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Welcome to another episode of Ambeth Revealed hosted by Lance Cham!Historian Ambeth Ocampo takes us into an underrated chapter of his life: the five years he...

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Looking formal in the Philippine Embassy Canberra with our Ambassador HE Antonio Morales

Looking formal in the Philippine Embassy Canberra with our Ambassador HE Antonio Morales.



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My Inquirer column today on Heriberto Zarcal who is not well known because he Madi his fortune in turn of the century Australia

My Inquirer column today on Heriberto Zarcal who is not well known because he Madi his fortune in turn of the century Australia.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/186319/z...



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My Inquirer column today on the "Manilamen" who are conspicuously absent in the exhibits on the peopling of the country in the N...

My Inquirer column today on the "Manilamen" who are conspicuously absent in the exhibits on the peopling of the country in the National Museum of Australia. Pinoys were in Australia from the late 19th century and their story should be better known in Australia.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/186272/m...



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Spoke at the Australian National University last night

Spoke at the Australian National University last night. Thanks to Prof Bjorn Dressel of the Philippines Institute. Canberra was chilly but people were warm.



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Imagine our politicians wearing this if we shift to parliamentary system

Imagine our politicians wearing this if we shift to parliamentary system. Learning history from the Old Parliament turned Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra.



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See you on Saturday October 4 for my lecture on Fernando Zóbel, his art, and the collection the forms the core of the Ateneo Art...

See you on Saturday October 4 for my lecture on Fernando Zóbel, his art, and the collection the forms the core of the Ateneo Art Gallery, the first museum of modern art in the Philippines.
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https://go.ateneo.net/OcampoOnZobel



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Browsing through century-old magazines I see many photos of people wading in floodwaters, I paid little attention to them but th...

Browsing through century-old magazines I see many photos of people wading in floodwaters, I paid little attention to them but these suddenly became relevant in the wake of the ghost flood control projects uncovered in 2025. In a 1919 feature on Manila underwater, we see a pair of women wading to market. They did not fear leptospirosis or kleptospirosis then.



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Before Havaianas, and perhaps even “Beachwalk” there was Dragon sandals in three different styles

Before Havaianas, and perhaps even “Beachwalk” there was Dragon sandals in three different styles.



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Thanks to GSIS Museum for hosting a forum for National Teachers Month

Thanks to GSIS Museum for hosting a forum for National Teachers Month. Crowd was worked up by Mighty Magulang making my talk on The Future of the Past a breeze. No meow-meow today because that was appropriated by an eccentric Congressman



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