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To my knowledge, no library in the Philippines or abroad has a complete set of newspapers that were published between the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in 1896 and the Philippine-American War in 1899. If we had…
Yesterday, the Paterno family formally turned over, to the Ateneo de Manila University president Roberto Yap, a trove of papers and ephemera pertaining to their illustrious, and historically controversial, ancestor Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857-1911). College history made…
Museo Naval isn’t on the list of attractions for Filipinos visiting Madrid, Spain. If they must make one or two obligatory museum stops, the top choices will be the crowded Museo del Prado first and the nearby…
April 12, 1895 is a date found in the dustbin of history. It is not familiar to many Filipinos as: June 12 (1898), Independence Day; Nov. 30 (1863), Andres Bonifacio’s birthday; or Dec. 30 (1896), Jose Rizal’s…
In the Christian world, Advent begins today at sunset, a nod to Judaism that counts evening as the beginning of the next day. This new year on the liturgical calendar reminds believers that grace is always available…
The confrontation between Col. Manuel Bernal and Gen. Gregorio del Pilar, interpreted by director Jerrold Tarog in the movie “Goyo,” forces a thoughtful contrast between a soldier and a dog (apologies to canines and their humans), and…
As the country celebrates National Heroes Day today, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III is encouraging everyone to be a hero since everyone can be a hero. “For me, everyone of us here, in our little way, we…
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