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.
IN HIS last address to the nation, P-Noy presented a short documentary telling the story of our country. The point of view is from our generation, as seen from his 13-year-old eyes, the time his father, then Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., was unjustly imprisoned.
The Cebuano roots of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte have been explored many times over, especially in connection to the political kingpins, the Duranos of Danao City, Cebu. Ramon Durano—the late congressman, Danao mayor and “Marcos backer,” in the words of The New York Times—was married to Beatriz “Ati” Duterte, a cousin once removed to Rodrigo.
There’s no other way to describe the bedroom of former first lady Imelda Marcos at Malacañang but “Imeldific.”
BEFORE his name became synonymous with the ongoing family rift over his estate, Potenciano Ilusorio was a successful lawyer and businessman
CEBU CITY, Philippines–The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on Thursday turned over Cebu’s two top historical sites that were damaged by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in 2013 to the
There is a parlor game we used to play in Hong Kong, using the qualities of objects, nature, the seasons, and even music, to pinpoint an individual within a group.
In search of a personal legacy, a direct and hopefully heroic connection to a crossroads in their nation’s history, postwar children asked their fathers, “What did you do in the war, Daddy?”
Every now and then, in a narrow alley named Yamashita in Los Baños town, children would cry out, “may mga Hapon!” (the Japanese are here!)
For more than a century now, Filipinos have been told of the life of Jose Rizal, especially his last 24 hours, his execution and his last poem, “Mi Ultimo Adios.”
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