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I was in Daraga at 2:30 am last Friday for the van that was to leave for Pilar.

So there I was in front of the van. The car had to be filled first to capacity, 12 passengers in this case. There was a young lady inside. She was catching up the first trip of the fastcraft, which leaves Pilar port at 4am. I also wanted to make it to the first trip of the fastcraft. The two-trip would bring us all to Masbate at 6am. I then would have all the time check in at the hotel, take breakfast and be ready for the opening ceremonies of the Alternative Class Program in Liceo de Masbate. I was invited to talk about cinema and society.

The spirit of our 1986 People Power Revolution that ended the Marcos Dictatorship is strong and happily nurtured in our schools for the ultimate transformation of our society.

It is with gratitude to God that the movie-project is finally set to start shooting this coming March 3, 2010.  The movie is written and directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, a multi-awarded film maker and director.  Lead roles will be played by Judy Ann Santos, Ryan Agoncillo, Marvin Agustin, Christopher de Leon, Vivian Velez, and a boy-a newcomer in the industry-

An piniling tema kan satuyang Santo Papa ngonyan na Cuaresma iyo an tema nin "Hustisya". Ini gikan sa inspirasyon kan Surat ni San Pablo sa mga Taga-Roma:  "An Kasuripotan nin  Mahal na Dios ipinahiling huli kan pagtubod ki Jesu Cristo"(Rom. 3: 21-22)

Ano an boot sabihin kan hustisya?

MANILA - Even when the official campaign period for the position of president was yet to begin last February 9, one could already feel the campaign heating up. The people are already barraged with television ads disguised as infomercials and the proliferation of posters - minus the "vote for..." of course, lest the candidate be charged with electioneering.

PART 2 of 5. This is a five-part lecture delivered on 28 January 2010 on the occasion of the Ateneo de Naga University's Philosophy Week: Philosophy and Philippine Politics.

In the discussion of media corruption, there are two words necessitating an etymological and contextual scrutinies-first, the term media, and the second, corruption. Such looking up of the origins of these two apellations may give us a deconstructed and definitive clarity of what the fusion of the two, media and corruption, or media corruption, is all about.

I NEEDED A TAXI to go from Makati City to the domestic airport.  Before I could sit comfortably at the back seat, the driver told me that I had to pay 250 pesos.  I told the driver that I was getting off the car if he would not use the taxi meter.  When the meter was flagged down, I felt more at ease.

Part 1 of 5. This is a five-part lecture delivered on 28 January 2010 on the occasion of the Ateneo de Naga University's Philosophy Week: Philosophy and Philippine Politics.

MY FATHER is a constant cynic when it comes to personnel. It hurts me, because primarily, I work with and for media-although indirectly. I teach Media Studies in a university.

A few days ago, I received an email from Doods Santos of De La Salle University. For those who know Doods or Dr. Santos (formally to many), she is a Bikol literature scholar always looking for manuscripts and compiling them under titles and rubrics. Poems about Bikol, works about Bikol and the storms, etc. The email last week simply announced that she found a poem of mine from an old compilation.