Sino ang bobo?
Ni Hernan Melencio
Stupidity is relative, ika nga sa Ingles. Ibig sabihin, matatalino ang kamag-anak mo at bobo ang ibang tao. (TNM – tawa nang malakas – LOL sa Ingles). Ang katalinuhan ng isa e kabobohan ng isa pa. Ang … Read the rest
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Our mom Raquel
By Andrea Tiglao-Jocson
To describe her would be like trying to describe or capture light. Something I also tried to paint as my thesis in college, which my professor remarked as an impossible yet brave attempt. Even writing about her … Read the rest
Read More...In thy mother’s name
(For 2013 Mother’s Day celebration, http://philippinehistory.ph opts to honor the mothers of Martial Law heroes and martyrs. These mothers had helped us survive Martial Law period that goes down as one of the darkest sagas in the country’s history.)
The … Read the rest
Read More...Cheese and Combat
By Gloria Esguerra Melencio
My father’s penchant for corned beef, cheese and the television series Combat can be traced to his experiences while growing up as a boy at the time Manila was liberated from Japanese Occupation in March 1945.… Read the rest
Read More...Jose Rizal and Gregorio Sancianco
By Hernan Melencio
Today is another important day in Philippine history.
As a former expat myself, I can relate somewhat to the travails of Filipinos abroad during Rizal’s days in Europe. The only difference is that Filipinos then went abroad … Read the rest
Read More...A love story in bloodiest February
Color it red not because it is hearts month. February is the bloodiest month in Philippine history.
Mamang and Papang had lived in Manila while raising their young brood of seven. Life had been good for the family until one … Read the rest
Read More...Bakit buhay pa ang babaylan at laging babae ang aswang
Ni Gloria Esguerra Melencio
Nawala ang salitang babaylan sa pang-araw-araw na wika ng mga Waray sa Leyte at Samar. Ngunit nanatili ang salitang katuuran, nangangahulugang katotohanan ngayong ika-21 dantaon. Noong ika-17 dantaon, katuuran ang tawag sa pinakamataas na babaylan, ayon … Read the rest
Read More...Some highlights of 2012: A Boholano’s View
by Jose “Pepe” Abueva (The Bohol Chronicle)
(Website http://philippinehistory.ph reprints this blog with permission from the author.)
As a social scientist and political activist, I pick the following highlights of the year that just ended.
Defending our national territory. With … Read the rest
Read More...El Presidente
Kung napanood ninyo ang pelikulang El Presidenteng nagpapakitang traydor si Andres Bonifacio, wala ito sa istorya.
Kumandidato sa pagkapangulo ng Pilipinas si Emilio Aguinaldo ngunit natalo siya ni Manuel Luis Quezon sa eleksyon noong 1936.
Isang batang heneral si Quezon … Read the rest
Read More...113 affirmative votes for RH Bill
(With 113 congressmen and congresswomen giving their winning vote for the passage of RH Bill, Philippine History reprints this blog that Gloria Esguerra Melencio wrote three years ago).
For Ondet and other women who died while giving birth
Lourdes Medino … Read the rest
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