History is full of insiders with manuscripts detailing their take on important events. The Philippine Revolution had Julio Nakpil, one of Andres Bonifacio’s most trusted generals. His chronicle, however, was in the form of musical compositions.
Unlike many families who lost their ancestral homes through the vicissitudes of war, family disputes and time’s ravages, the descendants of Roderico Reyes and Juana Viray of Maragondon, Cavite, have had the good fortune of having theirs preserved as a building of historical significance.
By focusing on arguably the most rugged—and therefore the most dynamic—figure of the Philippine war against the American invaders, Jerrold Tarog’s “Heneral Luna” revives the historical action movie and in effect, revitalizes two dormant genres—the action film and more important, the historical film.
The province of Isabela in Cagayan Valley (Region II) appears to be a very laidback place.
The world’s greatest playwright. The brains of the Philippine Revolution. And an iconic gay writer-criminal from France.
People have been wondering about those three portentous letters emblazoned on the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) logo: KKK. Is it something secret and revolutionary—as in that secret society of the Philippine Revolution?
A new book of essays on Andres Bonifacio and the Philippine Revolution will be launched Thursday at Balagtas Hall of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Sta. Mesa).
