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Danton Remoto says that one of the few things he remembered from college history class was the name of Rizal's pet dog: "Usman."...

Danton Remoto says that one of the few things he remembered from college history class was the name of Rizal's pet dog: "Usman." Who among our heroes and historical figures had pets? Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo had a pet dog who appears in many of his selfies.
The most recent photo to surface [Left] acquired by the National Museum, shows the dog whose name is lost to history. He/She appears in other photos I have compiled over the years. Here is a sampling.



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#𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵

#𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘂𝘀, 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗥. 𝗢𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗼

Christmas carols and songs are not just the seasonal tunes that run in the Philippines from Sept. to Jan. 6 (Three Kings). They are songs that date us, and more importantly, define us. We look back on the songs we learned growing up and look forward to the new ones that will be composed for generations after us.

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What Christmas carols did you grow up with?

What Christmas carols did you grow up with? My Inquirer column today gives a list of songs that define us.
If screenshot is too small to read. Link to column is
https://opinion.inquirer.net/179333/c...



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One of the things I (mis)remembered from grad school was the BBC or Balintawak Beer Company whose factory was in Polo, Bulacan n...

One of the things I (mis)remembered from grad school was the BBC or Balintawak Beer Company whose factory was in Polo, Bulacan now Valenzuela, MetroManila. The beer was a Triple B or BBB for "Balintawak Beer Brewery."
A fawning wartime advertisement [Left] greeting the Japanese invader of the Philippines, and a postwar photograph of the brewery [Right] shows that it was not BBC, but BBBC.
Anyone here remembers how the taste of BBB compared with SMB or San Miguel Beer?



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Whenever I browse old periodicals I focus on advertisements

Whenever I browse old periodicals I focus on advertisements. We tend to overlook century-old ads even if these are pieces in a jigsaw puzzle that is reconstructing the past. My Inquirer column today are on ads in a 1907 Manila Bulletin Yearbook that help us see how much has changed and how much remains the same.
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Before postwar Makati rose to become the country's commercial and business district there was prewar ESCOLTA in downtown Manila

Before postwar Makati rose to become the country's commercial and business district there was prewar ESCOLTA in downtown Manila.



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Saved from the melting pot

Saved from the melting pot.
Yesterday, December 15, was Emilio Jacinto's 149th birthday. Many years ago I browsed over a "bayong" full of scrap silver at an antique dealer's home and picked out a black oxidized pen in the form of a quill with a ribbon [LEFT].
When I asked the price, the dealer weighed it and computed at the spot price for silver per gram. I went home and cleaned it. To my surprise it was a school prize for poetry, awarded to EMILIO JACINTO Y DIZON ! [RIGHT]
While ...

What Roxas Boulevard towards Luneta looked like when it was still known as Dewey Boulevard, when the U.S

What Roxas Boulevard towards Luneta looked like when it was still known as Dewey Boulevard, when the U.S. Embassy was not yet built on land reclaimed from Manila Bay.



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Calamba got its name, according to legend, when the Spaniards first set foot in town and asked a woman they met on the road: “Cu...

Calamba got its name, according to legend, when the Spaniards first set foot in town and asked a woman they met on the road: “Cual es el nombre de este lugar?” (What is the name of this place?). Not knowing any Spanish, the woman replied “Calan ba?” (You want a pot?). When I first visited Calamba as a boy, the town landmark was a giant earthenware pot or palayok in the town plaza that has been removed as an eyesore. (NHCP Data Bank)
Update. I’m told it’s still there. Must have missed it using a...

Photos from Ambeth R. Ocampo's post

My Inquirer column on a five-star visit to "Mansion House" the summer residence of American governors-general and Philippine presidents.





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