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This year marks the sesquicentennial of the birth of Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the Philippine revolution in 1896 and president of Asia’s first democratic republic in 1898.
Completed in 1869, the church of San Joaquin town in Iloilo province, touted to be the country’s most militaristic due to the bas relief on its pediment depicting the Battle of Tetuan in Morocco in 1859 to 1860, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.
People who consider books on the history of the Philippines as dry amalgamations of dates and names amid unadorned pages that require rote memorization, may have a heart attack when they behold a volume like Filipino historian Jose Raymund Canoy’s “An Illustrated History of the Philippines,” the colorful 2018 paperback volume from John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd.
A cockpit arena now stands at the site of the Spanish-era cemetery of Balaoan in La Union following its demolition last year.
Egyptologists and other experts gathered in Italy this week to celebrate a successful campaign to save ancient Egyptian temples from being submerged by a dam project 50 years ago.
Miranda got Hamilton all wrong — the Founding Father wasn't progressive at all and his actual role as a slave owner has been whitewashed.
Among all the libraries established in rural China, Heshun Library is renowned as one of the earliest and largest, as well as for its special history.
Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday unveiled a construction plan for Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul.
“A generation which ignores history has no past—and no future.”—Robert Heinlein
My friend left for the States two weeks ago, and last night I got an e-mail from her asking me to explain photos she had seen of recent street protests. She is worried.
