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Why young Filipinos should read ‘Subversive Lives’
By Benjamin Pimentel
Whether or not you’re into politics, you’ll enjoy reading “Subversive Lives.”
Whether or not you’re into politics, you’ll enjoy reading “Subversive Lives.”
The photo shows Ferdinand Marcos at the height of his power. The dictator is surrounded by aides, and behind him, his only son, Ferdinand Jr., known as Bongbong.
SAN FRANCISCO—Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes each had a chance to visit the Philippines only once. But 30 years ago, the two Filipino Americans died fighting to help set the country free. On Wednesday, Nov. 30, Domingo and Viernes, together with Arturo Taca, will be added to the roster of heroes and martyrs of the [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—Noynoy Aquino’s government is not perfect. He is not a perfect president. At the rate he’s going, he probably won’t be remembered as a great president. But he did a good thing for the nation recently. By finally declaring that a brutal tyrant who destroyed our country must not receive state honors, should never [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—I didn’t even know how to pronounce it. ‘Marsha Law.’ ‘Marsya Lo.’ One morning, 39 years ago, in September 1972, Filipino children like me woke up knowing a new phrase. It even became part of how our generation came to be known: Martial Law Babies. We now remember the Martial Law regime as a [...]
