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Rizal’s reading list

Monday, May 4th, 2009

By Ambeth Ocampo
Next to the National Library of the Philippines, the library with a significant number of manuscripts by or to Jose Rizal is the Lopez Memorial Museum. Aside from the magnificent Filipiniana collection that grew out of a core of rare books assembled by Eugenio Lopez Sr. from dealers in Europe and the United [...]

How did Rizal’s novels develop?

Monday, May 4th, 2009

By Ambeth Ocampo
HISTORY should never be taught in the summer term because it entails a lot of reading and research. Unlike the normal semesters from June to October or November to March, the summer term runs daily and should ideally be used for courses that require learning skills – accounting, math, or foreign languages, for [...]