From September 3 to 5, 2010, Knights of Rizal from all over the world converged in Las Vegas to attend the Knights of Rizal 3rd USA Regional Assembly, mainly to exchange ideas on the theme: “Proper Education: The Key To People’s Freedom From Poverty And Ignorance”. The theme leads us to ask: What is ‘proper education’ from Rizal’s perspective? [...]
Spanish galleon to dock in Manila
Before the “TITANIC”, there were the GALLEONS, and the Filipinos were on them. And now, everyone has a chance to jump aboard a mighty ship that once ruled the world.
From October 5-9, the Philippines will host the Nao Victoria, a 17th century replica of a Galleon. Berthing at the Manila Harbor, guests from all over will be able to view and walk through history. Without fuel and minimal modern technology, the Galleon is almost exactly as it was four hundred years ago [...]
Locsin and some notes about the history of the Chinese Christians of the Philippines
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 …