I think it was Ambeth Ocampo that said in a Rizal Day speech many years ago at Rizal’s Fort Santiago cell, (right after a prominent politician crooned about Rizal as our ideal national leader) that Rizal would never be a good President since he was too brutally frank and had a star complex. In fact [...]
What makes a national hero?
August 6, 2009 By 18 Comments
Jesus to Mary Magdalene: “Noli me tangere!”
April 7, 2009 By 82 Comments
The Explainer with Manolo Quezon (6pm Tuesday ABSCBN Cable News ANC) tackles the historical Jesus. I’m on the panel with Ms.Gang Badoy and UST Professor of Theology, Fr. Efren Rivera. REMBRANDT‘s famous painting portrays the moment Jesus Christ utters that famous phrase in the Gospel of John 20:17 and immortalized in Rizal’s novel. It is [...]
But Where Is The Apology To Jose Rizal?
March 16, 2009 By 74 Comments
As the Catholic Taliban Sing Hallelujah
December 30, 2008 By 165 Comments
SIR HUGH CLIFFORD, a British diplomat in Spanish Manila, later to become Governor of Ceylon, was to write about the events of this day in history for Blackwoods Magazine as follows: “It was early morning, December 30, 1896, and the bright sunshine of the tropics streamed down upon the open space, casting hard fantastic shadows, [...]
Fuego!
December 22, 2008 By 3 Comments
…An hour or so after the shooting a dead-wagon from San Juan de Dios Hospital took Rizal’s body to Paco Cemetery…Rizal had been wearing a black suit which he had obtained for his European trip, and a derby hat, not only appropriate for a funeral occasion because of their somber color, but also more desirable [...]
Theorizing the birth of People Power with Pedro
December 4, 2008 By 20 Comments
(The original title of this piece is Hi, Pedro. Pedro and his team have apparently been attempting to rewrite Philippine history from the people’s perspective. His on-and-off comments in PCIJ three years ago were thought-provoking and I had the privilege to have an exchange with him as well as with some other well-meaning commenters in [...]
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