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Entrepreneurial friendship

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Pia Roces Morato | May 3, 2024 - 12:00am

Even before the Spaniards landed on our shores in 1521, the Philippines was already actively trading with its Southeast Asian neighbors, along with the Ryukyu Islands (now known as Okinawa, Japan) and, of course,...

Opinion

The modernization of our Armed Forces

By HINDSIGHT | By F. Sionil Jose | November 22, 2021 - 12:00am

Test of Will: Next time the Chinese water cannon our ships, we must respond immediately in kind.

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The Spaniards and Portuguese in Cebu - Part 3

By Clarence Paul Oaminal | August 17, 2020 - 12:00am

‘Glimpses in History of Early Cebu’ written by Professor Lina Quimat, published in 1980, gives a narrative of the dynamics of the Spaniards and Portuguese in their interaction with the Cebuanos:

Freeman Opinion

The Spaniards and Portuguese in Cebu - Part 1

By Clarence Paul Oaminal | August 12, 2020 - 12:00am

‘Glimpses in History of Early Cebu’ written by Professor Lina Quimat, published in 1980, gives a narrative of the dynamics of the Spaniards and Portuguese in their interaction with the Cebuanos:

Freeman Opinion

Several injured at Spanish bull run crush

July 13, 2013 - 3:51pm

Thousands of daredevils have raced through Pamplona in a hair-raising running of the bulls, one day after an American and two Spaniards were gored by the beasts on the same streets.

World

Remembering the Tres de Abril uprising

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Today is a historic day for Cebu. Unfortunately, thanks to a Manila-centric view of Philippine history, this historic incident was never mentioned in our history books during my school days and up to the presen...

Nation

Today in the Past

By Samson Lucero | April 18, 2006 - 12:00am

Today, April 18, 1591, Pope Gregory XIV frees all slaves in the Philippines. One of the best achievements of Spain in the Philippines during the early years of her colonization was the abolition of slavery. The...

Freeman Opinion