The partnership with the IYAS La Salle National Writers’ Workshop under De La Salle University’s Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BSCWC) was first formalized in 2015, when Renato Redentor Constantino was still the head of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC). [...]
A reminder on this day, 4 February, the 126th anniversary of the Filipino-American War, a badly taught chapter, if it is brought up at all, in Philippine (and U.S.) history. The U.S. is no longer our enemy. But neither is it our friend. #TheContinuingPast #RememberBetter
“The workers must rely on nobody but themselves!” said Pedro Abad Santos, born 31 January 1876 in San Fernando, Pampanga. We #RememberBetter thanks to Lost Graves, Found Lives, A History and Memoir by Agapito Labalan del Rosario and Rosario Cruz-Lucero. #TheContinuingPast
Words to ponder from Andres Bonifacio, Supremo and the country’s first president, born 30 November 1863. #aPastRevisited
On this day in 1943, Renato and Letizia became one. Today, we celebrate the love that paved the way for all of our other loves to flourish: love for family, love for country, love for our people. (Isabel Allende was one of Letizia’s favorite novelists.) #aPastRevisited #LoveRevisited #LoveAlways (21 Nov. 2024)
Albert Balbutin Jr. | Nov 15, 2024
As we rush to school, work, or in-between, we overlook the greenery around us. It’s all just a blur, plants. We pass by plant life under our feet, over our heads, and around our homes.
Others, like myself, love green spaces. We enjoy time at the park, or a trek up a mountain in the province. Leave it to the Japanese to have a word for forest bathing: shinrin-yoku.
And then there was Leonard Co. Not only did he dive into the forest because it made him happy, he also saw the forest as an ancient pharmacy for people. He was regarded as a “human library” of Philippine plants and trees. A colleague of mine once shared her awe of his ability to identify trees down to the family, genus, or even species name.
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Renato Constantino, Jr., activist, warrior, and friend known to many as RC, was born 15 September 1944. His love of country, integrity, and sense of agency is so badly missed. #TheContinuingPast (15 Sept 2024)
True nationalism, as espoused by Renato Constantino who passed away 25 years ago on this day, 15 September 1999. The cover of many of his books, like #aPastRevisited, was designed by his son, RC. (15 Sept. 2024)
Today we mark Renato Constantino’s 20th death anniversary with what he wrote in 1971. His words still ring true today. #RenatoConstantino #PastRevisited #ContinuingPast #ConstantinoFoundation #APastRevisited #TheContinuingPast
Isabelo “Kapitan Bikong” del Rosario was born 8 July 1878, and hanged in 1901 for resisting U.S. forces whose intent he saw early: “Den la sasaup, sasakup la” (They are not here to help us, they are here to conquer us.) Apung Bikong played Danza Habanera de Filipinas on his violin as he walked to the gallows in Mexico, Pampanga. A U.S. soldier tried to grab his instrument but Apung Bikong smashed his violin on the ground, a last act of defiance before he was executed. He was 22, a Katipunero who fought against Spanish rule, and a good friend of the heroes Pedro and Jose Abad Santos. #aPastRevisited #MabuhayKapitanBikong #KnowYourHeroes (From Lost Graves, Found Lives by Agapito Labalan del Rosario and Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Bughaw-QC, 2022; painting by Alvin M. Dunga, 2021)
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