Editor’s note: This work was republished with permission by the Manila Bulletin. This is the original article. Fernando Amorsolo’s “The Making of the Philippine Flag” and Napoleon...
Category: Today I Learned
“Quezon’s Game”: How a Filipino President Saved Over a Thousand Holocaust Jews
In the late 1930s, President Manuel Quezon implemented an "open door" policy which transformed Manila into a safe haven for over a thousand Jewish refugees persecuted by the Nazis. At that time,...
One interesting detail caught my eye as I browsed through black-and-white photographs of pre-war Manila. Sitting in the front seat of what appeared to be an early model of Ford automobile is a...
From Mountain Boy to Governor: The Incredible Story of Pitapit
Foreign missionaries had discovered the northern highlands in the early 1900s and had found it ripe and ready for their ministry work. When the first Episcopalian priest, Rev. Walter Clayton Clapp,...
Midnight Shocker of ’76: Remembering The Deadliest Tsunami In Philippine History
Editor’s note: This work was republished with permission by the Manila Bulletin. This is the original article. The tremors came unexpectedly, like a thief in the middle of the night. At exactly...
Behind The Lyrics: The Mother Who Inspired “Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan”
Editor's note: This work was republished with permission by the Manila Bulletin. This is the original article. If worst comes to worst, we often hold on to something to keep our sanity...
