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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...

This is now History, but Im sure that, post pandemic, we will have a new hybrid format for History Comes Alive at the Ayala Muse...

This is now History, but Im sure that, post pandemic, we will have a new hybrid format for History Comes Alive at the Ayala Museum! In September, will be posting last year's online lectures on my Youtube Channel.



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WARNING!! Scammer using my name and profile pic! If you receive a message about IDA program please report it as an account pre...

WARNING!!
Scammer using my name and profile pic!
If you receive a message about IDA program please report it as an account pretending to be me. Scammer opened IG account “ambethroc” using my name and pic today. It has 0 Posts and 0 Followers. This fake account then links to FB through Messenger so please report and block.
I don’t know whether to be irritated or flattered by this.0



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My Inquirer column today is on stray news items I sourced from the Manila Times 1899-1901: Pio del Pilar got hit by a stray bull...

My Inquirer column today is on stray news items I sourced from the Manila Times 1899-1901: Pio del Pilar got hit by a stray bullet from a machine gun his men were tinkering with, a Heneral Antonio Luna dance step music was considered subversive, and the enemy caught a spy disguised as a woman! A lot of interesting crime stories in those days.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/143524/t...



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ANDRES BONIFACIO, BPI, and HSBC. A file from October 1896 states that Andres Bonifacio had two known addresses: Calle San J...

ANDRES BONIFACIO, BPI, and HSBC.
A file from October 1896 states that Andres Bonifacio had two known addresses: Calle San Jose (Trozo) and the house of Capitan Quicoy on Calle Lavezares. It comes with certifications that Andres Bonifacio does not have an account nor money in the Banco Español Filipino (now BPI) and the Hongkong Shanghay Banking Corporation (now HSBC).
Can't wait for the Philippine National Archives to re-open for research so I can dig up other related documents.



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My Inquirer column today on umentionable words you won't normally find in dictionaries.https://opinion.inquirer.net/143447/bad-...

My Inquirer column today on umentionable words you won't normally find in dictionaries.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/143447/b...



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Looking forward to meeting my 190 students this semester. Teaching online is fine but I wish we can have some face to face class...

Looking forward to meeting my 190 students this semester. Teaching online is fine but I wish we can have some face to face classes soon.



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Death on the Malacañang Dance Floor. In November 1930, National Museum Director Manuel de Yriarte died in the Malacañang b...

Death on the Malacañang Dance Floor.
In November 1930, National Museum Director Manuel de Yriarte died in the Malacañang ballroom.Yriarte was supervising the rigodon de honor, a stately dance that opened a reception for the members of the legislature hosted by Governor Dwight Davis. Yriarte was Palace Rigodon Master from the time of the first U.S. Civil Governor W. H. Taft.
As the rigodon was reaching its end:
“Señor de Yriarte was alreading receiving congratulations, Manila’s elite...

Before we had Pacquiao on the boxing ring, the most famous Filipino boxer (aside from Flash Elorde) was "PANCHO VILLA" or Franci...

Before we had Pacquiao on the boxing ring, the most famous Filipino boxer (aside from Flash Elorde) was "PANCHO VILLA" or Francisco Guilledo, but this front-page of Bagong Lipang Kalabaw celebrates a certain "Francisco Tingson" as the boxer who carried our flag in 1922. Are Guilledo and Tingson one and the same person? Image courtesy of the Lopez Museum and Library.



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