DNDavid Nigel C. Cortes

1. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · By David Nigel C. Cortes -

   Thomasian directors tackle social injustice, PWD struggles in Cinemalaya 2026 (opens the original)

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   TWO FILMS directed by Thomasian alumni are among the official entries in the full-length and short-film categories of the 22nd Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. JL Burgos, an alumnus of the former College of Architecture and Fine Arts, returns to the festival’s full-length category with his coming-of-age film “Ganggang.” The film marks Burgos’s narrative debut. Its title is derived from the Bulakeño term for spider fighting, around which the story of three young boys plotting to d

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2. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · By David Nigel C. Cortes -

   UST alumna celebrates Filipino coffee culture through ‘Barista Manileña’ (opens the original)

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   AFTER nearly a decade in Singapore’s hospitality industry, UST alumna Lourish Irene Bonete returned to the Philippines with a vision of opening a café that celebrates Filipino coffee, hospitality and culture — a vision that became “Barista Manileña.” Bonete said the café reflects nearly a decade of experience in luxury hotels abroad, where she developed the service standards that now define her business and realized how little Filipino coffee culture was represented overseas. A gradua

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