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The Bud Dajo massacre: a symbol of Filipino aspirations for self-determination

The Bud Dajo massacre in Jolo was carried out under the command of General Leonard Wood, the same figure who clashed with the Filipino...

Female examinees outnumbered males in the 2025 bar

FOR the second consecutive year, female examinees  outnumbered males in the  bar examinations. Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, Chairperson of the 2025...

The three dots iconic tattoo of Apo Whang-Od and copyright 

BUSCALAN, Tinglayan,  Kalinga - I  was inked last Holy Week  in my right forearm with the iconic three dots tattoo by  Apo Whang-Od, the so-called last and  oldest surviving...

Mahjong as part of Chinese influence in Filipino culture

Mahjong has a special place in our family as we grew up with weekend gatherings of aunts and uncles for mahjong sessions while we...

Jessica Soho challenges 2025 UP Diliman graduates to “be disruptors for good”

“NEVER stop asking the hard questions and be disruptors for good”. Veteran journalist Jessica Soho reminded the graduating  students to be one with the community and...

“MakiBeki. Huwag Mashokot” reverberates in UP Diliman as host of Pride 2025

“MakiBeki. Huwag Mashokot” is the gay lingo for the activist slogan “Makibaka. Huwag Matakot” that reverberated  during this this year’s Pride March and Festival...

Two decades of Virgin Lab Fest

“MAY ASIM PA”  is an appreciative Tagalog phrase  often heard in storytelling involving middle aged women that acquired its double meaning: sourness and sweet. Literally translated in...

Photojournalism,   fake news,   and copyright

THE equivalent of  fake news can be found in most periods of history, though it was not  yet widely understood  then or used as a term. An interesting  1951  Supreme...

UP students dominate 2025 CineMapua Short Film Festival

STUDENTS from the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) received major awards in the recent 21st  CineMapua Student Film Festival held from May 19...

When Life Gives You Tangerines: a tale of shoes and cabbages

WHEN I was younger I always had dreams of flying through magical shoes. In Greek mythology, shoes, particularly sandals and winged sandals, symbolize various themes...

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