Category: history
phnoy & kris: feeling entitled (updated)
“In agrarian reform, there are two objectives: number one, empower the farmers so that they could have their own land to till. Second, don’t exhaust the capital. There should be just compensation for the land owner. The capital that will … Continue reading
Mindanao from Moro eyes
By Randy David A useful starting point for any analysis of the problem in Mindanao is the recognition that the Philippine government is not, and indeed has never been, in full control of Muslim Mindanao. The ubiquitous checkpoints that dot … Continue reading
Revolutionary Routes @ ManilArt 2011
will be at ManilArt 2011, the 3rd Philippine International Art Fair, today at 4 p.m. onwards (ehem :) Book signing of “Revolutionary Routes” by Angela Stuart Santiago with guest National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera August 26, 2011 NBC Tent, … Continue reading
Revolutionary Routes…
… Five stories of incarceration, exile, murder, and betrayal in Tayabas Province, 1891-1980 is the title of the book i’ve been working on for the last 5 years (10 years if i count the encoding and editing of my mother’s … Continue reading
EDSA fictions
funny and factual … history a la FB … clever … great tongue-in-cheek humor, great research … super-like … sana i-publish ng mga book company pampasaya sa boring na pagtuturo … these are facebook comments on the link to gmanews.tv’s … Continue reading
rizal redux
a decade or so ago, when all i had read were renato constantino’s and teodoro agoncillo’s versions of revolutionary philippine history i actually believed that andres bonifacio, not jose rizal, deserved to be national hero; that rizal didn’t even approve … Continue reading
edsa Q & A
@ manuel buencamino I was away from the country from ’82 to ’95. A few things I’m not too clear about: actually we were all in the same boat, those who were away and those who were around. my folks … Continue reading
EDSA discourse 2010: history & “ideology”
the discourse on EDSA has levelled up, about time. as recently as february 2009 we were still arguing about when to correctly celebrate it, on the 22nd or the 23rd or the 25th, if at all. at least today we’re … Continue reading
Midnight CJ and the Four R’s
Rene Saguisag The framers could have said the position of Chief Justice (CJ) should be filled up immediately and that only the CJ could swear in a Prez. They did not. They said any judicial vacancy should be filled up … Continue reading
environment 3: forests gone
FORESTS GONE (In Defense of Kaingineros) Junie Kalaw In 1863, after three hundred years of free access to forests for all, natives and Spaniards alike, the Inspeccion General de Montes was created by royal decree to keep track of, and … Continue reading
anthem angsts
the tempest over the national anthem in the wake of martin nievera’s relatively radical version is no small teacup thing. this is one question that every pinoy who grew up memorizing and singing lupang hinirang feels qualified to weigh in … Continue reading
gossip galore [updated]
this has been going around via email, passed on to me by peque gallaga who notes how kris aquino keeps cropping up in the history (thanks, pq ;). small the world from rizal to ninoy to erap to gloria, and … Continue reading