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Some people asked me recently when I will give the next Pasig River tour. Alas t...

Some people asked me recently when I will give the next Pasig River tour. Alas that is no more because the aircon river ferry went out of business. Then I do not have the right contacts to end the tour in Malacanang Park like before, this is the best place to take souvenir photos of this iconic building. Photo courtesy of Butch Duque.


History

My Ayala Museum lectures are often "Standing Room Only" except when it has to co...

My Ayala Museum lectures are often "Standing Room Only" except when it has to compete with an Ateneo-La Salle game when we have "All Seats Taken." So we work around UAAP sked. Yesterday we had all seats taken and a few people standing (sorry about that) we had stiff competition from David Beckham in town playing the Azkals :)

Had a well received lecture at the PEN Congress in the CCP. My second to the las...

Had a well received lecture at the PEN Congress in the CCP. My second to the last lecture for 2011 Ayala Museum Saturday Dec. 3 @3pm

My Inquirer column today on not one but two Bonifacio bolos!

My Inquirer column today on not one but two Bonifacio bolos!


Where is Bonifacio's bolo? | Inquirer Opinion
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Where are the bones of Andres Bonifacio? That was the question posed in last Wednesday's column, which prompted recently appointed National Library Director Antonio M. Santos to make an inquiry. The inquiry led to a dead end. In a gathering of librarians on Bonifacio Day, he said in jest that his pr...

Sorry for the late posting. But here is a sketch by Jorge Pineda in 1911 depicti...

Sorry for the late posting. But here is a sketch by Jorge Pineda in 1911 depicting the proposed monument commemorating the Heroes of 1896. After it was erected in Balintawak it spawned so many copies that have since been mistaken to be Andres Bonifacio! For details see my books "Bonifacio's Bolo" and "Bones of Contention."


Heroes

Where are Bonifacio's remains? Nobody knows but follow the trail in my Inquirer...

Where are Bonifacio's remains? Nobody knows but follow the trail in my Inquirer column today.


The mystery of Bonifacio's bones | Inquirer Opinion
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On Nov. 30, 1863, a boy was born in Tondo to Santiago Bonifacio and Catalina de Castro. In the church calendar the day 30 is marked as the feast of St. Andrew, so the child was christened Andres Bonifacio. During the Spanish period Nov. 30 was celebrated in Spanish Manila because San Andres was cons...

Jose Honorato Lozano painted this view of the Pateros River in the late 19thC an...

Jose Honorato Lozano painted this view of the Pateros River in the late 19thC and you can see the duck (pato) industry that gave the place its name. The best balut comes from this Southern Tagalog town, so does the "Peking Duck" served in some local restaurants. One 19thC account says that the men of Pateros sat on the eggs to warm them, they were idle human incubators!


History

Four days to go! See you at the Ayala Museum this Saturday December 3 @3pm

Four days to go! See you at the Ayala Museum this Saturday December 3 @3pm

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History
Historic EDSA is the site of the 1986 People Power Revolution. Formerly Highway 54 it was renamed in honor of the historian and National Library Director Epifanio de los Santos (1871-1928) now we can connect a face to the streetname.

Am glad I accepted Cedie Vargas's invite to attend the opening of the Chabet sho...

Am glad I accepted Cedie Vargas's invite to attend the opening of the Chabet show at the Lopez Museum. Traffic was terrible and Chabet wasnt around but I was rewarded with a blast into the past--- David Medalla was there!


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