What was earlier billed as the biggest seizure of illegal drugs by the Philippine National Police turned out to be less spectacular. On April 15, the PNP announced the interception by its operatives in Alitagtag, Batangas, of “shabu” on board a passenger van that passed its checkpoint. Initially, the PNP reported that the drugs weighed about two tons and had an estimated value of P13.3 billion. The following day, the estimate was reduced to 1.8 tons, then,
I was once asked, informally, to comment on a long table of Philippine hardwood that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas wants to believe was used at the inauguration of the Malolos Congress in September 1898. Save for the provenance provided by the seller, it is difficult to tell since the archival photograph of the event at Barasoain has Emilio Aguinaldo seated in the middle of a long table covered by a tablecloth. To complicate matters, there is another long table of Philippine hardwood used in the Department of History, United States Military Academy referred to as the “Aguinaldo Table.” A silver
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