1914 Death of Juan I. Villagonzalo (1886-1914), Cebuano journalist and writer. 1954 Sergio Osmeña, Jr., defects from the Liberal Party to join the Nacionalistas. He is sworn into the Nacionalista Party by Vice-President Carlos P. Garcia. In explaining his defection, Osmeña, Jr., says, “My conscience was for Quirino but my heart has always been for […]
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Vicente Sotto Lecture 2023 November
“Mapping The Nation In Januar Yap’s Arkipelago” Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu ABSTRACT In Januar Yap’s recent novel, Arkipelago, the nation is being mapped and written by different characters who make sense of the nation from where they are situated in the archipelago, “claiming space” as if the capital did not matter. While the stories are conscious […]