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“We almost did not go to the Frankfurt Book Fair, but we decided we must because our voices must be heard even if many choose not to listen..”

“We almost did not go to the Frankfurt Book Fair, but we decided we must because our voices must be heard even if many choose not to listen. Still we were a bit afraid; if we introduced ourselves as Ukrainian we knew Germans would welcome us, but once they find out my sister and I are also Palestinian doors will close. But we are so happy we went; we were lost and just stumbled into the Philippine Pavilion, and we thank you, all of you. Here we are seen! Here we are embraced! The Philippines is our safe space! I saw Renato yesterday wearing a kuffiyeh in the open and I knew this pavilion is a safe place for my sister and me. Here our voices are heard and we are seen!”

That was Zoya, in the [READ]

RENATO2025-11-15T00:29:53+08:00October 18, 2025|

“Hindi krimen ang maging makabayan.” – Judy Taguiwalo

Mensahe sa Pasinaya sa Exhibit ng Alas ng Bayan 2. O

Tandang Sora Women’s Museum

Oktubre 15, 2025

Makasaysayan ang buwan ng Oktubre sa maraming dahilan. Para sa akin dalawa ang may katuturan sa hapong ito:

Sa Oktubre 28 ay 42 taong anibersaryo ng Filipino Women’s Day of Protest noong 1983 para manawagang wakasan na ang diktadurang Marcos, sarhan ang Bataan Nuclear Power Plant at palayain ang mga bilanggong pulitikal.

Oktubre 15, ngayong araw, ay Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan o International Rural Women’s Day. Binibigyang halaga nito ang papel ng kababaihang magbubukid sa produksyon sa agrikultura laluna ang pagkain habang dinadanas nito mabigat na pasanin ng gawaing bahay at pag-aruga sa pamilya. Mahalagang bahagi sila sa pakikibaka ng masang magbubukid para sa tunay na repormang agraryo.

Narito tayo ngayon sa tanging museo ng kababaihan sa buong Pilipinas para bigyang pugay ang limang kababaihang Pilipina na naging bahagi sa paglikha sa kasaysayan: Gregoria de Jesus, [READ]

RENATO2025-11-15T00:29:53+08:00October 17, 2025|

Opening Remarks and Reflections by Atoy M. Navarro | Area Studies Week 2025, UP Manila

Pambungad na Pananalita

Atoy M. Navarro | UP Manila | 3 Oktubre 2025

Sa ating mga panauhin mula sa Constantino Foundation at Knights of Rizal at sa kaguruan at mga estudyante ng Area Studies Program (ASP), Master of Management (MM) Program, at Department of Social Sciences (DSS), isang malaya at mapagpalayang hapon sa ating lahat!

Matapos ang ilang postponement dahil sa mga bagyo, sa wakas, dumating na tayo sa closing event ng ating Area Studies Week 2025 na may temang “BA Social Sciences @ 55: Kritikal at Makatuturang Agham Panlipunan para sa Bayan.” Nagkaroon tayo ng Area Studies Exhibit, Area Studies Practicum Conference, Organization of Area Studies Majors (OrgASM) Application Program: Eryamazing Race, OrgASM Career Talk: Area Studyakan, Book Talk ng mga librong “Beauty Spectacle” at “Visual Culture in the Philippines,” Commemorative Lectures, Brown Bag [READ]

RENATO2025-11-15T00:29:53+08:00October 17, 2025|

A Night of Stories and Solidarity in Frankfurt

In Frankfurt last night, a welcome dinner at a Persian place for Atef Abu Saif, former Palestinian Minister of Culture, and Tarik Hamdan, Palestinian poet and journalist. Both will speak later today in a Palestine-specific session at the Philippine Pavilion.

The night was organized by many, but we all took the lead of novelist Gen Asenjo, who will be speaking with Atef and Tariq later, and we were joined by Jay Ignacio (comics historian, writer, photographer), Dorian Merina (poet, and preserver-promoter of the Ivatan indigenous poetry laji), Chuckberry Pascual (fictionist-professor), Dani Florendo (children’s book illustrator), Aljo Joseph Lumen (caregiver-writer),

Elmer Grampon (nurse in Germany, writer, and our German translator especially for the Sisa performance yesterday). #FreePalestine #EndTheOccupation #Solidarity

RENATO2025-11-15T00:29:54+08:00October 16, 2025|

Alas ng Bayan Opens as The Constantino Legacy Resonates in Europe

As Alas ng Bayan 2.0 opened in Quezon City, the foundation was also speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair in a panel titled The Constantino Legacy. We spoke of origin stories of elite rule in the Philippines, why the first fossil fuel-induced conflict was coal, preceding the 1970s oil crisis, and the context of national survival framed by the 1898 Treaty of Paris and the Paris Agreement of 2015, the climate crisis tangled with Philippine history, freedom for Palestine, and of course, the epic love story of Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas Constantino. Below are some of the slides we used and the book on the shelf.

Joining us was Angel Velasco Shaw, and we also met the ebullient Zoya El-Miari, whose parents are Palestinian and Ukrainian. [READ]

RENATO2025-10-16T18:24:22+08:00October 16, 2025|

ATM: Opisyal nang binuksan sa publiko ang “Alas ng Bayan 2.0” sa Tandang Sora Women’s Museum! – Bandera

ATM: Opisyal nang binuksan sa publiko ang “Alas ng Bayan 2.0” sa Tandang Sora Women’s Museum!

Present sa launch ang mga opisyal ng QC at mga kaanak ng mga kilalang Pinay icons na sina Gregoria “Lakambini” de Jesus, Remedios “Kumander Liwayway” Gomez-Paraiso, at Gloria Capitan.

Aarangkada ang exhibit hanggang November 23. LIBRE ang admission! | via Pauline del Rosario, BANDERA

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RENATO2025-11-15T00:29:54+08:00October 16, 2025|

Alas ng Bayan 2.0 Exhibit Opens at Tandang Sora Women’s Museum

Pinangunahan ng Quezon City Tourism Department (QCTD) ang ribbon-cutting ceremony ngayong araw para sa nakatakdang pagbubukas ng Alas ng Bayan 2.0 Exhibit sa Tandang Sora Women’s Museum sa Quezon City.

Tampok sa exhibit ang mga comic-inspired na obra ni QC-based illustrator Billy Pangilinan, na muling nagbigay-buhay sa limang kababaihang lumaban para sa kalayaan, katarungan, at pagkakapantay-pantay na sina Gregoria de Jesus, Apolonia Catra, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso, Lorena Barros, at Gloria Capitan.

Layon nitong muling ipakilala ang tapang at diwa ng kababaihang Pilipino mula 19th century hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Ang exhibit ay handog ng [READ]

RENATO2025-10-16T16:29:14+08:00October 16, 2025|

NANDITO NA SILAAAA!

𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐎 𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐀𝐀!!

Today’s the day! The exhibit opens to the public — Filipinas in history as Superheroes? Oh yes. See them reimagined in an exciting new exhibit [READ]

RENATO2025-10-16T15:34:37+08:00October 16, 2025|

1 ARAW NA LANG!

📢 1 ARAW NA LANG!

The wait is almost over — history comes alive

tomorrow! Witness the power, resistance, and legacy of

Filipina heroes in a bold and reimagined way.

🖼️ ALAS NG BAYAN 2.0

📍 Tandang Sora Women’s Museum, Quezon City

📅 Opening: Oct 16 | 3PM–5PM

🕘 Open Tue–Sun | 9AM–4PM

🎟️ Free Admission

Let these stories move you.

Let their courage inspire you.

Kita-kits bukas!

#AlasNgBayan2 #1ArawNaLang #FilipinaHeroes

#ConstantinoFoundation

RENATO2025-10-14T13:14:08+08:00October 15, 2025|

2 ARAW NA LANG!

Get ready to experience history like never before!

ALAS NG BAYAN 2.0

An exhibit honoring the unbroken line of Filipina heroism — from the 19th century to today. Reimagined in powerful, comic-style visuals that bring to life the stories of brave and defiant women.

[READ]

RENATO2025-10-14T13:10:36+08:00October 14, 2025|