Looking Back

Historical (mis)education

College-level Philippine history is now taught through primary sources in a course called “Readings in…

What’s in a [place] name?

What do Basco, Dasmariñas, Echagüe, Lemery, Norzagaray, Obando, and Raon have in common? They are…

Magbanua, Escoda, and Araling Panlipunan

News that the Philippine Coast Guard patrol ship BRP Teresa Magbanua recently withdrew from (Josefa…

Hybrid teaching

Just when I was getting used to taking the point-to-point (P2P) bus from Ayala One…

Pre-martial law birthday reflections

The meme 9/11 is universally associated with the 2001 terrorist attack that brought the World…

Rats among us

Heavy continuous rain this week has resulted in flooding that brings water and mud into…

Weapons and swindlers

In March 1938, Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon made a surprise visit to the Luneta…

Old news

The late National Artist Néstor Vicente Madali González, always greeted me with the question, “what’s…

‘Pambansang bayani, pambansang kontrabida’

If we have National Heroes Day, why don’t we have National Villains Day? If we…

CIA analysis: 1983, Marcos, Aquino

Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. escaped death and injury during the Plaza Miranda bombing of a…