In the hazy days of the Chinese empire, centuries before Magellan reached the Orient, the Igorots of Benguet mined gold in the Philippine hills. The Spaniards snatched off their gold earrings and ...

THE chief obstacle to social and political progress in the Philippine Islands is “caciquism,” the term by which “bossism” is known in those regions. Bossism, as it is now applied in the ...

This year we mark the 21st Philippine-Spanish (Phil-Span) Friendship Day. By virtue of Republic Act 9187, we commemorate the cultural and historical ties, ... But at the same time, ...

The Tecson Ancestral House in San Miguel, Bulacan is the site of the annual celebration of Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day.

SPANISH Foreign Ministry Director-General for North America, Eastern Europe, and Asia Javier Salido Ortiz cited the deep relations between the Philippines and Spain as he took part in the 125th ...

The Philippines’ proximity to China has long been seductive for the United States. For Filipinos, it’s a curse. The 1898 U.S. annexation of the islands from the previous colonizer, Spain ...

IN my university years, I got hooked on a subject where students had to learn the origins of Spanish words. I got to know that libro (book), silla (chair) and cuerpo (body) came from Latin; names like ...

Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War Web Site examines the history of this 100 year old war and discusses issues raised in the PBS documentary film Crucible of Empire.