Geronimo Cristobal

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  • Bonifacio’s Talisman

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    Andrés Bonifacio (1863–1897) was a Filipino revolutionary leader and founder of the Katipunan, the secret society that launched the 1896 uprising against Spanish colonial rule. Often called the “Father of the Philippine Revolution,” Bonifacio emerged from modest urban circumstances in Tondo, Manila, and rose to prominence through his ability to mobilise working-class supporters. Unlike later…

  • Jacinto’s ‘Mutya’ in Liwanag at Dilim

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    Emilio Jacinto (Emilio Dizon Jacinto)—also known in the Katipunan as Pinkian and Dimas-Ilaw—wrote Liwanag at Dilim out of the same revolutionary world that made him, the “Brains of the Katipunan”. This is how Nicanor G. Tiongson’s sketches his life as a poet in the CCP Encyclopedia: Tondo-born essayist and poet (15 December 1875–6 April 1899)…

  • Conversations in the Countryside

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    Countryside is the name of a rundown restaurant along Katipunan Extension in Quezon City. This place has since been demolished and replaced by a stripmall more befitting of the gentrified environs outside Ateneo campus. I mention this hole-in-the wall in relation to Professor Oscar Campomanes, as a testament to the impossible circumstances that gave birth…