August 21 Stories

August 21 Stories

August 21, 1983 will be forever remembered as the day Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was assassinated. But something else happened on August 21 twelve years prior to Ninoy's martyrdom -- the Plaza Miranda bombing in 1971. 

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The Yoyo: A Story of Downs and Ups

The Yoyo: A Story of Downs and Ups

The story of how a group of Filipinos started the yoyo craze in the U.S. back in the 1930s.

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The "Oldest" Filipino Film?

The "Oldest" Filipino Film?

A film history buff’s rigorous sleuthing reveals the truth about “Luzon Lingerie.”

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Love Baskets for Betty

Love Baskets for Betty

The Jose Formoso Reyes story, or why the Philippine Commonwealth's loss was Nantucket's gain. 

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The Beatles in the Philippines

The Beatles in the Philippines

It was 48 years ago today, when the Fab Four came to Manila to play.

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Rizal's "Kiss"

Rizal's "Kiss"

So, who really wrote this satire on the difficulty of kissing a Filipino woman – Rizal or Antonio Luna?

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Untold Lessons from My Father

Untold Lessons from My Father

His father knew best but never told him.

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Street of Faded Glory

Street of Faded Glory

The Escolta was Manila’s gem of a shopping street, until neglect and idiotic city officials made it go to seed.

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Circumcision: Writhe of Passage

Circumcision: Writhe of Passage

A rite of passage that generations of Filipino men had to endure

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Opinion: What "Cesar Chavez" Leaves Out

Opinion: What "Cesar Chavez" Leaves Out

FANHS argues that the film misses an opportunity to offer a nuanced and accurate history of the farmworkers movement that was born of the Filipinos’ 1965 Grape Strike.

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