Philippine Native Trees 404: Rooted & Rising has been featured in the Philippine STAR Lifestyle section dated June 1, 2026.
Distinguished poet and SEAWrite awardee Alfred A. Yuson (Krip) writes about the book in his column "Marvelous Life Forms" — and we couldn't be more grateful for his beautiful words about this labor of love. Nearly 1,000 pages. 445 tree features. Eight years in the making. This book is a tribute[READ]
Rommel Banlaoi on Constantino’s Urgent Diagnosis of the Filipino Condition
Written over six decades ago, Renato Constantino’s The Miseducation of the Filipino remains one of the most urgent diagnoses of the Philippine condition. This piece by Prof. Rommel Banlaoi revisits its core arguments — colonial mentality, elite capture, and the failure of education as a tool of genuine national formation — and[READ]
Constantino Foundation Donates Philippine Native Trees 404 to the University of Antique
The Constantino Foundation thanks Prof. John Iremil Teodoro, Director of the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center (BNSCWC), for facilitating the Foundation’s donation of Philippine Native Trees 404: Rooted and Rising to the University of Antique. An award-winning writer, poet, and cultural worker, Prof. Teodoro has long been a valued partner[READ]
What would Bob Dylan write?
"Surely not hymns praising nations that treat the Philippines as either a military outpost, geopolitical chessboard, or obedient pawn." Do read this lovely essay by Wilson Flores. Read Story Here
In Memory of Amadis Guerrero: Chronicler of a Nation’s Struggles and Joys
We mourn with the writing community the passing of Amadis Guerrero, who chronicled the travails and joys of this strange nation, such as this account we share on the sorrows and laughter of the Left, EDSA, and what the future - then - held for people active in the struggle for change.[READ]
ONLY 9 DAYS LEFT before the IYAS Homecoming and Literary Festival!
We celebrate the 25th year of the #IYAS National Writers Workshop, which is now well underway. The silver anniversary homecoming is just days away! This year's selected writers are once more having a grand time, because in #IYAS, they are challenged and encouraged, and their voices get even more lift using wings[READ]
Towards a Language of Estuaries: Cosmic Roots and Resilient Resistance
This event is tomorrow, a provocation we hope that is fit for the 25th year of such a generous, loving, fierce, and cerebral national writers workshop, one that covers writing in several languages, in poetry, essay, short story, and so on and on and on, organized by the University of St. La[READ]
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]
