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Saints of resistance: Devotion to santos
By R.C. Ladrido
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Apr 6, 2025
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Author Christina Lee states that there is “no definite documentary evidence” that proves Magellan brought the image of the Santo Niño to Cebu and gave it to Humabon’s wife.
Learning about Filipino resistance to the Japanese occupation 80 years ago
By Liana Garcellano
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Mar 20, 2025
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Conferences like “War & Memory” are few and far between, insufficient to cover gaps in Filipinos’ history education. It’s worrying that many Filipinos are oblivious to the Philippines’ colonial history, and to the struggles against Spanish, Japanese, and American colonizers. Philippine history is no longer taught as a standalone subject except in “grades 5 and 6 and in a college class called “Readings in Philippine history.”
Geloy Concepcion: Bringing strangers together
By R.C. Ladrido
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Mar 17, 2025
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In a recent talk at the Ateneo Art Gallery’s ArtSpeak, Finding the Familiar in the Foreign, Geloy Concepcion announced his project for 2025: To go around the archipelago and document the everyday lives of Filipinos, like a diary.
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