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Resignation, interregnum, Sede Vacante and Conclave

Tweet View as slideshow Vatican watcher Rocco Palmo –aka blogger Whispers in the Loggia– summarizes the news, and the circumstances in which the Pope made the announcement of his resignation. Whispers in the Loggia: B16 Resigns Nearly eight years since his election, Pope Benedict XVI announced this morning that, at …

The Filipino Garibaldi through the eyes of Others

Tweet Updated in a minute EL PRESIDENTE THEATRICAL TRAILER Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email Sophie Afable Thu, Dec 27 2012 21:10:56 0 likes  ·  0 comments On a nit-picky note, aside from nit-picking on costumes, some details like calling him …

Finding Bonifacio: Readings, Reflections, Resources

Tweet Introduction Here is Alerta! Katipunan, conducted by the late Maestro Leopoldo Silos. Musical historians suggest the tune was itself captured from the Spaniards. One thing is sure: music played an important role in the revolution. There are accounts of attacks on Spanish fortifications in which the forces of the Katipunan …

Writings on Mindanao and Peace

Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email Www Thu, Oct 11 2012 19:40:35 0 likes  ·  0 comments History: background and interpretations In Mindanao, the “problem” has been one of conflicting narratives. There is the story of the …

Remembering Marcos

Tweet The American Lew Gleek once wrote this provocative summary of the political culture that, he argued in one of his books, produced Marcos –and which Marcos mastered: The Philippine political culture is… personalistic but violent, religious but superstitious, corrupt but tolerant, hierarchical but distributionist, solicitous of form but not …

Remembering Osmeña

Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email Tumblr Sat, Sep 08 2012 17:19:56 0 likes  ·  0 comments Above: the Official Gazette’s banner commemorating the birth anniversary of President Osmeña, fittingly catching him in a truly notable act: …

Remembering Magsaysay

Tweet The Official Gazette, which marks the birth and death anniversaries of our presidents, vice-presidents, leaders of the legislature and judiciary, national artists, and heroes, has a special tribute page to President Magsaysay, including a Filipino translation of the Magsaysay Credo: Tribute to President Ramon Magsaysay, Third President of the …