By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS TRANSPORTATION Secretary Joseph Emilio “Jun” Abaya is a great grandson of Emilio Aguinaldo, considered as the First President of the Philippines (1899–1901). Aguinaldo was head of the revolutionary forces that proclaimed Philippine independence from Spain on June 12, 1898 in Kawit, Cavite. The current box office sensation is Jerrold
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS I watched “Heneral Luna” last Friday at Southmall in Las Pinas and I witnessed something that re-affirmed my faith in the Filipino: after the screening the students in the audience clapped. I should not be worrying much about the future of our country. Actress, writer and director Bibeth Orteza,
By MYLAH R. ROQUE “HENERAL LUNA” is a movie that deconstructs the stereotype of Antonio Luna as a “barumbado” who did not win any wars and was a lesser hero than his contemporaries. The movie showed a very human and flawed Luna played by John Arcilla: he had a violent temper and he put
