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“History is alive whether we say so or not.” Thank you, Philippine Star, for inviting me to write about history on your anniversary. The article was born out of the debate in my head—an a...
“Do not forget: We Filipinos are the first Asian people who revolted against a western imperial power, Spain; the first who adopted a democratic republican constitution in Asia, the Malolos Con...
Seventy five years ago, halfway across the world, in San Francisco, California, in the United States, representatives of 50 nations gathered solemnly in a historic event culminating from the year...
“The Nation’s Fiscalizer” was the title that the Philippines Free Press had given this rising vocal senator in 1968 who have voiced his opposition on the growing authoritarian ways of the M...
Remember the Lady Senator Who Ate Marcos for Breakfast : Two days ago, we commemorated the centennial birth anniversary of this awesome Filipina Senator. Through a string of tweets, I posted he...
Today, she passed away at the age of 95. Known by her stage name “Anita Linda”, ALICE BUENAFLOR LAKE (1924-2020) was acknowledged as the oldest Filipina living actress honored at the celebra...
It was around 10:00 pm, on a quiet night of 24 April 1980. In a remote barrio called Bugnay, in Tinglayan, Kalinga, nestled in the mountains of the Cordilleras in northern Luzon, the festivities ...
MANILA OF OUR AFFECTIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO A BLOG SERIES They say that 75th year anniversaries are appropriate to look back and commemorate milestones that have changed people’s lives fore...
“Panahon na ngayong dapat na lumitaw ang liwanag ng katotohanan; panahon ng dapat nating ipakilala na tayo'y may sariling pagdaramdam, may puri, may hiya at pagdadamayan. Ngayon, panahon ng dap...
“So, Marcos was brilliant—at the start. He did not have a gun, then: martial law enforced by the Armed Forces of the Philippines with his Number 1 hood, Ver, as chief-of-staff. Then, martial ...
What was denied to a Catholic priest was granted to a Protestant Pastor. The end became the beginning. It was on 15 February 1872 when three secular priests—José Apolonio Burgos, Mariano ...
“I remembered all my years in the Philippines, my father fighting for his inherited land, my mother selling boggoong to the impoverished peasants. I remembered all my brothers and their bitter ...
In celebration of the Museums and Galleries Month this October, I am featuring here all the 27 history museums of the National Historical Museum of the Philippines (NHCP) . I have been fortunate...
The BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, to date, is the largest naval battle in recorded history. No other naval battle waged has had more ships (300 ships on the American side, 67 plus ships on the Japanese s...
The turn of the tide had long been coming. It began when the plan of the Empire of Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was implemented on 8 December 1941 (2:30 am Philippine Time). This was to r...
The duly elected 14th Vice President of the Philippines was on the spot this week, with the recent announcement of the Supreme Court to release the Presidential Electoral Tribunal vote count res...
As long as we side with Truth even when spoken by the most lowly and insignificant among us, this banner’s sun shall never set. #AtinAngPinas #WestPHSea (at Independence Flagpole, Rizal Park, M...
This close up shot of an Ambahan, displayed in the National Museum of the Philippines, was made by Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee, the Mangyan poet, Ginaw Bilog (1953-2003). Ambahan is a metap...
Born out of a generation full of upheavals at the turn of the century, JOSE ZIALCITA NEPOMUCENO (1893-1959) in his bachelor years, lived through great changes that would forever shape modern Phil...