7+ hour, 5+ min ago   (368+ words) IN HIS third Cinemalaya entry, filmmaker David Corpuz tackles the cultural taboos that shape the queer Filipino experience in his full-length film “Tayo Lang Ang Nakakaalam” (Only Known to Us). The story begins with Bong (Miguel Odron), who is gravely…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (337+ words) DIRECTOR Giancarlo Abrahan traces Filipino horror through familial trauma in his second full-length Cinemalaya entry, “Mag-iina” (“Mothering”), creating a sense of desolation and looming doom. The horror film opens with Anj (Janine Gutierrez), who returns home for her estranged father’s…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (332+ words) FILMMAKER Alpha Habon’s Cinemalaya debut film “Kaka sa Yawan” (Brothers by the river) delves into the complexities of culture and shared experiences, as a young boy navigates adolescence in a new province. The full-length film picks up pace as Niko…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (824+ words) THE PATH to becoming a doctor requires more than determination, but also a steadfast and unwavering passion. Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo holds on to this ideal as she returns as a student to pursue her dreams of becoming a…...

1+ week, 11+ min ago   (380+ words) THOMASIAN filmmaker and award-winning director JL Burgos returns to the Cinemalaya festival with his full-length film “Ganggang,” a coming-of-age drama that follows three boys as their search for a fighting spider unfolds amid growing tensions within their community. The film…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (357+ words) Christopher Nolan brings Homer’s epic poem to life through a perilous homeward journey of war, monsters and lost time in “The Odyssey.” Rather than stage the famous Trojan Horse episode that dooms the Greek city of Troy as a straightforward…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (701+ words) AFTER nearly six decades of service, Dean Emeritus Lilian Sison formally retired from the University this year, bringing to a close a career that helped shape UST’s academic and administrative landscape. As she concluded her Thomasian journey, Sison’s reflections during…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (486+ words) THE GREATEST threat to humanity is not that machines are becoming more intelligent, but that human beings risk becoming “highly intelligent, but no longer wise,” Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David said during the Misa de Apertura, or the opening Mass of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (348+ words) PROFESSOR Emeritus Alfredo Co will deliver this year’s Discurso de Apertura or inaugural lecture on Aug. 5. Co, who teaches Chinese philosophy and comparative philosophy at the University, is UST’s first professor emeritus in philosophy. He was conferred the honor in…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (869+ words) AS ARTIFICIAL intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into healthcare, Thomasian clinicians said the technology should enhance — not replace — physicians by improving diagnostic accuracy and personalized treatment while preserving the human judgment essential to patient care. The UST Hospital Department of Internal…...