theme ‘Marinong Filipino: Ating Karagatan. Ating Kabuhayan. Alagaan!” Former president Fidel V. Ramos issued on July 9, 1996 Proclamation …

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Hope

How to Find Hope? They say hope is hard to find especially when you’re in the darkest place. It’s hard to realize when you yourself are in a bad place. It’s hard to see with a blind eye. Hope is a vague word. It is a word that is subjective and can not be determined …

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That “Guni-guni”

Sometimes I’ve been thinking how to put myself in the shoes of others. There are blind people who can’t easily walk or take a jeep especially during these rainy days. It kept me asking myself that it’s too hard not being able to see anything. Sometimes, elders I know can’t hear properly (that’s a sign …

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The Right to Live

Trigger Warning If certain parts trigger you, make a Psychosocial Support Appointment at City Health Services through the LGU Mental Health Helpline: 09190696361 and for Emergencies, please call 911. Many times, we try to find out the reasons to live. Maybe we are bunking on the wrong question because the question may be “Why not …

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“Alipato at Muog”  film on desaparecidos  won  73rd FAMAS Best Picture and Best Director

Exactly a year after being given an X-rating, “Alipato at Muog”  film on desaparecidos  was recognized as Best Picture  by  the  Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS)  Awards. “We don’t have any speeches prepared. We don’t have lists of people to thank. We were there to be the voice of the voiceless. We were there because we have a …

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