Opinion Archives – Tinig ng Plaridel

Rainbow’s Sunset and the state of the festering MMFF

Posted on 13 January 201913 January 2019
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byJohn Patrick Manio

The 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival has been plagued by controversies even before it had begun. Apart from the criticism towards its predictable film line-up – a Vic Sotto and a Coco Martin crossover action-comedy, a Vice Ganda fantasy-slapstick comedy, two horror films, two romantic comedies, a romance drama, and a family drama – off-screen controversies continued to surround the festival.

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EDITORIAL: All their might in tatters

Posted on 22 November 201822 November 2018
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byTinig ng Plaridel

Too big to fail, too successful to be defeated, too powerful to get caught. And yet, Upsilon Sigma Phi is now in damage control mode after leaks and recent violent behavior prelude their fall from grace.

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7 Monsters to Watch Out For

Posted on 8 November 20188 November 2018
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byGabe Santos and Jo Comuyog

Halloween season is afoot, and if you’re brave enough, it is the time to pay close attention to the monsters that haunt the nation.

Filipino mythology is more than the common stories about tiyanaks, tikbalangs, aswangs, and mananggals feeding on the human flesh; local folklore can introduce creatures far more terrifying and dangerous than what horror films portray. And these creatures are more familiar than we expect.

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Spirits in power, both present and past

Posted on 7 November 20187 November 2018
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byYumi Paras

There is an old ghost story, if you know it, that begins with three spirits. The first spirit is cunning and cruel. He takes hold of a country with his…