OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT
The last bastion of democracy in the Philippines is the civil courts and constitutional commissions which rule on cases brought to their sala. It is crucial that they keep to their constitutional mandate to uphold the rule of law and promote justice in the land.
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Distinguished economist, historian and scholar Benito Legarda Jr had devoted his writing career in promoting Filipino culture and history. He served as deputy governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, among many others. The prolific historian focused his essays and articles on the Spanish colonial galleon trade, the Philippines’ 19th-century economy and the Second World War in Manila, which he had witnessed and experienced during his teenage years.
With his passing last year at the age of 94, the Ortigas Foundation Library decided to publish his architectural study from the ‘60s about Hispanic Philippine churches. Complemented with modern photographs from the Ortigas Foundation’s extensive collection,
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OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT
The Philippine Review of Economics (PRE) is releasing a special issue in honor of Dr. Benito Legarda, Jr., former deputy governor for research of the then Central Bank of the Philippines. I had the good fortune of succeeding him after his three worthy successors, Mrs. Esco
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The first Holy Mass was celebrated not in the Visayas but in Mindanao because that historical event, that first step to staking territory in the name of God and King, occurred not in Limasawa which is part of the Visayas, but in Butuan (Mazaua) situated in northern Mindanao. Please do not think that I am unilaterally and presumptuously overturning the final decision of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (formerly called National Historical Institute).
When bona fide historians clash swords, gore each other with codices, translations and digital copies in hi-resolution, stab with cartographic rolls unearthed in eminent archives, brandish ancient eye-witness accounts, it is best for humble history buffs like me to take cover and watch from a safe distance.