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All floors @Ayala Museum are now open. Gave Freud a tour of the amazing Gold Collection. He asked, “if the preSpanish Philippine...

All floors @Ayala Museum are now open. Gave Freud a tour of the amazing Gold Collection. He asked, “if the preSpanish Philippines literally had a Golden Age, why are we poor today? Take note ha? Our golden age is not Martial Law!.



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Attending the Spanish National Day the other night reminded me of a very curious event in Manila in 1825 that was not taught to ...

Attending the Spanish National Day the other night reminded me of a very curious event in Manila in 1825 that was not taught to me in school.
A portrait of Fernando VII, King of Spain, was sent to "the distinguished and ever loyal city of Manila." It was during the reign of Fernando that most of Spanish America declared their independence and separated from Spain, thus he wanted to thank the Philippines and the Filipinos for their loyalty to the crown. Since he could not travel to Manila, h...

EARTHQUAKE MAP.Where is the safest place to live in the Philippines, relatively earthquake-free? You will find the answer in Jo...

EARTHQUAKE MAP.
Where is the safest place to live in the Philippines, relatively earthquake-free? You will find the answer in Jose Algue's earthquake map, part of his "Atlas de Filipinas" (1900). For his contributions to science and life in the Philippines, the Jesuit Fr. Algue is honored by a street in Tondo called "P. Algue." Just as Ermita honors Federico Faura in the street called "Padre Faura."
The Manila Observatory, as an institution, is 167 years old, it is older than the official w...

VICENTE P. LIM (1888-1941) Filipino general and Hero of World War II appeared on the 1,000-peso bill twice: first in 1991, in th...

VICENTE P. LIM (1888-1941) Filipino general and Hero of World War II appeared on the 1,000-peso bill twice: first in 1991, in the New Design Series of the Bangko Sentral [Left] and again in 2010 in the New Generation Currency [Middle]. Aside from Lim, our P1,000 banknotes also honored Josefa Llanes Escoda and Jose Abad Santos all martyred by heartless Japanese soldiers during the war.

The faces and memories of our heroes were printed on banknote paper strengthened by a mix of abaca, but all ...

The ruins of the Jesuit-run Manila Observatory after World War 2 [Upper Right] and the present MO nestled in the green campus of...

The ruins of the Jesuit-run Manila Observatory after World War 2 [Upper Right] and the present MO nestled in the green campus of Loyola Heights, Quezon City [Lower Right].
I was invited, by Fr. Jett Villarin SJ, current MO Director, to deliver kwento, not chismis, about its first director Fr. Federico Faura, SJ better remembered as the name of the Ermita street, Padre Faura, where the old observatory used to be. Visiting the MO archives after my talk, I was shown three boxes of cloud photo...

I finally handled an original Malolos Menu! I visited the Chinatown Museum today to check out the Bayanihan Collectors auct...

I finally handled an original Malolos Menu!
I visited the Chinatown Museum today to check out the Bayanihan Collectors auction and on my way out saw the young collector Melvin Lam who had set up a small display of his collection of historical ephemera. I was surprised that he had a very rare, mint condition, copy of the lunch menu for Sept. 28, 1898, when the Malolos Congress ratified the declaration of Philippine Independence made from the window of Emilio Aguinaldo’s Kawit home on June 12...

It was great to meet and greet readers at the MIBF after two years. I had almost forgotten the pleasure of chatting with readers...

It was great to meet and greet readers at the MIBF after two years. I had almost forgotten the pleasure of chatting with readers while signing their books, and smiling (under my mask) for selfies.
We will have another booksigning at National Bookstore Glorietta soon.



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My Inquirer column today is on "Yayang” or Hilaria de Aguinaldo and First Ladies of the Philippines who are largely invisible to...

My Inquirer column today is on "Yayang” or Hilaria de Aguinaldo and First Ladies of the Philippines who are largely invisible to HIS-torians but relevant to feminists who want to rewrite HER-story.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/157647/y...



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#HistoryNotTsismis #lunaIt is not well known that the Luna brothers, Juan (1857-1899) and Antonio (1866-1899) set up a fencing ...

#HistoryNotTsismis #luna
It is not well known that the Luna brothers, Juan (1857-1899) and Antonio (1866-1899) set up a fencing school or Sala de Armas in Manila when they returned home from Europe. They were not involved but were implicated in the first phase of the Philippine Revolution and imprisoned in Fort Santiago. Juan was pardoned by the Queen Regent and upon his release travelled to Madrid to work on Antonio's release. They joined the Aguinaldo government, Juan as a diplomat and Antonio...

Trolls have been baiting me to write on the Plaza Miranda bombing. I don't need to reinvent the wheel, Dr. Joseph Scalice of the...

Trolls have been baiting me to write on the Plaza Miranda bombing. I don't need to reinvent the wheel, Dr. Joseph Scalice of the University of California Berkley has done a superb job. Read my column and also his dissertation available online for free.



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