History, they say, is 50 percent fact and 50 percent interpretation. In her book Heroes and Villains, launching tomorrow, Carmen “Maam Chitang” Guerrero Nakpil recollects the facts in order to correct twisted versions of our past. For one, she stresses, the Spaniards through Miguel Lopez de Legazpi didn’t bring civilization to the Philippines. Corollary to that, it’s wrong to celebrate June 24 as Manila’s foundation. Read the rest of this entry »
Correcting twisted historical tales
December 1, 2010
