The victims need the following for their immediate relief:

• Food items
• Clothing
• Slippers
• Clean drinking water
• Mats
• Blankets
• Medicine
• Other useful items

Several groups have organized relief operations and you can send in your donations to any of the following:

RURAL MISSIONARIES OF THE PHILIPPINES:

Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental:
Panday Bulig Relief and Rehabilitaion Center
Tabang Mindanao Center
12th-22nd streets, Nazareth
9000 Cagayan de Oro City
T/F: +63 (88) 856 6413
E: pandaybulig@gmail.com
(look for Ms. Beryl Tranco)

Iligan City:
Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
Northern Mindanao Sub-Region
Room 01, Kalinaw Lanao Center
0016 Bougainvilla Puti, Villaverde
9200 Iligan City
T/F: +63 223 5179
E: rmpnmr@gmail.com
W: www.rmp-nmr.org
(look for Ms. Ida Melody Bucog)

Bukidnon:
Bukidnon Peoples’ Center
1st Floor, Montero Residence
Purok 4, Pantaron St.
Poblacion, Valencia City
Mobile #: 0926-592-1806
(Contact Zaldy Galamiton)

Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Dropping Center:
Medical Mission Sisters
cor Inicial & Murillo Streets
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
Contact Sr. Mary Jane Caspillo, MM
CP 0927-875-7496

Islamic City of Marawi DROPPING CENTER:
#009 3rd Street, MSU Campus, Marawi City
Mobile #: 0908-725-5931
(Contact Ms. Maria Ninotchka Herrera)

Davao City:
INPEACE MINDANAO
Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao
Rm. 101 Kalinaw Center for Interfaith Resources
13 Francisco Avenue, Juna Subdivision, Matina, 8000 Davao City
P H I L I P P I N E S
telefax +63.82.299.4964
email mindainpeace@yahoo.com
website www.kalinaw.com.ph
facebook inpeacemindanao

Dropping Center in Metro Manila:
c/o StartArt Project
10A Alabama st New Manila
Quezon City
Mobile: +63926 7112450
email: info@startartprject.org or nikkiluna@startartproject.org
For cash donations, please send to this account:

Bank Name and Address:
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
Quezon Avenue branch, 9200 Iligan City, Philippines
Account number:
009359-1348-08
Swift Code:
BOPIPHMM
Account Name and Address:
RMP-NMR Inc.
Room 01, Kalinaw Lanao Center for Interfaith Resources
0016 Bougainvilla Puti, Villaverde
Iligan City 9200, Philippines

TULONG KABATAAN:
No. 89 K-7 Street, Kamias, Quezon City
Contact: 09261703655 (Vanessa), 09473168407 (Rainier), and 09324015588 (Athena)

You can also send money via the following:
Bank Account:
Account name: National Union of Students of the Philippines- Head Office, INC.
Branch: Chinabank, Quezon Ave, Quezon City Philippines.
Account No: 107-248551-3

You may also contact:
Kabataan Partylist- Southern Mindanao Region Chapter
700A E. Jacinto St., Davao city
Contact: 221-6589 and 09266453953 (Krista)

BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN (BAYAN):
#1 Maaralin cor Matatag, Quezon City
Contact: 4359151

NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (NUJP):
4/F FSS Building Annex, 89 Scout Castor, Bgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City

CITIZENS DISASTER RESPONSE CENTER:
72-A Times St., West Triangle, Quezon City| 9299822

TABANG CDO UG ILIGAN (By UP in the Visayas Tacloban College Students):
UPV Tacloban College Multi-Purpose Building, Magsaysay Boulevard, Tacloban City
Contact: 09163927631 or 09351666730

After months of shooting, post production, criticism, revisions, shooting and post production (repeat 3x), we will be launching the film tomorrow (finally!), November 26, 2011 at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Auditorium, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, at 3:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M.  Everybody is welcome but seats are limited so better come early.

This is the first time that the group produced a narrative film. Almost all of the cast of this film are from the community of Corazon de Jesus, San Juan City.

Here’s the synopsis:

Cora, wife of Joel and mother to Michelle, has devoted her time in the organized resistance of her community against the demolition of their homes to give way to infrastructure projects of the government. Many like-minded neighbours plan to put up a barricade come demolition day. Three days before the demolition, the community comes face to face with the mounting pressures of their struggle: neighbours succumbing to despair, government unheeding of their demands, etc. The community went on the fight realizing they have more to lose without it.

Enjoy the trailer and music video!

I’ll post about the creation of this film after the launch.

So, I’m appealing to everybody to please help me win by voting for my photo. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Global Fund for Children’s Facebook page by clicking the link https://www.facebook.com/GlobalFundforChildren and click ‘Like’
2. Vote for my photo by clicking this link (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150431979378976&set=a.10150431976913976.450219.126815818975&type=1&ref=nf) and click ‘Like’ found at the bottom of the photo

Visit http://pandayanglinobrocka.wordpress.com for the schedules and updates.

The Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival is now on its 3rd year of gathering students, amateur and independent film makers and film collectives in the hopes of finding the new generation of film makers following the footsteps of Lino Brocka, one of the greatest film makers in the Philippines.

According to Sam Montuya, Pandayang Lino Brocka Festival Head, “this year’s festival is not just to raise consciousness on the political situation of our country and look for new Lino Brockas, but this is also a tribute to the namesake of the festival, Lino Brocka.” The group, Tudla Productions, plan to conduct a special program during the festival to honor the life and works of Lino Brocka.

This year, the group will have a special screening of Lino Brocka’s film “Dung-aw”. The film is about the story of the famous Filipina revolutionary hero, Gabriela Silang, which was produced and starred by Armida Siguion-Reyna.

“We decided to screen ‘Dung-aw’ this year because 2011 is the 100th anniversary of women’s struggle throughout the world and Gabriela Silang is an icon in the Philippines of women fighting for their country’s liberation,” Montuya said.

Lino Brocka’s sympathy to the women’s situation can be seen in several of his films where women are the main characters like Dung-aw, Bona, Insiang, Wanted: Perfect Mother, Gumising Ka Maruja, Lucia Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang among others.

In addition to film screenings, a forum on the Filipinization of Mass Media and workshop on scriptwriting will be held during the festival.

“We always make it a point to conduct these forum and workshop during the festival to raise the consciousness of the festival’s audience and encourage them to create their own films that are relevant to the society,” she added.

The film screenings, forum and workshops will be held from August 10 to 11, 2011 at the UP Film Center, Cine Adarna and Ishmael Bernal Gallery respectively.

After the festival at the University of the Philippines, Pandayang Lino Brocka will be brought to other schools, workplaces, urban poor and peasant communities.

The 3rd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival, organized by Tudla Productions in partnership with the U.P. Film Institute, is supported by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

This year’s selection is a collection of documentary, animation, experimental and short films. The films were selected based on the entries’ quality and content in relation to the theme. The jury for the final film selection was composed of film critics and representatives from different sectors.

The following are the official list of films for the said festival:

• Ka Bel | Documentary by Mayday Multimedia
• K-1 | Short Film by Christopher Nazareno
• Sounds of New Hope | Documentary by Eric Tandoc
• 43 | Animation by Southern Tagalog Exposure
• Obra ng Lipunan | Poetry in Motion by Hector Calma
• Lesson Plan | Short Film by Gerry Jumawan
• Panaw-Kalinaw | Short Film by Arnel Mardoquio
• Badjau sa Makabagong Panahon | Documentary by University of Assumption-Pampanga
• Dugo ang Iniluha ng mga Bulaklak | Poetry in Motion by Rom Factolerin
• Aktibista | Documentary by Karen Camille Gutierrez/St. Scholastica’s College
• Salute | Poetry in Motion by JL Burgos
• Halas | Experimental Film by Rob Jara

Festival dates are on August 10 to 11, 2011 at the UP Film Center, Cine Adarna in the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

A special screening of Lino Brocka’s film “Dung-aw” will also be held on August 10, 2011, 7pm at the Cine Adarna.

The 3rd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival, organized by Tudla Productions in partnership with the U.P. Film Institute, is supported by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

Visit the Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival’s site here.

Harana
by: Sining Ang Bala ng Kabataan (SABAK)

Intro:G-C (2x)

Dungawin mo sa bintana
Masdan mo ang libo-libong nakikibaka
At pakinggan mo ang sinisigaw
‘Di mo ba nadadama at di paba sasama

Nais pa ba na ikay magdusa
Bago mo maintindihan ugat ng kahirapan
At ngayon ang oras upang pumiglas
Lumabas ka ng pinto at sa hanay ay mag tungo

(koro):C-D-Em-G

Hindi ka iiwan
Sabay tayong lalaban
Lakas natin na tinataglay
Ialay sa inang bayan

Ang takot ay iyong labanan
‘Wag kang magaalinlangan
Hawakan mo aking kamay
Sabay tayong maglalakbay

(do co.pattern stanza 1)

Ang pintuan
Ng puso mo iyong buksan
Wag matakot mag tiwala
Tunay mo kaming kaibigan

Aalalay saiyo
Kahit maging sa kabiguan
Pangako sa iyo
Ang paglaya’t pagbabago

Basta’t kumapit ka
Ng buong higpit
Humanda’t hahagupit
Daluyong ay sasapit

(ulitin ang koro)

Dungawin mo sa bintana…………………………

Fried isaw from side walk vendors in Tacloban City. My aunts advised me not to eat food from the sidewalks, but who couldn’t resist the  delicious aroma of fried isaw and other street foods? And besides, it’s much cheaper than in Manila.

Glorious double sized all-meat pizza and we ordered mushroom add-on to make it a little bit healthier and cheese flavored fries from Alexis’ Pizzeria.

Frozen yogurt for dessert at Twirl Berry. Yogurt’s quite expensive (for me) but the place is great. They also serve coffee and there’s free wifi, too bad I didn’t bring my laptop with me when we went there.

**I’m using a kit lens which is not really that good for macro/close up shots and food photography so I apologize for the blurry photos.

Check out my photoblog Feeling Kodaker for more photos.

Check out my photoblog here.