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!
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.
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.
Read Original Story Here [READ]
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.
Alas ng Bayan 2.0 Opens Tomorrow at PUP Sta. Mesa Campus
The Constantino Foundation, in partnership with the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Official), PUP Department of History PUP Samahan ng mga Mag-aaral ng Kasaysayan , and the 350 Pilipinas proudly presents Alas ng Bayan 2.0: Revealing the Superpowered—an exhibit honoring the unbroken line of Filipina heroism from the 19th century to the present.
Opening tomorrow, November 26, 2025, at the 2nd Floor South Wing Bridge, Main Academic Building, PUP Mabini Campus, the exhibit runs until January 17, 2026, and is open to the public. Through dynamic visual storytelling, Alas ng Bayan 2.0 reintroduces five Filipina figures—Gregoria de Jesus, Apolonia Catra, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso, Maria Lorena Barros, and Gloria Capitan—whose lives illuminate urgent national concerns including climate justice, historical memory, and social resistance.
This second iteration of Alas ng Bayan invites students, educators, and the broader public to reflect on the power of memory and the responsibilities of citizenship in times of crisis.
See you!
#AlasNgBayan2 [READ]
Fidel Nemenzo on Leonard Co
Here’s an antidote to the buffoonery we encounter in the news today, no thanks to politicians in the national spotlight.
Regarding the Joy of Learning
Red Constantino
Managing Director, Constantino Foundation
Much has been said recently about Leonard Co, the celebrated botanist who was murdered 15 years ago with two other companions while they were on field research in Leyte for the Energy Development Corporation. But one story deserves recounting, if only because of the way it questions the raison d’etre of our educational institutions.
It’s based on a fascinating letter and a compelling introduction Dr. Fidel Nemenzo shared with me nearly a year ago on December 2, 2024.
The occasion was the inauguration of a two-story tall mural painted on a wall inside the main campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Sta. Mesa, Manila, an event graced by Manuel Muhi, PUP president, writer, and engineer. [READ]
Merch for a Cause!
Celebrate Native Plants Week 2025 by honoring the legacy of Filipino botanists who dedicated their lives to studying and protecting our native flora.
From November 17–21 at UP Baguio, drop by the Native Plants Committee Booth to buy Leonard Co’s book and order limited-edition shirts inspired by the country’s pioneering botanists and their invaluable contributions to Philippine botany.
All proceeds will go to Leonard Co’s beneficiaries to help with their legal expenses, continuing the cause for justice and the conservation of our natural heritage.
Wear your advocacy. Support our scientists. Celebrate our roots. 
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Renato and Letizia Constantino’s The Philippines: A Past Revisited, 50th Special Edition at DLSU
Mabuhay! The Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center and the Department of History of De La Salle University in cooperation with the Constantino Foundation invite you to the launching of Renato and Letizia Constantino’s The Philippines: A Past Revisited, 50th Special Edition.
To attend, please register via this link until November 25, 2025: [READ]
Justice still elusive for Leonard Co, the ‘People’s Botanist’ – ABS-CBN News
Carlos Trazo, ABS-CBN News | Published Nov 15, 2025 11:29 PM PHT
Fifteen years after the murder of Leonard Co, the country’s foremost plant taxonomist known as the People’s Botanist, family, friends, and conservation advocates gathered at the University of the Philippines Diliman to honor his life and legacy through “Bayani Ko,” a day-long commemoration of tree walks, planting, and the unveiling of newly rescued images from his fieldwork.
“Ngayong araw na ito ay fifteenth anniversary ni Leonard, and we are commemorating his life and death,” said his wife, Glenda Flores Co, who led the annual memorial mass with their daughter Linnaea.
Co was killed on November 15, 2010, in Kananga, Leyte, alongside forest guard Sofronio Cortez and guide Julius Borromeo, when soldiers of the 19th Infantry Battalion opened fire on their botanical [READ]
Long trial on massacre of PH’s foremost botanist, colleagues nearing promulgation – Kodao.org
The decade-and-a-half trial on the massacre of the country’s most famed botanist and his colleagues 15 years ago today is due for promulgation, his family announced.
On the 15th death anniversary commemoration and announcement of his rescued photos and files, botanist Leonard Co’s widow Glenda said both prosecution and defense have finished their presentations.
The parties are awaiting the Kananga Municipal Trial Court’s announcement of the date of promulgation, she said.
Nine soldiers of the 19th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army who claimed Co and company were caught in crossfire between them and the New People’s Army (NPA) are charged with reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide.
The NPA denied it was engaged in a firefight with State troopers, saying there were no [READ]
