The year 2013 was full of both hardship and happiness. However, for many places in the Philippines, it was a year of utter destruction and heartbreak.
Heritage experts and culture-mappers are coming together to help rehabilitate and rebuild several heritage structures damaged by Supertyphoon “Yolanda,” notably the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, one of the oldest churches in the country.
“Tindog, sinirangan Visayas!” Amid the debris from the heavily damaged municipal hall, a government employee in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, reports to work wearing a shirt with this message of hope, urging the entire region to rise up after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” brought massive destruction in many parts of the country last month.
Not many Filipinos know about President Elpidio Quirino beyond his being the country’s sixth President, who presided over the...
