We remember today Julio Nakpil, born on 22 May 1897. He was a composer and, as a general in the Philippine Revolution, belongs to the pantheon of giants of the Filipino nation. Nakpil adopted the clandestine name J. Giliw. He led a full and meaningful life serving his people. His letter, dated 28 September 1897, is most interesting. Nakpil wrote the letter as the head of the revolutionary movement’s High Council to raise funds for the Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan four months after assassins carried out the order of Emilio Aguinaldo to execute Andres Bonifacio. According to the historian Jim [READ]

Nina to friends and family, and to her parents Renato and Letizia who together established the Constantino Foundation, Karina Constantino-David passed away on 7 May 2019. She is sorely missed. #aPastRevisited #InangLaya #ConstantinoFoundation

In remembrance of nationalist, activist, much loved husband, father, and friend, RC Constantino, who passed away a year ago on this day. He is badly missed. #RCrevisited

Today, March 19, would have been the 79th birthday of feminist, composer, and former head of the country’s Civil Service Commission Karina Constantino-David. She is sorely missed.

#RenatoConstantino wrote this in 1968. Is it still relevant? Today, March 10, is his 106th birth anniversary. #aPastRevisited #RememberBetter

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)