A Neighborhood of Yesterday: Malate/Ermita District Part 1

A Neighborhood of Yesterday: Malate/Ermita District Part 1

What do we think of when we think of the Manila of our childhood?

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Gift Guide: For the Bibliophile, Gourmand, Adventurer & Lover of History

Gift Guide: For the Bibliophile, Gourmand, Adventurer & Lover of History

With the holidays coming up, we'd like to do a little pivot from the misery and disaster of the past month to more joyful stuff. Herewith our first gift guide for all Filipinos in the heart.

   

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Andres Bonifacio, the Other National Hero

Andres Bonifacio, the Other National Hero

Why some people think the Leader of the Revolution got the short end of the stick.

   

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At Play in the Field of the Haves

At Play in the Field of the Haves

Where the Philippines' new money and old blood mingled for fun and profit during the "American years."

   

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Remember Bataan

Remember Bataan

What you didn’t know about the Filipinos’ heroic role in WWII, the Bataan Death March and postwar betrayal.

    

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China Denied Moro Request for Aid

China Denied Moro Request for Aid

China’s secret involvement in Philippine internal affairs.

    

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The Wards Cove Case: Separate and Unequal

The Wards Cove Case: Separate and Unequal

In which the Wards Cove Packing Company in Alaska managed to exclude the 2,000 Filipino, Asian American and Native Alaskan cannery workers from the 1991 Civil Rights Act.

    

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Where Exactly Did ‘Filipinos’ First Land in California?

Where Exactly Did ‘Filipinos’ First Land in California?

October is celebrated as Filipino American History Month, but a key question remains.

    

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Celestino’s Crusades

Celestino’s Crusades

Filipinos who own property in California owe a lot to pioneer Celestino T. Alfafara.

    

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The Travails of Early Filipinos In America

The Travails of Early Filipinos In America

Why the sign said “Positively No Filipinos Allowed”

    

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