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Hotel Sogo extends help to communities in CamSur

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Hotel Sogo continues to care as it ramped up its effort in helping the country’s indigent communities by reaching out to several communities in Luzon. Recently, it donated school supplies to over 300 school children in Triangulo Elementary School - Diversion Road, CBD II, Barangay Triangulo, Naga, and Oroc-Osoc Elementary School - Oroc-Osoc, Caramoan, Camarines Sur. Hotel Sogo also distributed long sleeve shirts and black out tarp cover from Hotel Sogo’s collateral materials for use as cover for tourist and fishing boats to 200 fisherfolks from Brgy.Paniman, Caramoan Camarines Sur. For more information about Hotel Sogo, check out  https://www.hotelsogo.com.

The Dance of life at Pandanggo Sa Hukay

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Iza Calzado (Photo by Erickson Dela Cruz) Cinemalaya 2019 full-length entry Pandanggo sa Hukay by first-time director Sheryl Rose Andes is a minimal to the intense life story of rural midwife Elena, played by Iza Calzado base on the Palanca Award-winning story by Andrian Legaspi. The movie starts with the daily grind in the life of Elena, from the comfort of her home to the Lying-In Clinic to the distant family and her big dreams of working abroad, it gives us a glimpse of how midwives survive this crucial kinda profession. The normal life of Elena is change when she was abducted by a group of bad people responsible for doing crimes in the area lately, she was asked to administer the pregnant fiancé of the gangmaster that will give birth anytime, and later on face the biggest change of her life, facing death and how to escape it if there is a chance. Iza as always is such a delight to watch on screen, her beautiful face resonates in all levels even at a very intense s...