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• 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.
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• 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.
Remember EDSA People Power Revolution 
Binondo’s Bloody Past: Painful History of Filipino-Chinese Community 
In Memoriam: Randy Felix Malayao (29 August 1969 – 30 January 2019) 
Amicus Curiae 
The “Red-Tagging” Case of Detained Journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio 
UP Law Dominates 2025 Bar Exams 
MMFF Films on Law as Tool for Justice and Dignity 
Bar Boys and Our Journey in the Legal Profession 