Traces of Philippine history in SFO

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 03/22/2023

San Francisco, California—On the way from the San Francisco International Airport to Berkeley last weekend, I remembered “The Streets of San Francisco,” a US TV series from my childhood. Street signs in this part of the world…

Tears on Bonifacio Day

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 11/30/2022

Looking back on the calendar for the year that is almost over, I counted 18 nonworking holidays spread throughout 2022. Are the single holidays appreciated as much as those that fall on Mondays and Fridays, resulting in…

A teacher who gives his students free vitamins and snacks goes viral

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 09/19/2022

CEBU, Philippines — A teacher from Misamis Occidental has shown so much passion and love for his profession as well as for his students in a viral video on social media. Teacher Jeric Maribao, from Bonifacio town…

Good Friday graffitti, 1895

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 04/13/2022

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…

Bonifacio and other heroes

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 11/29/2020

Growing up in the small town of Betis in Pampanga, a village of proud artisans and carpenters, I came to know of the nation’s heroes early in my childhood. Dr. Jose Rizal’s name was not just the…

Sense of history: An election issue

11/30/2018

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…

Rallies, floral offering mark Bonifacio Day in Cebu City

Doris Mae C. Mondragon, Steffi Kyle Nolido 11/30/2017

Militant groups staged street rallies while Cebu City officials held a floral offering to mark their annual observance of the 154th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio yesterday. The militant groups marched from Fuente Osmeña Circle to Metro…

2 ISIS ‘members’ arrested in PH

Inquirer.net 04/06/2017

Two foreign nationals with suspected links to Islamic State (IS) were arrested in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig last week. A military report obtained from a source said that the foreign couple — identified as Hussein Azo…

Learning from Jose Rizal

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/28/2016

I am looking forward to our studying nationalist movements because I am eager to share with my grade 7 students in Our Lady of Joy Learning Center the very interesting life of Jose Rizal. Although he lived…

Marcos burial at the LNMB a revision of history

John Carlo Villaruel 11/30/2016

THIS is a revision of history. When a dictator who was ousted by People Power will be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, we are made a laughing stock in the entire world. Only in the…

CEBU HONORS YOU

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2016

It will be a different way of remembering Gat Andres Bonifacio as seven Cebuanos will be honored today as heroes and martyrs of the martial law regime at the Plaza Independencia. In an event organized by the…

Shaping the Hearts and Minds of Everyday Heroes

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/28/2016

Being the last Monday of August, today, August 29, is commemorated as National Heroes Day. It is a public holiday to afford each citizen the opportunity to celebrate and reflect upon what our national heroes like Rizal,…

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