Category: Quezoniana

Tweet The Strangest Dictator, by Fritz Marquardt, 1942

A very interesting paper titled Examining the Nexus Between Philippine Constitutionalism and the Mindanao Conflict, by Atty….  The policy of settling Mindanao, according to the paper, reached a sinister crossroads in the 1960s, when the policy of settling empty areas turned into support for outright land-grabbing.  The paper makes reference to my own article, Repulsion and Colonization.

Extracts from the memoirs of James Allen (Sol Auerbach).

As featured in Vista Pinas, with links to Flickr photos.

Former LA Consul-General Edwin Bael says Quezon was Right.

Tweet The proclamation of, and the justification for, the National Language:

Just discovered there’s a barangay named after my father: Bggy.  Quezon, Jr.  in Ormoc City, Leyte.

An inquiry from, and then an email to, Butch Dalisay.

Quezon visits Waco, Texas, April 7, 1937 discovered online.

Katataspulong looks back on family life and politics in the Calauag of old.

Word is, the 20 Peso bill is to be phased out next year and replaced with a coin.

An absolutely topnotch Wikipedia article on Quezon, Isabela.