Lualhati bautista biography bataan

She was born in 1945 in Manila and studied journalism but left school to pursue writing.
Lualhati Bautista is one hell of a woman.
Lualhati Torres Bautista (born December 2, 1945) is one of the foremost Filipino female novelists in the history of contemporary Philippine Literature.

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Dekada '70 (film)

2002 Filipino historical drama film

Dekada '70 (lit. 'The ’70s') is a 2002 Filipinohistorical drama film directed by Chito S. Roño from a story and screenplay written by Lualhati Bautista, based on her 1983 novel of the same name.^[1] Set in the Philippines during the period of martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, the film follows the struggles of the middle-class Bartolome family spanning several years. It stars Vilma Santos and Christopher De Leon as parents raising five sons amidst the tense political background. Their sons are played by Piolo Pascual, Carlos Agassi, Marvin Agustin, Danilo Barrios, and John Wayne Sace.

Produced and distributed by Star Cinema upon its initial premiere at the 28th Metro Manila Film Festival, the film is now restored in high-definition by the ABS-CBN Film Archives and Central Digital Lab, and on January 1, 2024, was released on the distributing company's YouTube channel.

Plot

Incumbent PresidentFerdinand Marcos Sr.is re-elected for a second term, amidst anti-war protests during the Vietnam War.

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Image Caption: Mr Jeffrey Giron with his wife Mary Joy and their children Althea Isis, 16, Audrey Ermengarde, 10, and Benart Atticus, four. He encourages the children to speak Tagalog but says it may be a losing battle as they have few opportunities to use the language outside of home. ST PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO

Singapore is a tapestry of languages, each with its unique syntax and history. Some are endangered while others are thriving. In the latest instalment of a weekly series, we look at Tagalog.

Selina Xu

Once a week, Filipino domestic workers blow the dust off Tagalog, curl their tongues around the familiar cadence of their patois, and release the stress of the work week in conversation with their fellow countrymen.

For many of the estimated 70,000 Filipino maids here, the weekly rest days are the only chance they have to return freely to the warm embrace of their native tongue – Tagalog, the lingua franca of the Philippines and overseas Filipino communities, which is spoken by over 70 million people.

But Ms Evelyn Bhel, 42, who has been working in Singapo

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Lualhati, Paano Ka Ginawa?

Lualhati Bautista is one hell of a woman. Her quite ordinary face, her typical brown skin, and her average height of about five feet one inch do not intimidate. But she looks at you straight in the eye with that no-nonsense expression. She’s very observant, a good listener, and can be brutally frank. Her steps are not hurried, but her gait is sure. She’s comfortable in t-shirt and jeans and rubber shoes. She smokes and loves to dine out and drink with true friends.

Some people are frightened by her—those who have crossed her one way or another, maybe during her bad-hair days when she can’t perform as a superwoman, because she has no maid and she has to meet a deadline while doing house chores or when a person has done her wrong or when she has no money.

She doesn’t look for trouble, but she’ll stand up for her rights and for her principles even if these go against the perspective of most or of leaders or of critics—the very people who may be in a position to pull her down. Lualhati doesn’t care about wearing a mask or being a goody-goody toa