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Cousin journalists
spot.ph interviewing journalist cousins Kara David and KC Constantino-Torres at the Letizia: A Life in Letters exhibit. #aPastRevisited #LetiziaALifeInLetters #Letizia #ConstantinoFoundation
More Visitors
Visitors to the exhibit received by one of Letizia's great grandsons, Rio. #aPastRevisited #Letizia #ConstantinoFoundation
Mga bisita!
So many visitors! As many have said, young and older, Letizia's voice speaks to many generations. We agree. The other day we welcomed former and[READ]
Spotlight
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[READ]
Pasts Revisited
Isabelo “Kapitan Bikong” del Rosario
Isabelo “Kapitan Bikong” del Rosario was born 8 July 1878, and hanged in 1901 for resisting U.S. forces whose intent he saw early: “Den la sasaup, sasakup la” (They are not here to help us, they are here to conquer us.) Apung Bikong played Danza Habanera de Filipinas on his violin as he walked to the gallows in Mexico, Pampanga. A U.S. soldier tried to grab his instrument but Apung Bikong smashed his violin on the ground, a last act of defiance before he was executed. He was 22, a Katipunero who fought against Spanish rule, and a good friend of the heroes Pedro and Jose Abad Santos. #aPastRevisited #MabuhayKapitanBikong #KnowYourHeroes (From Lost Graves, Found Lives by Agapito Labalan del Rosario and Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Bughaw-QC, 2022; painting by Alvin M. Dunga, 2021)
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