REVIEW | The Forest: A Personal Record of the Huk Guerilla Struggle in the Philippines

The Forest: A Personal Record of the Huk Guerilla Struggle in the Philippines

Filipiniana books at present are largely taken for granted y most of printing press thus resulting to insufficient materials that are vitally important for the awareness of students and common readers. Nevertheless, a lot of history books are scarcely distributed that it tends to created apocraphy in the minds of the people.

ARTICLE | The Filipino Diaspora and the Rise of Japayukisan

The Filipino Diaspora and the Rise of Japayukisan

The Philippines is the second largest labor-exporting country in the world next to Mexico. According to Floro Mercene an average of about 2,500 Filipinos leave the country everyday. About 7.5 million Filipinos, ten percent of the total population, are classified as Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) distributed in 182 foreign countries. This number does not include the estimated three million migrant workers who are undocumented and illegally working abroad.

HISTORY | Kasaysayan Ng Dalahican

Noon ang Dalahican ay madalas maging pasyalan ng mga taga Lucena at kalapit bayan lalo na pag may okasyon o araw ng Linggo ng pagka-buhay. Sagana ang dalampasigan sa matatayog na puno ng niyog habang ang baybayin ay tigib ng mga kabibe at "star-fish". Maaaninag din sa linaw ng tubig ang buhangin. Di man puti ang buhangin sa Dalahican, naging tanyag din naman ito at naging bahagi pa ng pelikula noon ni Fernando Poe Sr. kung saan ginawa ang ilang parte ng pelikulang "Zamboanga".

Kasaysayan Ng Dalahican

Ayon sa mapagkakatiwalaang impormasyon, and lugar na ito (Dalahican) ay tumutubong isla sa pagitan ng dagat at Lalao. Ang Lalao ay isang lugar na malalim ang lupa na may mga tubig. Mga buhangin dala ng malalakas na alon mula sa dagat ang natambak din dito na sa katagalan ay naging isla at tinubuan ng iba't ibang klase ng halaman at punong kahoy na siya namang ginawang tirahan ng iba't ibang klase ng ibon at hayop tulad ng baboy damo, usa at iba pa.

ARTICLE | The Socio-Political Condition of Aristophanes' Time

The Socio-Political Condition of Aristophanes' Time

Aristophanes has been held to be a self-conscious, a systematic pacifist, and a social reformer. These views, however, though comedy and satire were anciently regarded as morally salutary, are hard to document in the case of Aristophanes himself, and it is doubtless a mistake to read into his works a consistent and programmatic political allegory.

ARTICLE | Family in the New Millennium

Family in the New Millennium

Atomic bombs, nuclear weapons, graft and corruption, crimes, famine, thirst, blood… name it the world has it. Nations against nations, state against church, government against the armed forces, military versus the fascists, innocent families in between, and then- the guns rattled, the defeaning sounds filled the air, then silence…

SPECIAL | Berlitz Language Testing

Berlitz Language Testing

So I'm about to take my Berlitz French test soon, but I have no idea how the test is conducted. FYI, my french is not very polished so I was trying to find some tips where to focus more. Voila, I found this rough guideline on how the test is done. Of course, this may not be the same but at least you get a glimpse of the process. 

ARTICLE | Communication and Media Education: Key to Bridging Differences

Communication and Media Education: Key to Bridging Differences

Communication is not just about hardware. More important is the involvement of the heart and soul in an attempt to touch other lives. As a young citizen of this country, I can't help but admire how such a short statement could address one of the country's major problems that causes unending conflict between Filipinos.

ARTICLE | Media Values and Society

This article was written when I was 17 years old, very young and too idealistic. You'll sense it from this article how naïve I was back then.

The article "Media Values and Society" written by Florangel Braid and Roberto Victoriano presents some reasons why and how media should be a tool in purveying Filipino values as a means to our national survival.

EVENT | UAAP Cheerdance Competition 2015 - TOP THREE Performances

UAAP Cheerdance Competition 2015 - TOP THREE Performances

So I'm paying my dues to the recently concluded UAAP Cheerdance Competition 2015. What with all the buzz and fuss over the results this year; and speaking of results- here's the tabulation sheet,

SPA REVIEW | Hopemed Spa (Cubao)

How To Reach

From Philcoa, ride a jeepney going to Ali Mall and get off at Save More

Hopemed Spa is located on the 2nd floor of the nearby building