Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 47

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

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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Before we had traffic and EDSA we had the duyan

Before we had traffic and EDSA we had the duyan.
After reading Pedro Paterno's memoir "El Pact de Biyak-na-Bato" Benedict Anderson asked me a curious question: "did Paterno have hemorrhoids (almoranas)?
I nearly fell off my seat and replied: "I don't know, why do you ask?"
"Why did Paterno travel from Manila to Biyak-na-Bato, Anderson explained, in a hammock instead of going on horseback?"
Apolinario Mabini was carried in a hammock from Batangas to Cavite, arriving in Kawit...

Before we had traffic and EDSA we had the duyan. After reading Pedro Paterno's memoir "El Pact de Biyak-na-Bato" Benedict ...

Before we had traffic and EDSA we had the duyan.
After reading Pedro Paterno's memoir "El Pact de Biyak-na-Bato" Benedict Anderson asked me a curious question: "did Paterno have hemorrhoids (almoranas)?
I nearly fell off my seat and replied: "I don't know, why do you ask?"
"Why did Paterno travel from Manila to Biyak-na-Bato, Anderson explained, in a hammock instead of going on horseback?"
Apolinario Mabini was carried in a hammock from Batangas to Cavite, arriving in Kawit...