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My Inquirer column today on how Apolinario Mabini almost became Supreme Court Ch...

My Inquirer column today on how Apolinario Mabini almost became Supreme Court Chief Justice.


Blocked from being chief justice
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There are two statues of seated figures in flowing robes on the wide steps of the Supreme Court building in Manila. I don't know if they are silent sentinels keeping watch on the entrance to the Court. Perhaps they represent historical figures, former justices who were there to protect the instituti...

Lucio and Simplicio Godino were celebrity Siamese Twins in the pre-war Philippin...

Lucio and Simplicio Godino were celebrity Siamese Twins in the pre-war Philippines. This was a photo of their wedding to sisters Natividad and Victorina Matos. I cant imagine what the wedding night was like. See my Inquirer column today for details. Photo from Lopez Museum.

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History

My Inquirer column today on legal questions regarding Lucio and Simplicio Godino...

My Inquirer column today on legal questions regarding Lucio and Simplicio Godino the famous pre-war Siamese Twins of the Philippines.


Siamese twins
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Depending on who you are talking to this is either the original Magellan Cross i...

Depending on who you are talking to this is either the original Magellan Cross installed in 1521, or the casing that preserves a part of the original that had been chopped into firewood after Magellan was killed by Lapu-lapu's men in Mactan. What is amazing is that this cross is supposed to grow an inch or two every year! If so, how come it hasn't shot out of the roof of the Shrine long ago?


Near Famous

A GMA News report on my "Mukhang Pera" lecture before Philippine PEN.

A GMA News report on my "Mukhang Pera" lecture before Philippine PEN.


Banknotes and coins: The 'calling cards of the nation'
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Those peso bills and coins, according to historian Ambeth Ocampo, say a lot about us Filipinos, from the way we view history to what we think of ourselves.

This small clay sculpture by Rizal is now lost. So seductive is the woman in bed...

This small clay sculpture by Rizal is now lost. So seductive is the woman in bed, so sensuous that Valentin Ventura, Rizal's friend, wanted to take the fastest train from Paris to Belgium to meet the model!


Heroes

Ayala Museum note of thanks for the succesful run of History Comes Alive 2011

Ayala Museum note of thanks for the succesful run of History Comes Alive 2011


History Comes Alive! "Doble Kara"
3 December Culminating the 2011 series of the popular History Comes Alive! lectures is "Doble Kara: Rizal in Art and Monuments." Dr. Ocampo delivered a historical account of the making of the Rizal monument and a vignette of related side stories. The lecture also explored the meanings behind the various representations of our national hero, ending with the note "Kanya-Kanyang Rizal." We wish to thank everyone who supported the History Comes Alive! 2011 lecture series possible: Anvil Publishing, Audio-Visual Solutions Corp., BusinessWorld, Team Manila. Thank you also very much to Dr. Ambeth Ocampo for his forever insightful and interesting lectures. And of course, to everyone who went through lines and packed seats, thank you for your patronage (and patience)! We'll do our best to bring you a bigger and better 2012 HCA! series.

My Inquirer column today on Leonor Rivera.

My Inquirer column today on Leonor Rivera.


Insignificant love letters
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As 2011 comes to a close, so does the celebration of Rizal's 150th birth year. Christmas will come and 2012 will mark the 200th birthday of Melchora Aquino, better known as Tandang Sora, now the name of a bustling Quezon City street. She was born on Jan. 6, 1812, when the Catholic calendar listed t...

A kind review of the last History Comes Alive lecture at the Ayala Museum. See y...

A kind review of the last History Comes Alive lecture at the Ayala Museum. See you again in the 2012 series!


Baktin Corporation: doble kara: rizal in art and monuments
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This year's History Comes Alive series capped off with the Doble Kara: Rizal in Art and Monuments lecture at the Ayala Museum in Makati last December 3, 2011. It was a well attended event despite the fact that there was also a historic football match between the Philippine Azkals and the L.A. Galax...

Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo posing infront of his painting "Las virgenes cristian...

Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo posing infront of his painting "Las virgenes cristianas expuestas al populacho" [Christian virgins exposed to the mob] that was awarded a silver medal in the1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts. I wish he checked the pic and had a better one taken. Juan Luna was awarded a gold medal for the" Spoliarium" in the same Expo. From the Alfonso T. Ongpin Photo File.


Heroes