I was preparing a briefing packet of my new film Limbunan (Bridal Quarter) this afternoon and I chanced upon an old entry from my previous blog. I'm not really fond of weddings so I find it strange to be doing a film on the topic. Anyway, here's the blog entry:...
My beloved Geejay gave me some DVDs for Christmas. I felt compelled to watch the one first that has a performance of the “St John Passion” by J.S. Bach.
Most scholars agree that Bach’s “St Mathew Passion” is a greater masterpiece than his “St John Passion”, but both contain stunningly beautiful music. After ...
Harvey Cox of Boston Globe wrote a great article entitled “Why fundamentalism will fail: A seemingly unstoppable force is being undone from the inside” (November 8, 2009) .
His premise is that beneath their squawking–abetted and further legitimized by a media who loves violence and paranoid individuals flooding the internet and television ...
I would like to go beyond emotion and say this: it is now time for all of us to look inward and assess how we have helped lubricate an entire system that breeds and nurtures the culture of violence. We have long been silent, and we have been voting one wrong leader ...
Harvey Cox of Boston Globe wrote a great article entitled “Why fundamentalism will fail: A seemingly unstoppable force is being undone from the inside” (November 8, 2009) .
His premise is that beneath their squawking–abetted and further legitimized by a media who loves violence and paranoid individuals flooding the internet and television ...
I was at the National Bookstore branch in SM City Davao at around two in the afternoon last Monday when I received a text message from my friend Ally in Cotabato.“Are you following the news?”“What news?” I managed ...
How do you manage a troubled peace zone?
For Mayor Lani Sarillo Candolada of Tulunan, North Cotabato, the key is getting a ‘peace process adviser’ who can focus on the town’s peace agenda so as to address conflicts in the locality.
Candolada said they thought of the measure since 2007 in view of boundary ...