Both hailing from Tanauan City, Batangas, Lord Aragorn de Vera and Efril Ian Mercado become the first homegrown baseball players to see action in an international pro league MANILA, Philippines – ...

“Forty years I worked with pick and drill. Down in the mines against my will The Coal King’s slave but now it’s passed Thanks be to God I am free at last.” (An old epitaph in an anthracite coal ...

From 1899 to 1902 a war between Farmers, commonly known as Boers, and soldiers of the British Empire waged over South Africa. The British (also known as the Kaki’s) fought unsuccessfully against the ...

THE hypocrisy is deafening. Floodwaters have been drowning towns from Pampanga to Leyte, whistleblowers have named names, billions have vanished into “ghost” flood control projects — and yet the media ...

This time 35 years ago, on Oct. 3, 1990, the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), often referred to as “East Germany,” and the Federal Republic of Germany were reunited after more than 40 years of ...

C ulion is unlike any of the Philippines' 7,641 islands — a quiet alternative to overtourism and a place where paradise and history coexist. "Culion is a lost island paradise," says museum director ...

Dyson's profits fell sharply last year as a 'necessary year of transformation' was complicated by a factory fire and currency fluctuations. The electricals and tech manufacturer achieved a pre-tax ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

In 1893 a young historian addressed the American Historical Association, which was meeting at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Frederick Jackson Turner presented his thesis, "The Significance of ...

In 1927 Alexander Wetmore traveled to Haiti and Dominican Republic to make natural history collections for the US National Museum. Materials include field notes, circa 23 March - 3 June 1927, ...

WHAT: When it comes to American bronze sculpture, the most widely known artist is, hands down, Frederic Remington (1861-1909). We’ll bet that copies — in all grades — of his works adorn more homes and ...

David Walker's Appeal, arguably the most radical of all anti-slavery documents, caused a great stir when it was published in September of 1829 with its call for slaves to revolt against their masters.