MANILA, Philippines – Walang Kasarian Ang Digmaang Bayan (The Revolution Knows No Gender) has been pulled from the lineup of the 2020 Sinag Maynila Film Festival. The film follows the story of a young filmmaker on his journey from artist, to…
MANILA, Philippines – In a bold speech that accused President Rodrigo Duterte of killing the Philippine Constitution, former chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno slammed the silent critics as enablers of what she called an anti-reason and…
'Ako mismo ang papatay kay Duterte!' This is the line of Rita Avila in the movie Walang Kasarian Ang Digmang Bayan (The Revolution Knows No Gender). The political drama, which is written and directed by Jay Altarejos, was announced as one of the…
Filipino-American film 'Death of Nintendo' is having its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday. Written by Filipino-American writer Valerie Castillo-Martinez and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Raya Martin, 'Death of…
MANILA, Philippines — Japanese carmaker Honda is closing down its manufacturing plant in Laguna, announcing an unexpected turn of events that will shutter a factory that has been locally making cars for nearly two decades. Honda Cars…
This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. MANILA—On a recent afternoon, Antonio Carpio, a retired Filipino supreme court judge, stood before a few hundred students at Manila's…
