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In 1899, Malolos Congress crafted rules
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 1, 2026 - 12:00am
Amid the furor over allowing virtual voting in the Senate, the importance of its bible of procedures, known as “The Rules of the Senate,” has come to the fore.
P21 million: Rizal’s ‘Fili’ is Philippine’s most expensive book
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - February 16, 2026 - 1:00am
A first edition of “El Filibusterismo” signed by Jose Rizal has become the most expensive book in the Philippines, selling for P21 million at the recent Leon Gallery Asian Cultural Council Auction on...
Mini Murillo maps further debunk China’s claim
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - February 7, 2026 - 12:00am
It’s exactly 10 years since the Philippines’ landmark unanimous 2016 win against China over the West Philippine Sea at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.
Pinay wins $10,000 prize at Singapore art fair
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - January 25, 2026 - 12:00am
While ghost projects and vampire contractors continue to horrify the general public, one Filipina artist’s “aswang” (witch) paintings have just brought home the gold at Art Singapore.
Manuel L. Quezon's love affairs? Letters show his defense
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - November 19, 2025 - 12:00am
In the wake of today’s explosive accusations against presidents of all eras, a newly discovered letter written by Manuel L. Quezon to his wife, Aurora, demonstrates how one president struck back and defended...
Rizal’s whistle-blower woes revealed at National Library
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - September 8, 2025 - 12:00am
While the nation reels under the weight of successive corruption scandals, a new exhibit at the National Library of the Philippines features Jose Rizal’s woes as the first Filipino whistleblower – as...
1st edition Noli emerges: First Philippine corruption exposé
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - August 21, 2025 - 12:00am
Amid the shocking revelations of billion-peso graft in ghost and substandard flood control projects, a rare first edition of the Noli me Tangere has come to light.
100 Philippines authors, 6 National Artists, an Olympic star at Frankfurt Book Fair
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 29, 2025 - 12:00am
The Philippines announced its biggest, boldest push for Filipino books, authors and publishers as it takes the stage as “Guest of Honor” at the world’s largest bookfair, the Frankfurter Buchmesse,...
Juan Luna’s ‘Mona Lisa’ goes to Louvre Abu Dhabi
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 15, 2025 - 12:00am
Juan Luna’s “Mona Lisa,” officially known as “Una Bulaqueña,” goes on exhibition this week at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, in the Saadiyat Island cultural district of the United Arab...
Saints, heroes, and fathers
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 15, 2025 - 12:00am
“There are no saints that are fathers,” chuckles collector Renato L. Santos, at the opening of his exhibition, “Arte Sacra (The Art of the Sacred),” at Leon Gallery this week.
Parades, job fairs, free shows for Kalayaan 2025
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 11, 2025 - 12:00am
Filipinos will commemorate the 127th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on June 12 with parades, free cultural shows, museum tours, historical reenactments and a nationwide job fair, as the country celebrates...
Malolos Constitution sold for P2.6 million; ‘Burning of Manila’ for P36 million
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - June 10, 2025 - 12:00am
At a time when the nation is riveted by constitutional matters, a rare 1899 edition of the Malolos Constitution – the first-ever constitution of the country – sparked frenzied bidding at last weekend’s...
Pinoy power at Southeast Asia’s biggest art fair
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - January 25, 2025 - 12:00am
Filipino artists flexed their star-power in Singapore over the weekend at Art SG 2025, the biggest art fair in Southeast Asia.
Biggest show of Lunas, Hidalgos, Amorsolos goes to Iloilo
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - January 13, 2025 - 12:00am
The biggest exhibition of priceless Luna, Hidalgo and Amorsolo masterpieces, the first-ever outside of Metro Manila, opened recently in Iloilo City at the UP Visayas Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage.
How old really was Tandang Sora?
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - January 6, 2025 - 12:00am
In the pantheon of Filipino heroes, women are few and far between. They can be counted on the fingers of one hand – the bolo-wielding Gabriela Silang, the KKK’s lakambini Gregoria de Jesus and...
Rizal’s ‘Josephine Sleeping’ awakens at National Museum
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - December 29, 2024 - 12:00am
Jose Rizal’s exquisite P31-million statue “Josephine Sleeping” will be unveiled tomorrow, the 128th anniversary of the hero’s martyrdom, at the National Museum of Fine Arts on T.M. Kalaw Drive,...
Rizal’s P31 million ‘Mona Lisa’ National Museum’s Christmas gift to nation
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - December 10, 2024 - 12:00am
In a feel-good moment in this otherwise politically charged season, the National Museum of the Philippines stepped up to buy Jose Rizal’s “Mona Lisa” sculpture and make it a Christmas gift to the...
Bidding war for Rizal’s ‘Mona Lisa’ hits P31 million
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am
A ferocious bidding war for Jose Rizal’s “Josephine Sleeping” erupted last weekend at the Leon Gallery’s Kingly Treasures Auction in Makati City.
7 stolen insurrection records rescued from ebay
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - November 29, 2024 - 12:00am
Seven stolen historical documents have been rescued from ebay and have finally come home to the National Library of the Philippines where they belong.
Copy of declaration of Philippines independence sold for P11.4 million
by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil - September 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Amid an international slump, the appetite for Filipino art is as voracious as ever.
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