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Doing justice to Ninoy Aquino’s memory
Former Sen.Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. on his return trip home. —PHOTO FROM pna.gov.ph
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November 27, 2022December 6, 2022Featured Stories, History

Doing justice to Ninoy Aquino’s memory

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following message was delivered on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, by Kiko Aquino Dee, son of Viel and Dodo Dee and one of the eight grandchildren of the late opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., to mark his 90th birth anniversary.  Ninoy Aquino, then a senator, was one of the first to be...

‘Anak Datu’ untangles web of memory, myth and history
Marco Viaña (center) essays the role of National Artist for the Visual Arts Abdulmari Imao, who wrote the story 'Anak Datu' with the hope that it would give us a glimpse of the Moro culture and promote the contemporary form of the Sarimanok. —PHOTO BY PAW CASTILLO FOR TANGHALANG PILIPINO
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September 18, 2022September 20, 2022Theater

‘Anak Datu’ untangles web of memory, myth and history

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Where does history end and myth begin? How does memory, individual and collective, influence and possibly correct the narration of a people’s history?   These questions are doubly important today, in an era when social media and other digital platforms tend to lump the critical verification of facts with unthinking chismis (gossip). Tanghalang Pilipino’s latest production,...

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