It’s June 12, 2011. Yet another Philippine Independence Day.
Again, Filipinos here and all over the world will celebrate, commemorate, cerebrate, maybe exonerate a couple of historical villains here and there, and perhaps commiserate with each other for what our country and people have achieved, or not achieved, since that fateful day 113 years ago.
Media (including Internet media) will be awash with historical or at least wannabe-historical pieces about our country’s past.
I, of course, being a Filipino — and a history buff at that — will join the June 12 hordes. But I have a special agenda.
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