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By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star February 4 marks the start of the Philippine-American war 113 years ago, instigated by supposedly friendly US troops who fired at Filipino soldiers of the nascent First Philippine Republic. Through superior armaments, brutal means and devious tactics, the US prevailed and thereafter established direct…

Indie filmmaker John Sayles rides again. By ED RAMPELL Posted by Bulatlat.com Writer/director John Sayles went to Hollywood Saturday night, but that’s not to say the über-indie filmmaker — creator of independent features such as 1979’s Return of the Secaucus Seven, 1984’s The Brother From Another Planet and 1996’s Lone Star — has “gone Hollywood.”…