How do you give an introduction for someone like F. Sionil José? Anything that I’ll say was probably said better by others. So let me skip the introduction. While I differ from his view on many toipcs in Philippine history, my appreciation for his cultural, social and historical writings remained. The man has never abandoned […]
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I spent the whole morning talking with Pio Andrade and GGR about the true state of the Spanish language during the American occupation in the early 1990’s [and some other historical stuff]. Below are some of what they had to say about the topic: PA: The Americans forbided the teaching of Spanish when they came […]