Ancient script finds new hope in the young
“Baybayin,” an ancient script popularly but erroneously known as “alibata,” has found unlikely support among today’s younger generation.
August 21, 2016
“Baybayin,” an ancient script popularly but erroneously known as “alibata,” has found unlikely support among today’s younger generation.
When President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is sworn in on Thursday and outgoing President Aquino is given departure honors at Malacañang, the people will get yet another fleeting glimpse of the Palace that has stood as silent witness through the centuries to the transitions of leadership in Philippine history.
There’s no other way to describe the bedroom of former first lady Imelda Marcos at Malacañang but “Imeldific.”
Intercon to stop operations by yearend.” When I first read the news last year, I had to read it twice before it sank in.
It’s not just a structure, it’s a repository of memory. It’s part of the national patrimony,” says Gerard Lico, the architect in charge of the restoration of the Manila Metropolitan Theater, better known as the “Met.”
Following an outcry and signature campaign from local heritage advocates, the Malolos City government decided in a recent meeting to spare the 92-year-old water tower called aguas potables, a structure
The noise of the habal-habal’s engine broke the silence in Sitio T’bong in Lake Sebu, where the weaving school of the late T’boli Dreamweaver Lang Dulay stood above the dusty road often traveled by tourists.
One man’s dirt is another man’s patina. Quite often, what we have come to define as the “character” and “charm” of an old building is nothing more than
When the war ended, daddy decided we weren’t going back to Quiapo. We had property in Malate where used to stand a screen-covered chalet being rented from us by an
Not many Filipinos know about President Elpidio Quirino beyond his being the country’s sixth President, who presided over the postwar reconstruction of the Philippines after the Japanese occupation.
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