500 years into having a ‘written’ history, there are still gaps to fill in our society’s collective memory The year 2021 is a peculiar one, and it’s not solely because of the still ongoing pandemic. As far as Philippine history is concerned, it is a milestone. The country is celebrating 500...
To travel is to live, to live is to discover life, not just how you live it, but also how others do Discovering your country doesn’t always involve a ride on a car or a bus or a boat or a plane, especially now that the pandemic has yet to ease off restrictions on travel completely. All it takes...
This overly simplistic view has been damaging our national consciousness and we need to snap out of it There’s something wrong with how Philippine history is being taught in this country. Well, that is quite the understatement. But this isn’t going to be a list of factual errors found in...
Joar Songcuya has traveled the world as one of the millions of Filipino sailors. But unlike most Filipino sailors, he has transitioned into an artist while traversing the world’s seas and oceans. Joar Songcuya In his inaugural exhibition at Altro Mondo art museum in Makati City, the Ilonggo...
Modern Day Magbobote Kyle Gianan, known as Krazykyle in the rap music scene, was officially labeled the Filipino Picker by History Channel. Fans clamor for him to have a local TV show in the vein of American Pickers, Storage Wars and Pawnstars. One is not called The Filipino Picker for nothing. So...
DESTINATION: ART This is a town that gave its name to an entire province in the same way that the municipalities of Cavite and Batangas became the names of their respective provinces. Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso, CCP president and NCCA chairman When people learn I am a native of Bulacan, they...
Interesting takeaways from the ‘History Comes Alive!’ lectures of Prof. Ambeth Ocampo The Cholera Squad Now that we are at the height of the global health crisis, it pays to know more about infectious diseases. Studying history helps us understand and better deal with the present. Learning,...
Kobe Bryant's jerseys and memorabilia A storage locker hunter on Monday felt like winning the championship after purchasing an abandoned unit that turned out to be filled with Kobe Bryant's possessions and memorabilia. The said locker was purchased in a storage auction in LA wherein bidders only...
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...
