Flowers for Lolas
• UN finds Philippines violated CEDAW several times, including the 2023 ruling om “comfort women” Malaya Lolas, breaching its obligations under the women’s rights convention.
• UN finds Philippines violated CEDAW several times, including the 2023 ruling om “comfort women” Malaya Lolas, breaching its obligations under the women’s rights convention.
• Freedom is a duty. Let us remember EDSA’s fire, sustain courage for common good. Dictatorship fell through perseverance and collective faith, not violence.
• Binondo’s Chinese New Year celebrations mask a painful history of 17th-century Spanish colonial massacres and WWII Japanese killings, where thousands of Chinese-Filipinos died.
• A documentary screened at UP Film Center honors Randy Malayao, a killed activist and former political prisoner. The film recounts his torture, imprisonment, and work as a peace consultant. Malayao’s story exemplifies why “red-tagging” is a threat to life and liberty.
• The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio as “inhumane,” arguing it contradicts a justice system that claims to uphold media freedom.
• The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio as “inhumane,” as a Philippine court prepares to rule on charges seen as red-tagging.
• UP Law dominated the 2025 bar exams, producing the top scorer and five more in the top 20. The national passing rate was 48.98% of all exam completers.
• The 2025 Metro Manila Film Festival highlighted law as a tool for justice in films like *Bar Boys* and *Call Me Mother*, tackling adoption, rights, and corruption under the theme “A New Era for Philippine Cinema.”
• The sequel “Bar Boys After School” follows four lawyer friends a decade later, showing that passing the bar exam is not a true measure of one’s integrity, decency, or purpose in life.
• Using folklore’s iconic monsters as symbols, the UP Lantern Parade featured vibrant floats depicting “aswangs” and other creatures to critique real-world political corruption, greed, and systemic abuse of power.