In their separate reports, both Altermidya and News5 flagged the dangers of baseless accusations such as red-tagging, which was also stressed by the UP President’s Advisory Council itself in a statement.
The authors issued a joint statement defending their works as translation of human experiences.
Imee Marcos, senator and also creative producer of the film Maid in Malacañang, said something about this movie as art that is meant to disturb, provoke, and stir discussions. Well, it did provoke me to laugh at a crucial scene that disturbed the audience.
Katips is riding on a big push after winning FAMAS Best Picture to go head to head with the Marcos "historical" film Maid in Malacañang both released theatrically on the same date of August 3.
Marcos Jr. failed to mention in his speech why the ROTC program became optional for students in the first place. The military program is not mandatory following the murder of Mark Chua by his fellow ROTC members in 2001.