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Remembering the Battle of Balete Pass
“I realize that if I were a man, I would be at the battlefront fighting amid bullets and explosives, instead of sitting serenely at my desk.” —Yamamuro Kieko( 1874 -1915). Japanese Evangelist and Philanthropist . Is there something in war that ...
One hundred and eleven years later:
A New Face of Spain in Manila In a number of meetings and conferences I have been invited to or have signed up here in Vancouver, I am always engaged in a dance of memories that I had not thought I lug around. The most potent of these is cul...
“I recycled my urine to drink!”
Thus declares Col. Anselmo de la Rea, BC’s only surviving—and still “standing” at 90—veteran of the Fall of Bataan, the Death March and Camp O’Donnell in Capas, Tarlac during World War II. A founding member of the Philippine Veterans and ...
Baler is 400 Years Old
This year, Baler, Aurora, a surfers’ paradise about 230 kilometers northeast of Metro Manila, better known of late as the subject of a 2008 award-winning movie titled after it, turns 400 years old. To commemorate this significant event, the Nationa...
A Tsinoy Journey
What is a Chinese-Filipino or Tsinoy museum doing in Intramuros, the old Spanish enclave of Manila? The answer that may startle is, because it rightfully belongs there. Why is it housed in a bahay na bato where mestizos or ilu...
Bataan Rising
When we look at Bataan through the lens of history, we think of its fall on that sad day of April 9, 1942 when more than 70,000 Filipino and American soldiers surrendered to the Japanese forces after prolonged battles. Then, we think of the cruel Dea...
Inta’y Saluduan dagiti Bannuar ti Bataan
Salaysay ni Amadeo Bacena Dulay # 84, Tuao South, Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya Inton Abril 9, intay’ selebraran ti maikainnem-a-pulo ket pito nga anibersario ti isusuko ti Bataan a nagtungpal iti maysa kadagiti kadageman a pasamak iti pakasaritaan i...
Gabriela Silang: The First Filipina General
In the days when women were expected to devote their time to their families and their homes, there lived an extraordinary woman called Gabriela. Gabriela Silang enjoyed a comfortable life and was contented doing ordinary things, but when called to fi...
