Image by: Rappler"Malacañang is the Palace of the People"The "Inside Malacañang" documentary gave various insights and realization to its viewers by showing "behind-the-scenes" happenings both on the inside and outside of the Malacañang palace. It also depicts the line that "all that glitters is not gold" due to the heavy depiction and undertones behind the famous palace that not everyone knows about.Image by: The Intersections & Beyond ...
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Madness Behind The Beauty: Deep In Paradise of Mulanay (1996)
Posted on October 05, 2022 by Anonymous
Image by: Video48"Progress can only be brought in a country when the whole country is united"In 1996, a film was created in hopes of shedding light on the poor condition and unhealthiness of a small village called "Mulanay". Poverty in the Philippines has existed for so many decades, and the extreme conditions that many of the countrymen are experiencing are barely portrayed in the movie. Nevertheless, its primary goal is not to perfectly...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Parallels of the Underground and Eventual Counter-Culture Movement: Filipino Artists during the Waning years of Martial Law in the Philippines
Posted on September 21, 2022 by Anonymous
Image by: Center For Media Freedom & Responsibility "The Law Remembers."On September 23, 1972, former President Ferdinand Marcos declared that the Philippines would be placed under Martial Law, citing the numerous protests and violence of civilians as justification for the proclamation. What was initially said to be for the betterment of the nation went down as one of the darkest periods in Philippine history, especially in terms of...
Monday, September 19, 2022

An Allegory of Self-Portrait & Painting: A Commentary on Artemisia Gentileschi - The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art
Posted on September 19, 2022 by Anonymous
Image by: ARTnews"The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art"Artemisia Gentileschi is no novice when it comes to using undertones in her artworks. Her days as an artist was laced with events that can fill a room of paintings in terms of subject and reference. But what made Artemisia stand out among her peers is not her extraordinary skill in brushwork, but rather how she controls the narrative of each of her works. ...
Sunday, September 18, 2022

Thailand's Lèse Majesté: Jatupat Boonpattararaksa
Posted on September 18, 2022 by Anonymous
Image by: REUTERS"Repeal Lèse Majesté. Criminal Code Section 112" Thailand's Lèse-Majesté Law is said to be among the strictest law in the world as it forbids the insult of the monarchy. And as the years go by, this law continues to be increasingly enforced especially when the Thai military took power in the year 2014 when a coup occurred. Ever since then, many people have been punished with harsh jail sentences even just by committing...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

Restriction in Freedom of the Press & Assembly: Situation of the Press in Brunei
Posted on September 17, 2022 by Anonymous
Image by: Open World Magazine"Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy." Though often considered as a nice tourist and attraction spot, Brunei is actually severely strict in controlling its media as freedom of the press and any form of assembly which exceeds 10 people are prohibited and restricted. Even with the prominence of new media, any form of online speech made by the public is under surveillance...
Friday, September 16, 2022

Plight and Fight: A Cursory Look on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Posted on September 16, 2022 by Anonymous
Image by: BBC News"The Rohingya issue should be seen in humanitarian crisis rather than an issue of religious belief."In Myanmar, Rohingya is an ethnic minority group who, despite living for many generations, is not recognized as an official ethnic group and have been numerously denied the right of citizenship since 1982, making them hold the title of the "world's largest stateless population". But despite their decades of suffering from inequality,...
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