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From my editor Thelma San Juan's memories. A pity phones were not allowed in PNoy's QC home.

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RIZAL IN QUARANTINE. AS he sailed off from New York to Liverpool on May 16, 1888 Rizal drew a sketch of the Brooklyn bridge ...

RIZAL IN QUARANTINE.
AS he sailed off from New York to Liverpool on May 16, 1888 Rizal drew a sketch of the Brooklyn bridge and mentioned passing by the Statue of Liberty. A pity he only sketched the bridge rather than the statue!
MY Inquirer column today is on the short, spotty diary he kept on a land trip from San Francisco to New York. He did not seem to like the U.S.A. because he started the trip on the wrong foot by being quarantined on the ship where he was bored witless.
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Martial Law was NOT implemented on 21 September 1972. While the Marcos Martial Law proclamation is dated 21 September ...

Martial Law was NOT implemented on 21 September 1972.
While the Marcos Martial Law proclamation is dated 21 September 1972, it was not implemented on that day. Marcos appeared on television on the evening of September 23 to announce that he had placed the Philippines under Martial Law. Therefore, the Daily Express front-page headline about Martial Law appeared on September 24 (right).
When the newspaper of September 21 (left) was sold on the streets, nobody had an inkling of what...

Ongoing at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. is "1898 U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions" that looks back 125 yea...

Ongoing at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. is "1898 U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions" that looks back 125 years to the legacies of the Spanish-American War.
In the display case is a Krag rifle used by U.S. troops and a kris from Mindanao. Mute reminders of a forgotten war.
In the background a portrait of Rizal by Luna (left) and a portrait of Apolinario Mabini (right) by Fabian de la Rosa both on loan from Manila
My Inquirer column today on the show
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Book-signing in Pampanga, thanks to the Holy Angel Center for Kapampangan Studies.
Mikit kata October 7 ne?

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See you at the Manila International Bookfair this weekend! My latest book “Cabinet of Curiosities” is now available. Also the ne...

See you at the Manila International Bookfair this weekend! My latest book “Cabinet of Curiosities” is now available. Also the new boxed set of Looking Back 1-15 “Labinlimang Ambeth.”



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History Comes Alive 2023 is back!See you @ Ayala Museum on October 14 & 21.

History Comes Alive 2023 is back!
See you @ Ayala Museum on October 14 & 21.


‘Cause history never goes out of style 🎶

We’re enchanted to announce our next History Comes Alive lecture series with Ambeth R. Ocampo!

Save the dates: October 14 and October 21, 2023 | 3:00 - 4:30 PM.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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Ferdinand Marcos's diary entry for September 13, 1973 (TOP) states that it is BBM's 16th birthday and that he had left a mark in...

Ferdinand Marcos's diary entry for September 13, 1973 (TOP) states that it is BBM's 16th birthday and that he had left a mark in his diary--literally.
BBM wrote a comment on his father's diary and initialed it "FRMII." (BOTTOM)
My Inquirer column today on Ferdinand E. Marcos' diary entries for September 1973.
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Rizal’s pistols.I have read that aside from fencing, Rizal was also a sharpshooter. I came across some prewar photos of what we...

Rizal’s pistols.
I have read that aside from fencing, Rizal was also a sharpshooter. I came across some prewar photos of what were believed to be Rizal’s pistols. Where are these now? We’re these really Rizal’s?



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Participated in a roundtable discussion with historians from Guam, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to discuss the legacy of the 1898 Spa...

Participated in a roundtable discussion with historians from Guam, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to discuss the legacy of the 1898 Spanish-American War at the National Portraitl Gallery in Washington. So many parallel histories. I learned a lot in two days.
Now I endure the long trip home.



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