On Medical Missions, and Mestizo Sportsmen
THE INCREASING preva-lence of medical missions in the Philippines initiated by overseas Filipinos might not be a good idea as they encourage a growing mendicancy among the poor , said Filipina medico and University of Sydney lecturer on international [...]
Learning Tagalog from a Practical Book
Title: Learning and Speaking Filipino Author: By Renato Perdon ISBN: 9780646481098 Address: PO Box 1267, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010 Sydney, Australia “It is an important learning tool and a mirror of our lives,” NHI Chair Ambeth Ocampo [...]
A New book ‘Kulturang Pilipino’
Kulturang Pilipino, 250 pp, published by Minor Prints, Manila which deals with the origin of Filpino culture, aptly written in Filipino national language is now available in Manila and in Sydney. The book should serve as a fitting cultural souvenir [...]
Understanding Jose Rizal (The Ordinariness of Jose Rizal)
Many historians have already written about Jose Rizal. And now Renato Perdon has joined the ranks of the many. For his part, Perdon does not relate Rizal’s narrative at face value or superficially. His intent is to present episodes from Rizal’s [...]
The Growth of Nationalism in the Philippines – Part 2
‘People who live in the Philippines including their leaders will always find themselves in the frontline of the looming conflict, and their conclusions and decisions need to be respected by those who live far away from them. Overseas people [...]
Going Back to My Roots in Bicol, Philippines
Last June, after fifty years, I finally went back to my alma mater, the University of Nueva Caceres, in Naga City, Philippines. It was a ‘return to my roots trip’ that I have been planning for many years now. It gave me opportunities like [...]
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