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Choco Scotch from Malabon? Does anyone remember this prewar candy and what it tasted like?

Choco Scotch from Malabon? Does anyone remember this prewar candy and what it tasted like?



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A selfie on a portrait of me by the late Allan Cosio (1941-2021)made over 25 years ago when I was in monastic garb. Finding so m...

A selfie on a portrait of me by the late Allan Cosio (1941-2021)made over 25 years ago when I was in monastic garb. Finding so many forgotten things during pandemic spring cleaning.



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Before I knew him as an historian, Ian Alfonso, of the National Historical Commission, he was an exceptional graphic designer. W...

Before I knew him as an historian, Ian Alfonso, of the National Historical Commission, he was an exceptional graphic designer. With his keen eye he found the best app and font to translate my Roman alphabetname in a modern stylized baybayin.
Baybayin reminded me of Kyoto where I first saw my name in Katakana, and in Tokyo where I learned to write and sign my name in it.
I visited Japan every year from 2002 to 2020, one time visiting four times in one year. I taught three semesters in S...

The Thing was an invisible entity that tormented Clarita Villanueva in Bilibid: tickling, strangling, and biting her infront of ...

The Thing was an invisible entity that tormented Clarita Villanueva in Bilibid: tickling, strangling, and biting her infront of witnesses that included the Mayor of Manila. Newspaper clippings from 1953 give details of a story that is best left to Ripley's Believe it or Not.
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THE OBLATION: NAKED OR NOT? Many People do not know that Guillermo Tolentino's "Oblation," iconic symbol of the University ...

THE OBLATION: NAKED OR NOT?
Many People do not know that Guillermo Tolentino's "Oblation," iconic symbol of the University of the Philippines, that stands outside Quezon Hall in the Main or Diliman campus (left) is a bronze cast pulled from the concrete original that I last saw on the top floor of the U.P. Main Library (right). Other sculptures in the other UP campuses are copies made or based on the original Oblation.
When the Covid-variant sounding fraternity Alpha Phi Omega (APO) st...

It's that time of year again! The country with the longest Christmas season in the world started today.

It's that time of year again!
The country with the longest Christmas season in the world started today.



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Andres Bonifacio’s BPI and HSBC accounts?

My Inquirer column today was inspired by weekend spring cleaning and the past few posts on Andres Bonifacio, BPI and HSBC. Isn't someone hiding his SALN and BPI accounts?


One would think that on National Heroes’ Day, monuments to our heroes all over the country would be spruced up to receive flowers from a grateful nation. National Heroes’ Day should be like

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Ferdinand Blumentritt's Addressbook.Today we keep addresses, phone numbers, even birthdays on our phones. In the last century p...

Ferdinand Blumentritt's Addressbook.
Today we keep addresses, phone numbers, even birthdays on our phones. In the last century people kept all these in a physical notebook in longhand. As I leafed through Ferdinand Blumentritt's addressbook I realized he continued to correspond with Filipinos even after the death of his BFF Jose Rizal.
The names listed read like a Who's Who of Philippine History: Apacible, Agoncillo, Arejola, Alejandrino, Adriatico, Palma to Quezon. Many of these surnames a...

What makes a hero? Do we still have heroes today?

#nationalheroesday should remind us that heroes are not just for monuments and textbooks. We should recognize heroes in our daily life.
This pilot for a 2016 Johnny Walker campaigns asks questions relevant for #nationalheroesday

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Teaser for a 2016 Johnny Walker Philippines Campaign where we go beyond history and historical heroes to recognize heroes and heroism in our times. I'd like ......

MARRIAGE OF ANDRES BONIFACIO AND Gregoria de JESUS? Gregoria de Jesus, in her memoirs, states that she married Andres Bonif...

MARRIAGE OF ANDRES BONIFACIO AND Gregoria de JESUS?
Gregoria de Jesus, in her memoirs, states that she married Andres Bonifacio in March 1893 in Binondo Church. They were later re-married in Katipunan rites.
There is no church record of such a marriage for 1893 but in the book, Casamientos 1894-1899 fol. 29 v. #113 N.1.155.734, I found a marriage record for June 20, 1894 between ANDRES CIPRIANO, indio natural, resident of and from Tondo, widowed from Esperanza Francisco, and GREGORIA D...