RC Constantino
Renato Constantino, Jr., activist, warrior, and friend known to many as RC, was born 15 September 1944. His love of country, integrity, and sense of agency is so badly missed. #TheContinuingPast (15 Sept 2024)
Pasts Revisited
True nationalism, as espoused by Renato Constantino who passed away 25 years ago on this day, 15 September 1999. The cover of many of his books, like #aPastRevisited, was designed by his son, RC. (15 Sept. 2024)
Renato Constantino
Today we mark Renato Constantino’s 20th death anniversary with what he wrote in 1971. His words still ring true today. #RenatoConstantino #PastRevisited #ContinuingPast #ConstantinoFoundation #APastRevisited #TheContinuingPast
Isabelo “Kapitan Bikong” del Rosario
Isabelo “Kapitan Bikong” del Rosario was born 8 July 1878, and hanged in 1901 for resisting U.S. forces whose intent he saw early: “Den la sasaup, sasakup la” (They are not here to help us, they are here to conquer us.) Apung Bikong played Danza Habanera de Filipinas on his violin as he walked to the gallows in Mexico, Pampanga. A U.S. soldier tried to grab his instrument but Apung Bikong smashed his violin on the ground, a last act of defiance before he was executed. He was 22, a Katipunero who fought against Spanish rule, and a good friend of the heroes Pedro and Jose Abad Santos. #aPastRevisited #MabuhayKapitanBikong #KnowYourHeroes (From Lost Graves, Found Lives by Agapito Labalan del Rosario and Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Bughaw-QC, 2022; painting by Alvin M. Dunga, 2021)
Karina Constantino-David
Karina Constantino-David passed away on 7 May 2019. She is missed so much. We keep her memory alive by fighting for the change she espoused. #InangLaya
Letizia Roxas Constantino
We commemorate the 104th birth anniversary of one our founders, Letizia Roxas Constantino, with a lovely reminder written in her very own handwriting. #TheContinuingPast
Gregoria “Oriang” de Jesus
Never forget our ancestors. Gregoria “Oriang” de Jesus. Bayani. May 9, 1875 – March 15 1943. Painting by Johnny Guarin. #AlasNgBayan #aPastRevisited #Oriang #Bayani
Emilio Jacinto
The young revolutionary Emilio Jacinto was born on this day 148 years ago. His words, his life still intensely relevant today, as depicted in a magical detail in one of the Constantino Murals where he confers with another great, Lean Alejandro (born July 10, 1960). #aPastRevisited
Blood Forest, by Gab Mejia
November 15, 2010 – Leonard Co (botanist), Sofronio Cortez (forest guard), and Julius Borromeo (forest guide) were murdered by the army on the roots of a Tanguile tree as they were conducting botanical research for the conservation of the rainforests in Leyte, Philippines. Linnaea Co, named after a twinflower (Linnaea borealis) is the bereaved and sole daughter of slain botanist Leonard Co. She continues to process her grief since the muder of her father when she was just 8-years old.
She homes a tree nursery in honour of her father’s botanical legacy, planting wildlings across reforestation sites where her father used to bring her.
how many more flowers?
how many more years?
how many more in this thirst for justice? Read Original [READ]
