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The perfect move: Transit’s journey to the Oscars

The young filmmaker said Transit was inspired by one her travels to Israel, as her family makes a living from organizing tours to the Holy Land. “During one of my trips to Israel, I met an OFW who was bringing his baby to Manila because of the deportation law. Curious, I started doing research with my co-writer Gian Abrahan and we started writing a story based on that,” she recalled.
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  • 5 min

Are we still safe in UP?

Last Wednesday afternoon, Political Science professor Dr. Perlita Frago-Marasigan was reportedly attacked and robbed at the Palma Hall (AS) parking lot. Initial reports said she was handcuffed and driven around the campus by still unidentified men before taking her possessions and leaving her in broad daylight.
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UP Pep Squad’s recipe for redemption: Lessons from the cheerdance mat

It has been two weeks since they placed first runner-up at the UAAP 76 Cheerdance Competition, held at the Mall of Asia Arena last Sept.15, following a three-peat championship reign. There was no room to brood over the loss as they are now back to training – this time in preparation for the World Cheerleading Championships in Thailand on November, where the UP Pep Squad will represent the Philippines.
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UP naming ‘mahal’

A different noise rattled the corridors of Palma Hall last week.
It was not the usual student chatter, but the echoes of enraged Iskos and Iskas walking out of their classes last Sept. 20 to join the university-wide mobilization against the pork barrel system and UP’s looming 1.43 billion-peso budget cut for 2014.
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