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My column today on the Ricarte Constitution.http://opinion.inquirer.net/77269/t...

My column today on the Ricarte Constitution.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/77269/the-rizaline-islands


The ‘Rizaline Islands’
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Artemio Ricarte was a general in the Philippine Revolution and the Filipino-American War who was better known by his nom de guerre “Vibora” (Viper).

Sorry for the late posting. My Inquirer column today on fakes in Philippine hist...

Sorry for the late posting. My Inquirer column today on fakes in Philippine history.

The Supreme Court is the sum of its parts. I found that out last week after visi...

The Supreme Court is the sum of its parts. I found that out last week after visiting the SC Library and healthy but tasty lunch with Justices Carpio (left) and Brion (right).

My Inquirer column today, the first in a series, on old dictionaries.http://opi...

My Inquirer column today, the first in a series, on old dictionaries.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/77034/vocabulario-de-la-lengua-tagala


‘Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala’
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August is the time we celebrate our national language. In my childhood, we only had a week, the “Linggo ng Wika.”

In another time and place my nickname was NACHO, short for Ignacio Maria. Old ha...

In another time and place my nickname was NACHO, short for Ignacio Maria. Old habits die hard, I still celebrate my feastday every year on July 31 and rejoice with the Jesuits for our common father Ignacio de Loyola who left his sword before the image of Our Lady in the great Benedictine abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat.


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My Inquirer column today on old books.http://opinion.inquirer.net/76988/inc......

My Inquirer column today on old books.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/76988/incunabula-in-the-lopez-museum


Incunabula in the Lopez Museum
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Most of the commentaries on these pages this week will undoubtedly be on the President’s State of the Nation Address. Viewpoints differ, and one can see the glass as either half-empty or half-full, depending on whether one likes this administration or not. To provide our readers with something diffe…

I wrote two articles on Mabini today--his 150th birthday--one for the front page...

I wrote two articles on Mabini today--his 150th birthday--one for the front page, the other for the Op-Ed page.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/76782/mabini-by-mabini-2


Mabini by Mabini
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Unlike Rizal, who left 25 volumes of writing to keep an academic industry alive, Apolinario Mabini left only two volumes that are not readily available to general readers in English or Filipino.

My page one article on Mabini today.http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/622449/m...-...

My page one article on Mabini today.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/622449/mabini-still-sounds-painfully-familiar


Mabini still sounds painfully familiar
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Apolinario Mabini (1864-1903) has been reduced by textbook history into two simplistic titles: “Sublime Paralytic” and “Brains of the Revolution.”

My latest book will be launched with my lecture on Apolinario Mabini this Saturd...

My latest book will be launched with my lecture on Apolinario Mabini this Saturday at the Ayala Museum @3pm. Please share. Rain or shine see you there!


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While most tourists in Singapore flock to Orchard Road shops like ants drawn to...

While most tourists in Singapore flock to Orchard Road shops like ants drawn to honey, I visit Chulalongkorn's elephant in a quiet part of town. The Thai king gave it to Singapore as a memento of his first foreign travel. Rizal mentioned this elephant in his diary and I can't over the idea that Rizal and I gaze ont the same elephant a century apart.


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