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The spire may have collapsed, but these other Notre Dame artifacts were saved

Days before the International Day for Monuments and Sites (also known as World Heritage Day)…

Remembering the Bataan Death March by the numbers

Following the bombing of the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941,…

What’s inside a National Artist’s house? A look inside Botong Francisco’s Angono atelier

The works of Carlos “Botong” Francisco have greatly contributed to the development of our country’s…

National Museum now displays Jose P. Alcantara’s 50-feet relief sculpture

In 1961, Philam Life Foundation commissioned then 50-year-old Jose P. Alcantara to make one of…

This century-old “bahay na bato” in Iloilo now houses 13 galleries

At the turn of the 19th century, Iloilo emerged as the country’s biggest trading port.…

Death March markers found uprooted, damaged by road construction projects

When 76,000 Filipino and American prisoners were forced to march from Mariveles, Bataan to Capas,…

Historical site of Fil-Am war memorial found by amateur historian

There’s been an unsettling mystery about a missing Filipino-American war memorial that’s been going on…

Auction to raise repair funds for 104-year-old Bahay Nakpil

Sitting just a bit off Hidalgo street in Quiapo is Bahay Nakpil (or Bahay Nakpil-Bautista…

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Sold for almost P4 million: Luna’s deadly telegram, Bonifacio documents auctioned off last week

The historic telegram that is linked with General Antonio Luna’s assassination was just sold for…

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Congress has little time left to create a Department of Culture

Efforts are underway in the soon-to-conclude 17th Congress to create a Department of Culture and the…