ANTONIO J. MONTALVAN II is a Mindanao anthropologist and ethnohistorian. He is a Ford Foundation scholar for the doctorate in anthropology on Mindanao Studies with the Mindanao Anthropology Consortium. Montalvan has written articles about Mindanao history and culture in academic journals.
The last magnificent moral compass
Rene Saguisag had a way with words that appealed to both the high brow and the masa. Yet he never used this to smooth-talk his way as traditional politicians do, but to allure the Filipino to have a romance with the law. He was an anti-politician politician, as a...
EDSA in Luneta?
But let them have the streets of EDSA. We can pray at the Luneta where we yearly pray with the Poong Nazareno and where we prayed in the millions with Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis.
The visit of Ursula von der Leyen to Manila
Can the Marcos Jr. government, which deems itself beholden to Duterte popularity for winning the 2022 election race, navigate itself through the EU by invoking the two conditionalities as non-negotiables?
A tourism slogan for Islas Ladrones
We rebranded alright, but as world-class copycats, and worse as thieves. It is only right that the Japanese will have the last word in pronouncing Love the Philippines.
Vitaliano Aguirre’s embroidery work for Rodrigo Duterte
By obstructing justice for his love of Duterte, Aguirre was included in the complaint in the International Criminal Court.
