RENATO, Author at Constantino Foundation

Alas Ng Bayan 2.0 opens at UP Manila.

Alas ng Bayan 2.0 continues its run at the UP Manila Museum of a History of Ideas in celebration of National Women’s Month. Through the visual language of komiks, the exhibit reimagines five Filipina heroines—Gregoria “Oriang” de Jesus, Apolonia Catra, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso “Kumander Liwayway,” Ma. Lorena Barros, and Gloria Capitan—highlighting the enduring relevance of their courage, resistance, and commitment to the nation.

This engagement at UP Manila is made possible in partnership with the UP Center for Gender and Women’s Studies and UP-MoAHi.

UP Manila – Museum of a History of Ideas

March 10–21

Free admission for women and students

#AlasNgBayan2

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RENATO2026-03-15T12:46:58+08:00March 13, 2026|

#ALASNGBAYAN2 is now open at the UP Manila Museum of A History of Ideas!

We thank UP MOAHI for hosting this exhibit, which traces the unbroken line of Filipina heroism from the nineteenth century to the present through the visual language of komiks. By situating these narratives within an academic space, the exhibit invites sustained engagement with questions of gender, resistance, and historical memory.

UP Manila – Museum of a History of Ideas

March 10–21

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RENATO2026-03-15T12:49:02+08:00March 13, 2026|

Renato Constantino

March 10 is the 106th birthday of the historian Renato Constantino. We share a warning he issued two years before the EDSA uprising against the dangers of merely replacing faces and names without changing the very economic policies that has kept our nation poor and underdeveloped. #RenatoConstantino #UsableHistory [READ]

RENATO2026-03-09T08:24:53+08:00March 9, 2026|

Apolonia Catra

Today is the 121st death anniversary of the Filipina hero, Apolonia Catra. She was killed in combat by U.S. occupation forces on March 5 in 1905. Her date of birth is unknown and there is no known portrait or photograph of the revolutionary. With pride we share with you three images created by Mari Laila Tulio and Chris Jerald Ubaldo, students of the esteemed teacher, Prof. Mitzi Mari Reyes, in their UP Diliman Fine Arts class in 2020, just before the pandemic lockdowns were imposed. The students were asked to imagine how Apolonia might have looked like. (Discover more in the coming Alas ng Bayan 2.0 exhibit at the UP Manila Museum of a History of Ideas from March 10-21.)

Catra is the only named woman officer in the armed forces of General Macario Sakay, President of [READ]

RENATO2026-03-05T11:55:24+08:00March 5, 2026|

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Following its exhibition at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Official) , Alas ng Bayan 2.0 will open at the [READ]

RENATO2026-03-03T21:28:44+08:00March 4, 2026|

Nothing New in the World

Renato Redentor Constantino, The Poverty of Memory: Essays on History and Empire (FNS-2006), p. 52-55

Nothing New in the World
The winding path the United States took to September 11th.

“Memory says, ‘I did that,’” Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote. “Pride replies, ‘I could not have done that.’ Eventually, memory yields.”

Three years ago in America, on September 11, airplanes fell from the sky and thousands died. Countless numbers mourned the mass murder. Countless mourn still. On the same day 31 years ago, the sky fell in Chile when the democratically-elected Allende government was overthrown in a bloody coup staged by the American government. Who mourns the Chilean sky?

Remembering is a political act, wrote Boston Globe columnist James Carroll. “Forgetfulness is the handmaiden of tyranny.”

In 1953, the United States engineered a coup in Iran which ousted the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh — an Iranian colossus who happened to live in a frail [READ]

RENATO2026-03-03T17:18:30+08:00March 3, 2026|

Day Two: Lester Rodriguez Leads Watercolor Workshop with Sagay Youth

Lester Rodriguez, distinguished artist from Binangonan, begins the day with a watercolor workshop with Sagay youth. It’s a great platform – later, we’ll lead a workshop with teachers on how to use art in appreciating and interrogating history and science.

RENATO2026-02-28T18:34:02+08:00February 28, 2026|

Opening Daybreak of the 13th Nature Encounter Arts Month in Sagay

Sunrise just before the 13th Nature Encounter Arts Month Celebration opens in Sagay, Negros Occidental. Themed “Duta, Tubig, Hangin,” the festival was initiated in 2013 by the celebrated artist Nunelucio Alvarado. Festivities commence early morning at the coastal spot of Kape Albarako, with body painting, dancing, performance art, and kites flying against a backdrop of the open sea. Led by Pintor Kulapol and other local artist groups, films will be shown with dances and visual art exhibits. A number of art and history appreciation sessions will be held with local teachers, which the Constantino Foundation is contributing to.

Photos © ConstantinoFoundation.

RENATO2026-02-28T18:34:56+08:00February 27, 2026|

Kasama sa Kalsada – Karina Constantino-David

Walang permanenteng tagumpay, at wala ring permanenteng kabiguan. Pagkatapos ng aklasang EDSA, maraming nagising. Marami rin ang muling natulog. Hinarap ng marami ang bukas at ang iba nama’y tinalikuran ang nabawing dangal. Ang ikalimang tula, pagkatapos ilikas at iligtas ng U.S. ang pamilya ng mga Marcos at tuluyan nang bumagsak ang diktadura, ay kanta mula sa komposisyon ng gitaristang si Karina Constantino-David ng grupong #InangLaya, muhon ng mabuting pamamahala, aktibistang lider sa pagpapabagsak ng diktadura, guro, at peminista. [READ]

RENATO2026-03-02T13:41:05+08:00February 26, 2026|

Pagkatapos ng Rebolusyon ni Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo

Pagkatapos ng rebolusyon, hindi natapos ang rebolusyon. Pang-apat na tula sa ikaapat na araw ng EDSA, serye ng berso para sa EDSA-40, mula sa sinulat ni Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo, dakilang makata ng bayan na, tulad ni Lacaba, Popa, at Sunico, hinahangaan ng Constantino Foundation.

Pagkatapos ng Rebolusyon

Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo

Walang nagbago, walang nag-iba

Sa lakad at pakay ng mga nilikha.

Naroon pa rin sa kanto ang Santol

Ang batang magsasampagita,

Inilalako ang puri at kamusmusang

Tumanda na.

Banilin pa rin ang magdidiyaryong

Kamatayang sumasabit sa mga estribo.

Sa Impong Sela, nakikipamista pa rin,

Nagrosaryo sa Edsa, natulog, kumain,

Sumilong siya noon sa tangkeng pumarada,

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RENATO2026-02-25T10:24:02+08:00February 25, 2026|

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Nothing New in the WorldThe winding path the United States took to September 11th.

Nothing New in the World
The winding path the United States took to September 11th.