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Notes on the history of Chinese Christians of the Philippines (Part III)

June 3, 2011 By 2 Comments

The first Filipinos were, of course, the vassals of King Philippe the Second of Spain and the Philippines (el Rey Felipe Segundo de España y de Filipinas). Among those vassals were the Peninsulares that settled in these Islands called “Felipenos” [...]

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Notes on the history of Chinese Christians of the Philippines

November 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Editor’s Notes: This is the second of a series of articles written by Guillermo Gomez Rivera, a long-time contributor of emanila.com. Mr Rivera is a Premio Zobel awardee, a member of the Academia Filipina and …

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Locsin and some notes about the history of the Chinese Christians of the Philippines

November 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Editor’s Notes: This is the first of a series of articles written by Guillermo Gomez Rivera, a long-time contributor of emanila.com. Mr Rivera is a Premio Zobel awardee, a member of the Academia Filipina and …

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Why in Spanish, and who are we?

June 18, 2010 By 1 Comment

This writer originally wrote in Spanish this illustrated novel about the common Locsin ancestor Sin Loc because this language, Spanish, happens to be the original language of the Locsin family and clan, until its new …

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A national language lesson from Puerto Rico

December 10, 2008 By 4 Comments

Speaking of dignity, self-respect, the instinct of national preservation through the defense of one’s own national language and national sovereignty, we need to point out as an example the recent rejection of U.S. Statehood with …

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Ang Pinanggalingan ng ‘Tatarin’

April 18, 2008 By 1 Comment

Ang sumusunod na artikulo ay batay sa orihinal na lathalain na ipinadala ni G. Gomez Rivera.

Para sa mga nanonood na hindi gaano naka-intindi, o nakasunod, ng argumento ng pelikulang TATARIN, na batay sa isang …

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The Thomasites, Before and After

April 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment

They were called thus not due to St. Thomas of Aquinas but because they came in a cattle cargo vessel called the “S/S Thomas”.

And they came to teach English as part of the “policy …

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