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CinemAyala?: Indie filmfest goes commercial

Cinemalaya goes UP was then a partnership between Cinemalaya, UP Cineastes’ Studio, and the UP Film Institute (UPFI). It has catered to the taste of those who wanted an alternative from the mainstream—students, professionals and movie enthusiasts alike.
Last year, a proposition to cancel the screening in UP did not push through due to the clamor of the festival’s patrons. This year, however, UP will no longer be included in its list of festival venues.
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Uphold press freedom – Pete Lacaba

Poet, screenplay writer and journalist Jose “Pete” Lacaba told media students to continue upholding press freedom by reporting the truth in his Gawad Plaridel lecture Wednesday.

“Ang pagsasabi ng totoo, masakit man sa tenga ng ilan, ay magbibigay ng matibay na pundasyon sa malaya at maunlad na bansang gusto nating itatag (Truth-telling, although it hurts the ears of others, will provide the foundation of the free and developed nation we are building),” said Lacaba, the 2013 Gawad Plaridel recipient.

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Writing in the middle of a storm

One startling and remarkable thing to come out of those three months of violence was a series of on-the-spot reports, coming from a young but brave journalist who was himself a part of the movement. In fact, he had been present that first long night, and was even injured on the chest by loose shrapnel after troopers fired their guns at the cement.
This young, uncompromising and courageous journalist was Jose Maria Flores Lacaba, Jr.
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