Spotlight
Letizia’s very much around
by Renato Redentor ConstantinoIt’s been nine years since Letizia Roxas Constantino passed away on 27 June 2016. But the memory of her life, and how[READ]
Historian Xiao Chua recently visited the Letizia: A Life in Letters exhibit, offering insightful reflections on Letizia Constantino’s legacy.
SIR IS THE ARCHITECT AND MA'AM IS THE CARPENTER Post Independence Day post. Among the work of historians, one of the most towering[READ]
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Pasts Revisited
Karina David
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.
Events
Videos
Stories
Cycling through the fabled history of an opera house, now a hotel
ON the corner of Rizal Avenue and Doroteo Jose stands the Manila Grand Opera Hotel, a fabulist if the establishment were a person.This is about the history of a place that has gone through many costume changes, a story bursting with intersectionality, with a past so implausible it should be celebrated annually by poets and climate activists alike. [...]
Heritage bicycle ride visits site of first PH power plant, goes inside Old Bilibid
Fair climate policy advocates joined forces again with history buffs as they pedaled in celebration of largely unheralded landmarks in Manila. Dubbed #SintangLakbay in commemoration of the 120th founding anniversary of the country’s premier Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), [...]
PUP unveils mural hailing Filipino ‘science revolutionaries’
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) unveiled on Monday a gigantic campus mural, showing Filipino scientists Leonard Co, Maria Y. Orosa, and Eduardo Quisumbing for their contributions in the country's scientific reputation. The mural, titled "Mga Rebolusyonaryo," gave the three figures with their own descriptive, naming Co as "Bayani Ko," Orosa as "Tagapagligtas," and Quisumbing as "Muhon ng Bayan." [...]
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... [...]
