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The misunderstood governor (Part 2)

    Governor Villanueva’s collaboration case has been left hanging ever since the end of the war. This was mostly because he was not able to...

The misunderstood governor

    I decided to write about Governor Guillermo Z. Villanueva, or “Memong” as he was known to his friends and family, because of my interest...

Local history in the academe

    For almost 50 years since its existence, Silliman University’s Master of Arts in History program has produced a plethora of graduates. It started in...

Writing local history

    Dumaguete is not only known as the City of Gentle People but also a University Town. A multitude of students flock to this small, if...

What is History for?

    I ended my last column with a question: For what is the study of history if we do not intend to learn from it?...

Rizal’s ideal society

    I have been teaching the subject on Rizal’s Life, Work, and Writings to undergraduate students for more than a decade now. Recently, I was...

Of friends and death

    I do not know if you have realized the morbid fact that we are simply born to die. Yes, we are born in this world...

The undefeated Governor, Part 3

  In my two previous columns here, I wrote about the governorship of Mariano Perdices, and his bids for election. He was, without a doubt...

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