VIEWS FROM THE PAMPANG

Pampanga, a province of Central Luzon in the Philippines, was established along the banks ("pampang") of a great river that was to shape its history-the Rio Grande de la Pampanga. Travelers who passed the river's way brought home stories of a land with a majestic mountain jutting from its navel, a place of scenic wonders, boundless resources and magnificent townscapes, peopled by a proud brown race. What other magical views could our forefathers have seen from this river's fabled "pampang"?

Thursday, December 19, 2024

451. ACHARA ART: Relishing our Artistic Pickling Tradition

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Picked Me Pink: ATSARA, pickled vegetables, presented artfully. The Philippines share many food preserving traditions with its Asian neighb...
Monday, April 22, 2024

450. BOBOTU: More Connected with Indonesian Bobotok than with Mexican Tamales

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I  SAY BOBOTU, YOU SAY TAMALES... My earliest encounter with local kapangan was not with the readily available puto (both lason and kutsi...
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Friday, September 15, 2023

*449. Unsolved: THE JOVENS OF BACOLOR DOUBLE MURDER CASE, 23 April 1946

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FATHER AND SON Edilberto and Ricardo, died in an 1946 ambush in Bacolor, allegedly committed by the governor's body guards. The double m...
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

448. Capt. RUFO C. ROMERO: How A Kapampangan West Pointer Became America’s Betrayer

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Capt. RUFO ROMERO, convicted military spy, Kapampangan In late November of 1940, a West Point graduate was convicted of espionage-- at that ...
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019

447. Kapampangan-American Equestrienne ELLESSE JORDAN TZINBERG, The 1st Filipino and Southeast Asian 2018 World Cup Dressage Qualifier

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A RIDE TO HISTORY. ELLESSE JORDAN TZINBERG-GUNDERSEN and her horse Triviant 2, at the 2018 World Cup Dressage Finals,Paris France, Photo: ...
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Saturday, March 2, 2019

446. Angeles’s Kick-Ass Olympic Taekwondo Jin: DONALD B. GEISLER III

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KICK & SHOUT: Donnie Geisler, Taekwondo Jin from Angeles Image: www.pinoybigbrother.com Taekwondo was just an exhibition sports a...
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Monday, February 11, 2019

445. The Tears and Triumphs of ELIZABETH PUNSALAN, Olympic Ice Dancer, Lubao

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ICE QUEEN, Elizabeth Punsalan, 5-time U.S. ice dancing champion, 2-time Olympian, has a full-blooded Kapampangan father, Dr. Ernesto Pun...
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