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The Supreme Court issues today its ruling on the question of whether the remains of former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos deserves burial in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the resting place of heroes. There are those…
Mythical creatures, witches and super heroes gathered at a mall in Mandaue City on October 22 for a pre-Halloween treat called the McDonald’s Grand Halloween Fun Day. For a fee of P200, hundreds of kids and their…
Students in Cebu gathered at the University of the Philippines – Cebu Oblation Square reiterating their call to the Supreme Court to stop the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The…
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten,” wrote the English journalist and The Jungle Book author, Rudyard Kipling. Kipling’s words were swimming in my brain as I temporarily resigned from…
One of my favorite parts of the movie “The Incredibles” (Pixar/Walt Disney 2004) features costume designer Edna Mode (roughly modeled, it is said, on Hollywood’s Edith Head) explaining to Mr. Incredible why she refuses to design a…
We have to tell the stories of heroes. Young people need to realize that many things we now enjoy have come with a cost. Sacrifices had to be made and risks taken. Every time and place provide…
“WE LIVE by symbols.” We make meaning through them — we are homo significans. The battle for the public meaning of the Libingan ng mga Bayani has now reached Padre Faura, threatening to become the first confrontation…
Protesters on Sunday denounced President Duterte’s decision to allow the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani, saying it trampled upon history and betrayed the memory of those slain during the…
If one did not know any better, the huge crowd of people who joined yesterday’s funeral march on N. Bacalso Avenue in Cebu City was burying a folk hero, not someone whom the police have tagged as…
The country’s historians should conduct extensive research on the life of chieftain Lapu-Lapu whom President-elect Rodrigo Duterte wants to be honored as a hero. Balbino “Ka Bino” Guerrero, a local history enthusiast, heritage interpreter and at the…
OUTGOING Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. thanked presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte yesterday for favoring the burial of his father at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, describing the move as “kind, rightful, and healing gesture.” “We are deeply…
Davao City Mayor and presidential candidate Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte is hoping to get the support of the Barug Alang sa Kauswagan ug Demokrasya (Bakud) party, a Durano-led political party in Danao City, Cebu. Duterte said, however, that…
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