MNLKID were first timers in this year's Cinemalaya. We were truly at awe with CCP, the architecture, the people and of course the art. We started with Respeto then Sa Gabing Nanahimik ang mga Kuliglig then finished it off with Shorts B: Juana and the Sacred Shores, Maria, Nakaw, Hilom, Bawod and Nakauwi Na. So here's a review of some of this year's Cinemalaya. pam "A film that told the...

Traffic Elimination:  3rd and last of the 3-part Analysis on President Duterte's first year in office The Philippines, being an archipelagic country, houses to different modes of transportation. Boats and "roro" for waters, planes and jets for air, and for land, the jeepney, which was hailed as the "King of the Roads".  With the Philippines' growing population, it is no surprise that there...

TERtiary and Basic Education:  2nd of 3-part Analysis on President Duterte's first year in office During the Spanish occupation, education was elusive for every Filipino. Only the families in the higher strata had the privilege to send their children in school. This was the colonizers' strategy to keep the Philippines under their power.  At the beginning of the 20th century, Filipinos' hope to...

Deteriorating and Unhabitual Environment:  1st of 3-part Analysis on President Duterte's first year in office 2016 is the year of the promised change. The victory of then Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte seemed to be a vengeance against the previous administration, that for some, has failed to bring change to the nation.  That could also be the reason why the slogan "Change is coming"...

Sequel of the nightmare? Due to staging in Marawi City, President Rodrigo Duterte, as the commander-in-chief declared Martial Law to stop the militant forces threatening the Southern Philippines. Martial Law is still a sensitive word as this reminds a bleak and adversarial past that every Filipino despises. But,the Proclamation No. 216 of President Duterte, now causes fears and doubts among the citizenry and...

Beeping sounds of traversing vehicles on the roads, fizzling train from the above, and a few people standing, walking, and running. Towering skyscrapers dressed with colorful billboards, plenty of people working for survival - these things make Cubao a very urban area. With all things that are present in the place, there's one reality that makes us all unease - the existence of...