Archive for August, 2010

The Summer Solstice

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

By Nick Joaquin THE MORETAS WERE spending St. John’s Day with the children’s grandfather, whose feast day it was. Doña Lupeng awoke feeling faint with the heat, a sound of screaming in her ears. In the dining room the three boys already attired in their holiday suits, were at breakfast, and came crowding around her, [...]

Pagbitay Sa 3 Pari: Burgos, Gomez At Zamora

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

An Excerpt from: Ang Himagsikan Ng Mga Pilipino ‘La Revolucion Filipina’ Sinulat ni Apolinario Mabini Dakilang Bayani at Utak ng Himagsikan Isinalin sa Tagalog mula sa English translation by Leon Ma. Guerrero Pagbitay Sa 3 Pari: Burgos, Gomez At Zamora NAGTAGAL lamang ang ganitong pagkukubli hanggang kinakailangan pang umikot sa paanan ng Africa o ng [...]

"I Am A Filipino"

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

by Carlos P. Romulo I am a Filipino – inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain future. As such, I must prove equal to a two-fold task – the task of meeting my responsibility to the past, and the task of performing my obligation to the future. I am sprung from a hardy [...]