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On 1 April 1887, or one hundred thirty years ago this year, the Philippine Exposition opened in Madrid. In preparation for this big event intended to introduce the distant colony to Spain and all of Europe, existing…
Because Jose Rizal is our national hero, Cebu remembers December 30, the day he was executed at Bagumbayan. We do not commemorate December 29, 1899, a day shy of three years after Rizal’s life was snuffed out…
The recent decision of the government to ensure free tuition among state colleges and universities is a noble step. But it does not answer the core problem of public higher education in the Philippines: that there are…
You drive down a four-lane asphalted street. On both sides, taxicabs and trucks are parked just after you enter it around half past nine in the morning. The morning rush is over, and yet you notice that…
Very few will probably remember that 75 years ago today, America — and with it her far -flung colony, the Philippines — finally entered World War II. So very few veterans of that brutal war are alive…
I missed the turnover ceremonies for a number of heritage churches in Cebu, including that of the Metropolitan Cathedral that the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) last week due to a busy schedule. I would…
I am not certain if President Rodrigo Duterte intended this to happen, but it appears that his decision to abide by a campaign promise — and some old familial sentiments — to allow the interment of the…
The recent decision of the majority in the Supreme Court to allow the burial of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani is without doubt a most unfortunate turn of events. But it was…
Donald Trump is going to be the next president of the United States. After eight years under the liberal-minded Democrats, the conservative Republicans will also look towards another four years with a slight but nevertheless a credible…
During my student activism, there were three Filipinos we feared — and hated — the most: the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, followed by his Defense secretary Juan Ponce Enrile and then his Integrated National Police chief Fidel V.…
Yesterday the top-level academic, financial and administrative managers of the University of San Carlos met at its annual mid-year evaluation conference. USC president Fr. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD minced no words in his opening statement to the…
Even as President Rodrigo Duterte hobnobs with the great Chinese “empire” albeit sans his appointed representative, the former president Fidel V. Ramos, we must also look to other possible allies as we seemingly veer away from the…
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