Magiting Shorts 17: Understanding indigenous peoples and communities

In our latest #MagitingShorts, let's understand what makes Indigenous People and Communities a vital part of our society and national identity.

Filipino-Chinese grocery

Itinerant Chinese buyers of scrap iron, empty containers, and waste paper who were fixtures on the streets before the war became rice dealers, trade financiers, or proprietors of flourishing...

Filipinas Heritage Library

Gregorio Catigbac (PP00401)

Catigbac was a lawyer and former revolutionary officer who served as municipal president of Lipa, Batangas, from 1905 to 1906. After the war he was appointed municipal treasurer of Lipa and in 1905...

Filipinas Heritage Library

Object Rewind E04: The History of Betel Chewing in the Philippines

The four mop-topped boys from Liverpool had nothing on the original Betel-mania that swept Asia. In the Philippines, traces of the tradition of betel quid chewing can be found all over the...

Ayala Museum