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Wala Lang AS LOVELY AS A TREE Pinto Arboretum, Antipolo Ask someone to name some trees and the answer might be, “narra, coconut, pine tree … … ano pa nga ba —banana?” PWH chops down whatever stands in the way of road widening. Trees are truncated to protect Meralco and PLDT...

Old friends have just vanished, all within weeks—days—of each other:  Mae Gaffud , President Fidel V. Ramos ’ loyal assistant who has been with him since his palace days and who was responsible for converting Malacañang into a real museum during the Ramos years, from the hate-Marcos...

In Tondo are two alleys named Pitóng Gatang and Amarlanhagui, Magát Salamat Elementary School, and Capulong Street near Estero de Vitás. Jose Abad Santos Avenue used to be named Manuguit. The people thus honored and their brethren deserve better. The Spanish defeated Manila rajahs Matandâ and...

Wala Lang ' The Relicario of María Clara ' by Gromyko Semper, mixed media on canvas, 2020. The scene shows the relicario in the leper’s basket, just after it was dropped by María Clara; the little sacristan Basilio; and the avenging Simoún. In the distance are María Clara praying and her...

It is a fact that history is written by winners. Thus it is that victors win because they were in the right and suffered few losses while the losers were totally annihilated. So it has been in Philippine history. Spanish friars, American officials, Japanese soldiers, one President after another...