By BIENVENIDO LUMBERA* Bulatlat.com “#Y” is the enigmatic title of a film by Gino M. Santos, a young director whose film ”The Animals” for an early edition of the Cinemalaya Film Festival had called the attention of certain Manunuri reviewers. “#Y” is a highly accomplished work that bids notice that Santos may very well, without…
Day: April 13, 2015
Palparan lawyer asks witness for photo as ‘proof’ of detention
For the the mothers of the disappeared, the silliest question was when the defense lawyer asked if Raymond Manalo has photos or videos of himself, along with the two UP students, to prove his statements.
Parents group to file petition vs K to 12 program
“Instead of adding more years, the government should have fixed the subjects to have a better quality of education. Since this will result in additional financial burden to parents, drop-out students will eventually increase.”
More gaps to fill to attain ‘Education for All’ targets – Unesco
“There remains fiscal shortfalls as the overall education budget allocation is still way below the recommended six percent of GDP, as government spending in the education sector is only 2.6 percent of GDP in 2011.”
How US easily drags Phl into its ‘war on terror’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Take what I have to say in the spirit of academic discussion, she counseled in her lawyerly manner. But academic views are more than what she said thereafter: they provide explanations for many questionable acts of the Aquino government in its relations with the…
The Singapore proposition
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Contrary to what Shakespeare said about the good that men do being interred with their bones once they’re dead while the evil that they do lives after them, the death of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew became the occasion for his worth to be celebrated not only in…
Bayan Muna solons to China: Stop reclamation in West Ph Sea
“China’s expansionist policy based on its nine-dash line theory is without legal, historical and moral basis.”