I must confess, when I sat down to watch Lakambini, I thought I was merely revisiting a historical figure I already admired — Gregoria de Jesús, the Lakambini ng Katipunan, wife of the Supremo. But I wasn’t prepared for what the film stirred in me. It felt less like watching history and more like being confronted by history — by the unfinished work of a nation still struggling to rise from betrayal and broken dreams.

Bakit ako interesado sa pelikulang ito? Dahil tubong Kalookan si Oryang, and I am presently the bishop of Kalookan. Ang Kalookan, para sa akin ay “bayan ng mga bayani” — and now, painfully, also bayan ng mga dukha, at simbahan din ng mga dukha. Our diocese became ground zero during the darkest days of the drug war. And in those years, I met women who reminded me of Oryang — widows like Mary Ann and Grace, [READ]

People visit a comic art exhibit featuring Filipinas who transform into powerful modern-day superheroes. Dubbed ‘Alas ng Bayan 2.0,’ the stories reinterpret the legacy of Filipina resistance—from the 19th century to the present. The free admission exhibit opened at the Tandang Sora Women’s Museum in Quezon City on Oct. 17 and would run until Nov. 23, 2025. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

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