Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 43

This Philippine Passport from 1903 is as big as a school diploma.How many folds will it take to fit in my pocket?

This Philippine Passport from 1903 is as big as a school diploma.How many folds will it take to fit in my pocket? This was issued by US Governor General William Cameron Forbes to himself. Forbes Park was named after him.



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Muntik na eko mabudol!

Muntik na eko mabudol!
Yesterday at the Bayanihan Collectors Club auction, I went through the bourse tables to check out old coins, banknotes, books, etc. Bibliophile Mario Feir set up late and I almost left because all his books were not Filipiniana, but he had albums filled with postcards, photos, and ephemera he was disposing of and what caught my eye were cigarillo labels from the early 1900s.
In the 1980's I used to own almost 400 pieces of cigar and cigarette labels that I collect...

Mother's Day always reminds me of a grainy photograph of Teodora Alonso, in her Binondo home, cuddling the skull of her favorite...

Mother's Day always reminds me of a grainy photograph of Teodora Alonso, in her Binondo home, cuddling the skull of her favorite son, Jose Rizal.
Rizal wrote: "Without her what would have been my education and my fate? Next to God, a mother is everything to a man."



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Sunset at Rizal Park.

Sunset at Rizal Park.



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Where are Bonifacio's Bones?

Where are Bonifacio's Bones?
Sixto de Los Angeles (the Raquel Fortun/ Dr. Death of the prewar Philippines) examined these bones in UP PGH in 1918. These came from one individual, male, and were said to be the remains of Andres Bonifacio (or his brother Procopio Bonifacio) as exhumed from the Maragondon range. Their authenticity was challenged by Lazaro Makapagal who executed and buried the Bonifacios. The bones disappeared and have not been seen or heard of since, nothing new has come out since ...

My Inquirer column today on Oplan Tuli or Circumcision in Philippine History

My Inquirer column today on Oplan Tuli or Circumcision in Philippine History.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/173528/o...



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My Inquirer column today on Oplan Tuli or Circumcision in Philippine History.https://opinion.inquirer.net/173528/o...

My Inquirer column today on Oplan Tuli or Circumcision in Philippine History.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/173528/o...



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"WHY ARE THEY KILLING JESUS?"

"WHY ARE THEY KILLING JESUS?"
When my favorite nephew was a toddler, I took him to the Ayala Museum Dioramas for an introduction to Philippine History. I let him wander about to see what historical episodes he was attracted to. He liked the prehistoric men spearing an elephant, the Battle of Mactan, the Revolt of the Chinese, Balangiga---all the violent ones.
He went past those I believed important: Execution of Rizal, Bonifacio tearing the cedula, Declaration of Independence.
He ...

"WHY ARE THEY KILLING JESUS?" When my favorite nephew was a toddler, I took him to the Ayala Museum Dioramas for an introdu...

"WHY ARE THEY KILLING JESUS?"
When my favorite nephew was a toddler, I took him to the Ayala Museum Dioramas for an introduction to Philippine History. I let him wander about to see what historical episodes he was attracted to. He liked the prehistoric men spearing an elephant, the Battle of Mactan, the Revolt of the Chinese, Balangiga---all the violent ones.
He went past those I believed important: Execution of Rizal, Bonifacio tearing the cedula, Declaration of Independence.
He ...

Radiant from a meeting on an event in June at the Manila Peninsula

Radiant from a meeting on an event in June at the Manila Peninsula. Thanks to Garch, Aubtie Jean, and Abitare Internazionale



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