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My Inquirer column today is on William Howard Taft's short interview with the superior of the Benedictines in Manila in 1900. Wh...

My Inquirer column today is on William Howard Taft's short interview with the superior of the Benedictines in Manila in 1900. While he inquired into friar lands with other religious orders and asked about their relationship with Filipinos, with the monk Taft did all the talking about Benedictine liqueur, even advising the Manila community to tap into a gold mine by brewing a liqueur from their secret recipe.
27 years ago the Senate Document was in the Rare Book section of libraries now you can r...

ART in HISTORY. Fernando Amorsolo's "Palay Maiden" (Ayala Museum Collection) was painted in 1920. Look beyond the beauty of...

ART in HISTORY.
Fernando Amorsolo's "Palay Maiden" (Ayala Museum Collection) was painted in 1920. Look beyond the beauty of the painting and its subject, pay attention to her red skirt, white blouse, and blue head scarf. Then, focus on the golden, freshly harvested rice in her arms. All these elements together prefigure the Philippine flag.
Long before Ferdinand Marcos and KBL appropriated red, white, and blue as their political colors, these were largely neutral colors first associate...

TODAY IN HISTORY.On October 11, 1896 Ramon Blanco, Marques de Peñaplata, Spanish Governor General of the Philippines (1893-96) ...

TODAY IN HISTORY.
On October 11, 1896 Ramon Blanco, Marques de Peñaplata, Spanish Governor General of the Philippines (1893-96) began a futile attraction and pacification policy in the hope of ending the Philippine Revolution and encouraging Katipuneros to surrender. It was too late.
On August 30, 1896 following the outbreak of the revolution, Blanco placed the following Luzon provinces under Martial Law: Manila, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and Tarlac. That is ...

Passport applications from the time when the Philippines as an "insular possession" of the U.S.A.are now available online. The d...

Passport applications from the time when the Philippines as an "insular possession" of the U.S.A.are now available online. The documents are quite interesting, especially the attached photos. But one has to see what an actual passport looked like.That issued in Rome to National artist Guillermo Tolentino in 1924 is larger than an A4 sheet!. He was described as a student with black hair, brown eyes, brown complexion, broad nose, medium mouth, and regular chin. Born in Malolos on July 30, 1891.



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Bumped into former students at Legaspi market this morning, one of them selling artisanal ice cream. He used to experiment with ...

Bumped into former students at Legaspi market this morning, one of them selling artisanal ice cream. He used to experiment with popsicles in college now he makes wonderful ice cream flavors like White Rabbit and Vietnamese coffee. Highly recommended



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People often see but rarely notice something as common as a stairwell. Inside one of Escolta’s heritage buildings you can look d...

People often see but rarely notice something as common as a stairwell. Inside one of Escolta’s heritage buildings you can look down (left) or up (right). Which view is better? Thanks to Ivan Man Dy for taking me here



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VP: More than a spare tire

My Inquirer column today on Vice-presidents through history.


Schoolchildren are often forced to memorize the names of the presidents of the Philippines for Araling Panlipunan. To make it more challenging, the list has to be chronological, beginning with

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A post from Ambeth R. Ocampo

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Lectures like this are just a memory. In a face to face set up one teacher faces one class. Online on zoom this semester I...

Lectures like this are just a memory.
In a face to face set up one teacher faces one class. Online on zoom this semester I am one teacher facing 185 different classes, because I have students in different places and timezones: MetroManila, the provinces and even abroad.
It took a pandemic to remind me that teachers should encourage rather than rate learning.
Link to my Inquirer column today is on the first comment below, hope you can read it and share.



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The first profile pic I used when I joined FB in 2009 (left) was taken in my Ateneo classroom in 2007, the present profile pic (...

The first profile pic I used when I joined FB in 2009 (left) was taken in my Ateneo classroom in 2007, the present profile pic (right) was taken in 2021 when I shot my second Magisterial Lecturer at the Arete.
I have been a teacher for 35 years now, a profession I did not choose nor prepare for, but I took to it like a fish to water and have not looked back since.
It took a pandemic to make me migrate fully to online teaching and this reminded me that my true mission is to help stud...