Blog Posts on memoriam

Remembering The Final Set by Juan Republic on Mar 7, 2012It has been three years since The Eraserheads gave us their final set. Three years after their record breaking concert. Three years since they formally bid us goodbye. Three years after their last bow. Three years after their last concert, and probab...

Francis Magalona, Filipino by Juan Republic on Mar 6, 2012It was Friday, March 6, 2009.  I was still drained from a week-long written revalida/ comprehensive examinations in Philosophy. Our superiors allowed us to unwind outside the Seminary’s confines, take a breath of fresh air, and forget the hardship...

Ampatuan Massacre: Never Forget. Never Again. by Juan Republic on Feb 23, 2012This day marks the 27th month of the infamous Ampatuan Massacre, a horrible event in our history where 58 people were killed, 34 of whom were journalists or working for the broadcast industry. But do you still care? It seems like the attention of th...

Memoirs of Inday and the Bodyguard by Juan Republic on Feb 14, 2012It was the nineties. Some would say that it is the best decade for music, movie, recreation, fun, and entertainment. For those who were born and who grew up in that era, it wil be remembered for its good old memories of nostalgia and fun (but of cour...

Buffalo Soldier “Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta. There... by Juan Republic on Feb 6, 2012Buffalo Soldier “Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta. There was a buffalo soldier in the heart of America, stolen from Africa, brought to America. Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival..” There is always one particular song that will introduc...

Do You Still Give a Damn? by Juan Republic on Jan 23, 2012This day marks the 26th month of the infamous Ampatuan Massacre, a horrible event in our history where 58 people were killed, 34 of whom were journalists or working for the broadcast industry. But do you still care? A few days ago, I wrote about the...

25 Years Later by Juan Republic on Jan 23, 2012Yesterday, January 22, 2012, marked the 25th year of the gruesome Mendiola Massacre, an incident that happened in Mendiola on January 22, 1987 in which Government security forces violently dispersed a farmers’ protest march to Malacañan Palace. A...

EDSA Dos: A Historical Repression by Juan Republic on Jan 20, 2012Today is the eleventh anniversary of the conspiracy that ousted Former President Joseph Estrada from Malacañan Palace and put Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the helm of power in January 2001. We commonly know it by the name of EDSA Dos. And no one see...

I Just Shot John Lennon - The Cranberries This is one of the... by Juan Republic on Dec 8, 2011I Just Shot John Lennon - The Cranberries This is one of the songs created to commemorate that fateful night of December 8, 1980 when John Lennon was killed outside his New York City apartment. It was the fearful night of December 8th. He was retur...

From Apprehension to Comprehension by Juan Republic on Dec 1, 2011When I was a little kid, there were two things that come to my mind whenever I hear the words AIDS and HIV. The first was Sarah Jane Salazar. Second, that it was a contagious, incurable, fatal disease, a death sentence of sort, and is something to b...