Spotlight
A student’s take on Letizia: A Life in Letters — written from the heart, not for a grade
When a student takes the initiative to reflect on history, you know it made an impact. Here is Colleen Joy’s sincere take on Letizia:[READ]
A moving letter from Letizia on Mother’s Day in 1992, to her daughter in-law
A moving letter from Letizia on Mother's Day in 1992, to her daughter in-law, Lourdes "Dudi" Balderrama Constantino, seems perfect today. Letizia Roxas Constantino[READ]
Three Letizias!
Three Letizias! Jika, youngest of Letizia and Renato's 8 grandchildren, with husband Brice Jaulneau-Labarre, flew in recently from Singapore with their kids Xavier and[READ]
Spotlight
“Leonard’s song in a time of flooding,” a moving story by science journalist Bless Aubrey Ogerio
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”
This old riddle, according to Ronald Achacoso, head of the Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society, has become a fitting frame for a loss that still reverberates through Philippine science.
Fifteen years after botanist Leonard Co was killed by government troops while conducting fieldwork in Leyte, the question lands with a sharper weight.
His death—described by authorities as a case of soldiers mistaking him and his two companions for rebels—was followed by years of quiet and slow-moving justice, the kind of silence that dissipates[READ]
Pasts Revisited
Love Revisited
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)
Events
Videos
Stories
A post of remembrance from Alpha Phi Beta
The Constantino Foundation appreciates the post of the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity of UP, which Renato Constantino was very much part of along with stalwarts such as Abraham Sarmiento and Hermon Lagman. In their post, the fraternity quotes our founder as a reminder to today's youth: "𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴... [...]
Zamboanga: A Lecture-Provocation by Foundation president Red Constantino for faculty and employees of the Ateneo de Zamboanga
After delivering a paper on climate change, history, and the arts, the Constantino Foundation donated multiple copies of its books to Ateneo de Zamboanga University's library. May the past spark greater curiosity in our youth. It will help them understand better the links between politics, science, and the sense of nationhood our people need so much of today. In the photo is university president Fr. Ernald Andal and Floraime Pantaleta of the Ateneo de Zamboanga-Mindanao Institute. [...]
Second #SintangLakbay
#SintangLakbay was welcomed so warmly by BJMP officials. They were so warm and professional; they gave us a tour of Old Bilibid where Sakay was hanged, a preview of the museum they'll launch end June, and the Gola, the tower of the city jail built in 1847. [...]
Real Life Champions: A Tribute To Unsung Heroes, by Monica Lunot Kuker, former worker at TEMIC (previously known as Telefunken Semi Conductors)
The passing of Renato Constantino Jr., or Ka RC as we used to call him, last April has brought back memories of the union strike we had in 1995. As I fly from Vienna to New York, my thoughts drift like the clouds outside the plane’s window. His loss is a significant one for the Filipino working class. He was one of those unsung heroes who worked behind the scenes for fair justice and equal rights for the working class. [...]
