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"PATOLA" is my new nickname because I take the trouble to engage with trolls on my newsfeed. My Inquirer column today explains ...

"PATOLA" is my new nickname because I take the trouble to engage with trolls on my newsfeed.
My Inquirer column today explains why I do what I do.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/150890/t...

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There is more to the internet than Tiktok and porn :)My Inquirer column today on rare Philippine material abroad being made ava...

There is more to the internet than Tiktok and porn :)
My Inquirer column today on rare Philippine material abroad being made available online and the plan to digitally reconstruct an 18th century Intramuros library
https://opinion.inquirer.net/150811/d....

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The President flanked by the Senste President and Speaker of the House appeared on the cover of the 1948 Sunday Times Magazine i...

The President flanked by the Senste President and Speaker of the House appeared on the cover of the 1948 Sunday Times Magazine in swimming trunks.
Those were different times indeed.
I don’t even want to imagine the sight of today’s president in trunks on a glossy magazine cover, in full color,



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History is not just about "knowing" something, it obligates expression as well. That is what Professors do--they profess what th...

History is not just about "knowing" something, it obligates expression as well. That is what Professors do--they profess what they know as truth.
Can't tell who is more "biased." Me or the person commenting? (See Screenshot)
While people are entitled to their own opinion, would you believe someone commented on my recent column on the 1986 U.S. Customs inventory of the Marcos baggage in Hawaii:
"you don't know anything!"



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RIZAL QUOTE FOR THE COMING WEEK.Russian invasion of Ukraine. China drawing a nine-dash line over the maritime territory of its ...

RIZAL QUOTE FOR THE COMING WEEK.
Russian invasion of Ukraine. China drawing a nine-dash line over the maritime territory of its neighbors including the Philippines. Pandemic, government inefficiency, etc. I wonder if he is right about life being an unending struggle.
Texts are translated from the original Spanish or other languages, and sourced from the 25-volume Escritos de Rizal series (Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission, 1961).



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The bible says: "where your treasure lies, there your heart lies also." The U.S. Customs inventory of the baggage brought by Fe...

The bible says: "where your treasure lies, there your heart lies also."
The U.S. Customs inventory of the baggage brought by Ferdinand Marcos to exile in Hawaii in Februry 1986 shows cash, jewelry, watches, and handguns. Reading the list and New York Times coverage of the period reminded me that, in his haste to flee Malacañang, Marcos left behind one thing that is most precious to any Filipino--his mother.



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Rappler Talk: Historian Ambeth Ocampo on what the Marcos diaries tell us

Had a wonderful conversation with Rappler editor Marites D. Vitug on the Marcos Diarries.



What did the dictator Ferdinand Marcos write in his diaries about his son, Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr.? Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug talks to hi...

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This morning I documented four original Rizal letters that pass from one private collection to another this weekend. My Inquirer...

This morning I documented four original Rizal letters that pass from one private collection to another this weekend. My Inquirer column today describes these letters.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/150522/r...



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Someone should write a PhD thesis on Taxicab names in the Philippines.

Someone should write a PhD thesis on Taxicab names in the Philippines.



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