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A history group refuted actor Robin Padilla’s claim that the De La Salle University (DLSU) was established by Spanish. De La Salle University (Photo from DLSU Facebook) On Sunday, Padilla said DLSU was established for “insulares, peninsulares, and mestizos” during the Spanish colonial period...

Robin Padilla Action star Robin Padilla earned criticisms from netizens after he declared that the Dela Salle University in Manila is a Spanish school. "Are you from Ateneo? de la salle? UST? All Spanish established schools for insulares, peninsulares and mestizos. You don’t need to be a doctor...

And what this says about our understanding of our colonial history Philippine history teaches us that we have been under one foreign power and the next for the majority of our societal consciousness as a budding nation. There were the Spaniards, the Americans, and then the Japanese—oh, and you...