The moment our plane touched down at Zamboanga International Airport, hunger greeted us like an old friend. I was traveling with our Dean, Sir Pete, a...
I was a first-year college student when I first read the works of John Iremil Teodoro, whom we fondly called Sir John and, among friends, Sirena. Even...
Whoever came up with the idea of putting “Mayor Raisa Treñas” on every sports event banner for Dinagyang 2026 should probably reconsider their career ...
Cinema is not just entertainment—it is memory, protest, and truth. In the Philippines, where stories have long been shaped by colonial morality and re...
Everyone has a story. That is the easiest truth to say but the hardest to honor. In the art world, where beauty and intellect often mask deeper power ...
Let’s admit it. We Filipinos have a complicated relationship with our own words. We celebrate our writers, yes, but mostly when they write in English....
I’m boycotting the Frankfurt Book Fair for personal reasons, but that isn’t my focus here. What matters more is the presence of the Sugidanon epics at...
In cities like Iloilo, many still see art as a pastime, not a profession. People expect it to be free or cheap, dismissing it as “just expression” or ...
Tumandok stands as one of the most significant independent films to emerge from Western Visayas, not only for its direction but for the cultural power...
