Pinoys can promote the country in local and international markets
By
Boy Abunda
| January 8, 2025 - 12:00am
Aside from being postcard-perfect and Instagram-worthy, our local attractions were stunning settings of famous Filipino movies....
Entertainment
When December 31 disappeared from the Philippines
By
Todd Sales Lucero
| January 1, 2025 - 12:00am
Just think about it. If a Spanish governor-general hadn’t been so meticulous about even the most miniscule of administrative matters, new year would still have been tomorrow. If we had the ability to erase...
Freeman Opinion
Marcos and myth-making
By
Todd Sales Lucero
| December 11, 2024 - 12:00am
"Ferdinand E. Marcos was not really a Marcos, but a Chua. His real father was Judge Ferdinand Chua of Batac." So say some writers and historians.
Freeman Opinion
A forgotten hero
By
QWERTYMAN
| By
Jose Dalisay
| December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
A handsome book – as handsome as its subject – was launched last week by the Ateneo University Press, a biography of another unsung Filipino hero who would have faded into oblivion had it not been for...
Opinion
The Dutertes: betrayal and abandonment
By
Todd Lucero
| December 4, 2024 - 12:00am
For almost a year now, the entire machinery of the government has been out to destroy the political career of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte.
Freeman Opinion
How long are Filipino surnames?
By
Todd Sales Lucero
| November 20, 2024 - 12:00am
The concept of surnames is one deeply rooted in the evolution of human societies.
Freeman Opinion
Pre-Claveria surname usage in Cebu
By
Todd Sales Lucero
| November 13, 2024 - 12:00am
Continuing our discussion on the Claveria surname decree of 1849, today we examine the use of "surnames" in some towns of Cebu Province before the decree.
Freeman Opinion
Filipino surnames as status indicator
By
Todd Sales Lucero
| November 6, 2024 - 12:00am
November is always special for Filipino genealogists.
Freeman Opinion
Filipino funerarias and Feast of the Dead
By
Todd Lucero
| October 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Each year on November 1 and 2, Filipinos visit their departed loved ones in memorial gardens and cemeteries.
Freeman Opinion
Pinoy DNA and citizenship through bloodline
By
Todd Lucero
| October 23, 2024 - 12:00am
October is Family History Month, meant to create awareness about family history.
Freeman Opinion
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