How Filipinos Got Their Surnames
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Had Spanish Governor General Narciso Claveria never bothered with systematizing tribute collection, Filipinos would have very interesting surnames today.
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‘The Month of December, 1872’ Dr. José Rizal’s Rough Draft
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A very young Jose Rizal was already adept at writing subversive satire.
Read MoreWhen Russians Came to Tubabao
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Not to be confused with the Kahlua cocktail, White Russians were those who sided with the tsar against the Reds; some of them, as refugees, became temporary residents of a Philippine island.
Read MoreQuirino at 125: A Statesman and Survivor
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A kinsman remembers the late Philippine President Elpidio Quirino.
Read MoreThe Filipino Who Ticked Off the Big, Bad Russian Bear
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When a Filipino diplomat made Nikita Khrushchev lose his cool for the world to see.
Read MoreFil-Am Olympic Great, Vicki Manalo Draves
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Filipino American Vicki Manalo Draves hurdled racist obstacles to win Olympic glory.
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Murder Most Foul
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In the Filipino community in Martinez, California, something went horribly wrong in 1933.
Read MoreRemembering Our Manongs and the Delano Grape Strike
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Filipinos began the great farm worker strike that changed agricultural working conditions in California for the better.
Read MoreThe Reviews Are In: “Heneral Luna” Rules
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“Heneral Luna,” the movie, lights a fuse in the Filipino’s conscience.
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