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First-ever map to use ‘Filipina’ up for auction

by John Silva - February 16, 2020 - 12:00am

The first-ever map to have the name “Filipina” engraved on it called the “Ramusio Map” after the Venetian cartographer Giovanni Batista Ramusio will be up for auction at the Asian Cultural...

Golden memories of a Royal visit

by John Silva - July 14, 2013 - 12:00am

Fifty years ago, on July 9, 1963, their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand arrived at the Manila International Airport for their five-day State Visit to the Philippines. That evening,...

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