Spotlight
The Philippines’ Past Revisited and Continuing Past: Usable History in Today’s Philippines
by Prof. Rommel Banlaoi on July 3, 2026 Renato Constantino’s A Past Revisited and The Continuing Past remain profoundly relevant in illuminating the Philippines’[READ]
RENATO & LETIZIA CONSTANTINO: A love supreme
By Pocholo Concepcion | July 2, 2026 THE lives of writers Renato and Letizia Constantino as husband and wife were so intertwined that they also[READ]
History, art, and intellectual resistance converge in ‘Pasts Revisited’ exhibit
July 1, 2026 · 12:24 AMConstantino Family with Yuchengco Museum director Jeannie JavellosaA combination of history, art, and intellectual resistance is on display at the[READ]
Pasts Revisited
Felipe Salvador
Nagpupugay sa ika-156 kapanganakan ni Felipe Salvador, dakilang rebolusyonaryo na nakilala bilang Apung Ipe. Naging bahagi ng pakikibaka ng Katipunan, kasama ni Sakay sa digmaan laban sa pananalakay ng imperyalistang Estados Unidos, inspirasyon ng maraming dukha, ng mga colorum, ng maraming kilusan. Kawawang bayan na malilimutin, pati mga progresibong pwersa na nakakaalala ng bayani ng ibang sambayanan ngunit kinakalimutan ang mga muhon ng sariling kasaysayan. Itaas ang bandera ni #ApungIpe!
Stories
Friends across oceans? Yes!
Friends across oceans? Yes! What a lovely time spent with Lito and AA Valerio, and their inquisitive son, Teo. They dropped by the Constantino Foundation compound in late April. They were spending a few weeks in the Philippines on holiday, much of it spent visiting family in Davao. But they were also[READ]
Coming home to where the writing began.
Coming home to where the writing began. IYAS La Salle National Writers Workshop invites all alumni (Batches 2000–2025) to our Silver Anniversary Homecoming on May 14–16, 2026 at the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod. Be part of 25 years of IYAS stories—reconnect, celebrate, and come home. Register here: https://forms.gle/32AVw3ZP4PzxbCM8 #IYASHomecoming #IYAS2026[READ]
Congratulations to the IYAS 2026 Fellows!
Fellows! Filipino writers are central to the task of nation-building and protecting the nation, and IYAS stands out for its role in supporting our people’s forest of writers thrive, so that they may question, shape, reimagine, inspire, and provoke change among our people. Mabuhay, IYAS 2026 Fellows, and congratulations to the wise[READ]
Binondo Day
We celebrate Binondo Day by sharing the post of a group that's very much involved in nation-building. As ignorance fuels hate, so must we feed our senses - with history. If you haven't tried one of their tours yet, we encourage you to seek them out. They're mostly young folks from different[READ]

















