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My Inquirer column today on teeth and what they say of our heroes. It seems Riza...

My Inquirer column today on teeth and what they say of our heroes. It seems Rizal had bad breath,


Bonifacio's teeth, Rizal's breath
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Did Rizal have bad breath? That was a question raised when a dentist commented extensively on a photo of Rizal's skull that I used in one of my lectures a few months ago.

Its more fun in Thailand according to a National Artist who shared this photo wi...

Its more fun in Thailand according to a National Artist who shared this photo with me today :)


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Limited edition Rizal Without the Overcoat will not be sold in stores but only t...

Limited edition Rizal Without the Overcoat will not be sold in stores but only through Anvil Publishing. For reservations and inquiries pls email marketing@anvilpublishing.com

Cookie Feria, Deputy Chief of Mission in our Embassy in Madrid found these wonde...

Cookie Feria, Deputy Chief of Mission in our Embassy in Madrid found these wonderful cookies in a shop across the Cathedral of Burgos. She gave me a box when I visited her a few weeks ago. I will be in Spain again this month and hope she can get me a box of the other type called "Pelotas del fraile."


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Dont forget my next lecture is on March 10, next Saturday, 3pm National Museum

Dont forget my next lecture is on March 10, next Saturday, 3pm National Museum

My Inquirer column today on the book "Brains of the Nation."

My Inquirer column today on the book "Brains of the Nation."


Genealogy of Filipino thought
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Resil Mojares, eminent scholar from Cebu, has spent the past two decades writing up lives, biographies of 19th-century Filipino thinkers culled from years of re

GREGORIA DE JESUS (1875-1943) was Lakambini or Muse of the Katipunan. She was th...

GREGORIA DE JESUS (1875-1943) was Lakambini or Muse of the Katipunan. She was the widow of Andres Bonifacio, who married Julio Nakpil, composer of the Katipunan. We are discussing her moving autobiography "Mga Tala ng aking Buhay" in class. One of a handful of texts in Philippine history written by a woman.


Heroes

My Inquirer column today on home-grown cure.

My Inquirer column today on home-grown cure.


Katialis, Hemaltona and other cures
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Eufronio M. Alip (1904-1976) is a forgotten historian. He wrote and published many textbooks, which were required reading and popular in his day but are now obsolete. His works are not collectible, with the exception of "I Traced Rizal's Footsteps in Foreign Lands" (1961) that is as old as me.

Hardcover, special edition, individually signed and numbered. Limited to 500 cop...

Hardcover, special edition, individually signed and numbered. Limited to 500 copies.

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