RENATO, Author at Constantino Foundation

Emilio Jacinto: Bayani ng mga Bayani

Nakataas ang baso at tasa para sa iyo, sa ika-150 araw ng iyong kapanganakan, dakilang intelektwal at makata na katuwang ni Supremo Andres Bonifacio.

Patnubayan mo ang bayang ninanakawan, ang bayang pinipilayan ng mga ganid, ang bayang malilimutin na pinipilayan ang sarili.

Hindi malayong kahit sa panaginip madalas kayong magsama ni Lean Alejandro, Pedro Abad Santos, at Remedios Gomez-Paraiso habang nagtatawanan, nalulungkot, at nang-uusig sa bayan niyong sinisinta.

Malamang nag-aalay din ng awit para sa iyo si Gloria Capitan sa videoke sa langit kasama ng mandirigmang Gregoria Lakambini.

Patuloy kang nabubuhay sa dibdib ng bawat mamamayang nagsasabuhay sa ikawalong kalatas ng Kartilya ng Katipunan na iyong sinulat: Ipagtanggol mo ang inaapi, at kabakahin ang umaapi:

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RENATO2026-01-28T12:53:07+08:00December 15, 2025|

Tambay na sa #MaginhawaArtsandFoodFestival.

With 350 PH and Justice for Leonard Co as neighbors, we open!

RENATO2026-01-28T12:54:58+08:00December 13, 2025|

Leonard Co, Bayani Ko t-shirts and books will be available tomorrow at the Maginhawa Arts and Food Festival at the Constantino Foundation tent!

Come on over and help bring justice to Leonard Co, the People’s Botanist!

RENATO2026-01-28T12:56:48+08:00December 12, 2025|

Bake history into our lives.

Buhay si Pingkian kung nais natin! A pleasure to break bread with Wilson Flores, NHCP’ Eufemio Agbayani III, Emilio Jacinto’s descendants, LIRA’s Abner Dormiendo, and the indefatigable Vim Nadera.

RENATO2025-12-13T11:39:00+08:00December 12, 2025|

Reimagining the nation one mushroom at a time

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To the Constantino Foundation, your film Damayan reflects very much the quality and grace of your body of work – a veritable cosmos that encourages Filipinos to see, smell, touch, hear, and taste the fragile abundance we must learn to appreciate better and protect.

From seeds to tiny creatures, from blooms to edible plants and towering majestic trees, your work continues to utilize language that seeds and sustains informed conversation admist the pestilence of disinformation and the slop of artificial intelligence.

Damayan reminds us to treat as treasure what is native to our land. It shows how our nation can thrive. It is a perfect representation [READ]

RENATO2026-01-28T12:57:30+08:00December 11, 2025|

Merch alert!

A historian tote bag? Why yes. See more in our tent this Dec. 13 in support of QC’s Maginhawa Arts and Food Festival!

RENATO2026-01-28T12:58:24+08:00December 10, 2025|

Bapor! Paris!

Strands of Philippine history and climate change are more tangled than you think.

Many Filipinos still use the word “bapor” when they see huge sea-faring vessels, but most are not aware of the word’s origins. Bapor is from “vapor” which is another way to describe “steam” that powers up engines fueled by the dirtiest of fossil fuels: coal.

The new introduction to the 50th anniversary edition of The Philippines: A Past Revisited shows how closely intertwined our past is with the climate crisis. It was coal, for instance, that enabled British textile factories to produce the flood of super cheap cotton fabrics in the 19th century that decimated Filipino sinamay, jusi, and piña industries.

Coal is also what powered warships of the United States when it annexed and invaded the Philippines when Filipino revolutionaries had just defeated Spanish colonial rule.

U.S. steamers would bombard defenders of the Philippine republic then off-load American imperial troops across the archipelago [READ]

RENATO2026-01-28T12:58:02+08:00December 10, 2025|

Constantino Foundation Joins Maginhawa Festival: Merch, Memory, and Movement

We are part of the Maginhawa Arts and Food Festival this Dec. 13! Look for our tent – we will sell new Renato and Letty Constantino t-shirts, posters, tote bags, pamphlets, books, Alas ng Bayan 2.0 merch, and LunaRiver zines! The festival is yet another example of the kind of governance Quezon City has enjoyed under Mayor Joy, where arts, local food, local tourism, and mobility are given importance.

RENATO2026-01-28T13:00:48+08:00December 7, 2025|

Constantino Foundation and DLSU Celebrate 50 Years of The Philippines: A Past Revisited

The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center and the Department of History of DLSU, in cooperation with the Constantino Foundation, held the launching of Renato and Letizia Constantino’s “The Philippines: A Past Revisited,” the 50th Special Edition, at the Philippe Jones Lhuillier Conference Room, Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University. Mr. Renato Redentor “Red” Constantino gave an informative and provocative lecture on history, literature, and the environment followed by a brief open forum, attended by students and professors.

Red Constantino is the managing director of the Constantino Foundation and the editor of the 50th Special Edition of their grandparents’ “The Philippines: A Past Revisited,” a classic reading on Philippine history.

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RENATO2026-01-28T13:00:35+08:00November 28, 2025|

Alas Ng Bayan 2, opisyal nang inilunsad sa PUP Mabini Campus

Matagumpay na binuksan sa PUP Mabini Campus ang Alas ng Bayan 2.0 exhibit na naglalayong itampok at pagnilayan ang unbroken line of Filipina heroism mula ika-19 na siglo hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Pinatunayan ng napakaraming dumalo ang patuloy na interes at kahalagahan ng kritikal na pag-aaral sa kasaysayan at alaala. Mananatiling bukas ang exhibit hanggang Enero 17.

#AlasNgBayan2

RENATO2026-01-28T12:59:40+08:00November 27, 2025|

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