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“While it can take a long time for rebuilding to occur, the emotional impacts can take even longer to resolve, especially for children.”
The recognition, according to Gabriela, also serves as a protest against Aquino’s rejection of Aunor’s nomination as National Artist.
Is there a way of combining what is popular and what could be considered as a quality book in contemporary Philippine Literature to encourage more readers?
Nora Aunor and her most memorable films represented the opposite of what the Aquino administration stands for.
Measuring almost two meters wide, less than three meters high and seven meters long, the “golden pig” was purposefully made big “because the pork barrel is gigantic.”
“This supposed challenge [to pose nude for a painting session] was not just about testing the housemates’ determination in completing their ‘weekly task,’ nor was it for the painter’s advocacy. Rather, it was about kuya’s exercise of authority over the contestant in the name of publicity and ratings.”
Poets show their solidarity with political prisoner Andrea Rosal who lost her newborn daughter May 18.
“They [foreign investors] would invest here not to develop Philippine media or to enlighten Filipinos but to gain profits.” – Dean Luis Teodoro
A play about the life and struggles of Nanay Mameng and the urban poor.
The four-part gathering, which included multi-national cultural performances, a film-showing, and a forum/discussion and fellowship dinner, was held in celebration of Andres Bonifacio's 150th birth anniversary and the 45th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on December 26.
“The contributors you will get to know here all responded to our team’s call on social media to submit pieces for a visual and literary anthology on Haiyan/ Yolanda, proceeds of which will go to community reconstruction efforts.”
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