http://philippinehistory.ph So We Do Not Repeat It Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:47:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The family of hostage taker former police senior inspector Rolando Mendoza, the Philippine government, and the Philippine Catholic Church have separately asked forgiveness to Hongkong, to their families and to the world for Mendoza’s killing of eight Hongkong nationals in a parked tourist bus in Manila last Monday. Hostage taker’s father ... http://philippinehistory.ph/%e2%80%9cforgive-us-forgive-us-forgive-us-%e2%80%9d/ Long time ago when living was not as fast-paced today, Filipinos ate mostly camote, rice, vegetable, nuts, fruits and everything that grew on plants. Land was so fertile that a single corn plant can bear as much as 64 fruits to the amazement of the Spanish friars who chronicled that ... http://philippinehistory.ph/filipino-eating-habits-change-with-time/ YAYAMANG buwan ng wika ngayon at lahat ay nagpapahayag ng walang hanggang pagmamahal sa sariling wika, pagbigyan n’yo na ako kung muli kong uungkatin ang debate sa pagitan ng wika at dayalekto (language vs. dialect sa Ingles). Kung nagtataka kayo kung ano ba itong debateng ito, hindi ko kayo masisisi dahil ... http://philippinehistory.ph/wika-ko-dayalekto-mo/ [caption id="attachment_839" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="President Benigno Aquino III inspects the bus that was hijacked by a former policeman and held hostage its Hong Kong tourist passengers."][/caption] In solidarity with the people of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region which lost eight lives from the hostage-taking incident in Manila yesterday, the Philippine Government ... http://philippinehistory.ph/rp-declares-day-after-hostage-as-day-of-national-mourning/ How I met Aunt Lilli and other relatives in Butuan (pronounced Butwan) was quite unexpected.   I have been dreaming of meeting them, my long-lost relatives on my father’s side, many years ago when Lolo Javier of Pangasinan told me his brothers migrated to Butuan when he was just a young ... http://philippinehistory.ph/the-esguerras-of-butuan-pronounced-butwan/ KUNG ikaw ang masusunod syempre mas gugustuhin mong parangalan ka kesa pangaralan. Umaasa ka ng parangal kung sa tingin mo e may nagawa kang kapuri-puri at kapaki-pakinabang sa kapwa. Kapag kumilos ka naman nang may pag-iimbot at walang katapatan, umaasa kang pangaral lang ang aabutin mo at hindi sana batok at ... http://philippinehistory.ph/parangal-at-pangaral/ KUNG paniniwalaan mo ang sinasabi ni Joselito Banayo na bagong hepe ng NFA, maiisip mong “ang laki” naman ng problema niya. Akalain mong “naliligo” pala sila sa bigas ngayon? E bakit hindi man lang matalsikan ng ipinaliligo nila kaming mga hampaslupa na matagal nang nangangarap na makapagsaing at makakain ng murang ... http://philippinehistory.ph/bigas-todo/ The essays in this book are mostly about the political and social malaise in the Philippines, the author’s home country, and the plight of the migrant Filipinos who are forced to look for greener pastures in foreign lands due to the tight economic situation in the home front. The author, who ... http://philippinehistory.ph/the-gypsy-soul-by-casiano-mayor/ Raising two sons and a daughter can be complicated and extremely hard but not actually as difficult with the help of my husband who dotes on the children, my parents who really love their grandchildren (perhaps more than their children) and my mother-in-law who has always been there for me ... http://philippinehistory.ph/raising-two-sons-and-a-daughter-while-the-father-is-away/ Ito ang tawag noong simula ng batas militar sa mga kilos-protesta laban sa diktadura at sa mga pagkilos para sa pagbabago sa panahon ng martial law saan man ginagawa ang mga ito – sa mga paaralan, sa mga pabrika, sa mga komunidad, sa mga tanggapan ng gobyerno gaya ng ... http://philippinehistory.ph/sama-samang-pagkilos/