guillermo gomez rivera

Looks like our local educational system is opening its doors to more languages like Korean. Hardcore K-Pop fans were delighted to hear the news! But why prioritize Korean and Mandarin? Why not Spanish? Our old lingua franca? All my siblings had mandatory Spanish. It was removed from standard curr...

Feeling a bit under the weather I thought of staying home yesterday. But I was informed by the family of the eminent Chemist and historian Pio Andrade Jr. that Wednesday is the last and only day of his internment. He passed away last December 26. They decided to cremate his remains the next day a...

I've known Sr. Gomez for 7 years now. But to this day I'm still learning new things from this man. His mind is a gold mine! Two years ago he told me that we're related. I told him that'd be hard to prove. A few months later he showed me this book with detailed family trees of the Locsin clan show...

Last night while trying to look for old Hispano-Filipino songs in youtube I stumbled upon clips of CEU's gradution rites. It was amazing seeing graduating students singing "El Collar de Sampaguita". I wasn't expecting to witness that. I thought they've already translated it in Tagalog and abandon...

Just had a great chat and lunch with  Sr. Gomez Rivera. This living legend’s historical lectures both disturb and amuse me all at the same time. “Disturb” Because he reveals the ugly lies hidden just beneath the surface of Filipino historiography. His voice speaks the truth of how Filipino histor...