See Deep South through folktales and literature, see the clash between Christians and Moros, see its history through tradition and myths, see Zambanga's mestizos as they fought against their Spanish colonizers, see how the Zamboanguenos sieze the strongest Spanish fort in the Visayas and Mindanao, see the new Imperialist U.S.A. trample the Zamboanga revolutionarios by starving the people, see the horror and terror of the dictator Marcos's martial law, & see ethnic cleansing in the evil regime.
Note on 'Notes': Would like to share these simple notes I wrote down while engaged in research on Zamboanga for my Zamboanga historical novels, 'Samboangan: the Cult of War," and 'The Siege of Fort Pillar.' Took these notes decades ago when the idea came...
CALANDRACAS #2 Antonio Enriquez Calandracas #2 Selected Stories & OtherWritings ABOUT OF THE six stories in this work, three are set set in Labuan, a coastal fishing village northwest of the city of Zamboanga, the author’s hometown. And like most of his...
Enriquez collection:p ainting: Saudi Did the Late Mayor Cesar Climaco Foresee His Assassination? January 8, 1982 Hon. Manuel A. Dalipe Vice-Mayor City of Zamboanga Dear Manny: With reference to the intelligence report which I transmitted by telephone...
We launched "The Activist" at Ateneo de Zamboanga University, March of 2011, sponsored by the Ateneo and Climaco Foundation. The historical novel is based on the real life story of Cesar C Climaco, the figting mayor of Zamboanga City, once dubbed "Mayor...
The Waterlogged Files #05 “Meet the Madcap Mayor of Zamboanga” By Charles C. Keeley Jr. Editor’s Note: The following article was written by the author a few weeks before Mayor Cesar Climaco was felled by an assassin’s bullet in Zambanga City on Nov. 14...
2002 SEA Write Tony Enriquez with Nobel Laureate V.S.Naipul, in Bangkok. Copyright-Con Most Vile. An appeal to: Philippine PEN International and UMPHIL: am member of both organizations: My historical novel 'The Revolt of Gueremon Tenorio' and short stories...
ADZU President Rev. Fr. Antonio Moreno, S.j., welcomes guests at the book launch of 'The Activist.' We launched "The Activist" at Ateneo de Zamboanga University, March of 2011, sponsored by the Ateneo and Climaco Foundation. The historical novel is based...
Cover drawing and design Floreta SURVEYORS OF THE LIGUASAN MARSH By Antonio Enriquez Extract Chapter 1 The two of them—Alberto Gonzales and his cousin Francisco—were on top of the papaya tree by the house in Zamboanga. They were then still boys. Suddenly,...
Cover of "Subanon Folktales & Oral History" Drawing: Zabala: Introduction I was digging in to slush and muddy water searching for files lost in Typhoon Sendong, which hit us in our house in Carinugan, Cagayan de Oro City, December 17, 2011, when my eye...
Note NOTE : Clipping was still a bit damp, so we miss a word. Is it ‘courageous’? Enriquez Collection: Lapuyan Subanon Giant Phingi. Drawing Estarte The Waterlogged Files #02 “Death Squads Cross the Pacific” New York Times , Monday, November 19, 1984....
Upon arrival from Manila in sitio Cagang-Cagang, Samboangan, Mindanao, in 1635, the Spaniards set fire to all the surrounding sitios and barrios; the native Subanons, Lutaos, and maybe the Negritoes, if then still around (missing for the past decades...
Antonio Enriquez. Subanons (historical novel set during martial law, '70s), UP Press, Quezon City, Philippines, 1999. PART I 1. Against the flickering petrol torches on a piece of land in Guipos, Zamboanga peninsula, Mindanao, 400 or so nautical miles...
Antonio Enriquez emal: antonio_e36@yahoo.com clfn: +639235242746 Antonio Enriquez , The Survivors, historical novel, UST Publishing House, Manila, December 2011; Php350. No. of words: 49,006 Font: Times Roman, 12 pts. I was Inspired by War in My Eyes,...
2002 SEA Write Tony Enriquez with Nobel Laureate V.S.Naipul, in Bangkok. Copyright-Con Most Vile. An appeal to: Philippine PEN International and UMPHIL: am member of both organizations: My historical novel 'The Revolt of Gueremon Tenorio' and short stories...
CopyrightCon Most Vile-Appeal: Philippine PEN International and UMPHIL: member of both. My historical novel 'The Revolt of Gueremon Tenorio' and short stories were posted in Zamboanga.com-webmaster.zamboanga.com, 2006. This vile deed was done without...
Subanon-Tales-1 by antonio enriquez Extract: The other tale is of the kingdom of Madungi, a city on a mountain top. He begins: “The mountain is far, far away from the village of Mandih. There, there very far away...You walk and walk, walk for several...
Reworked ☼ Antonio Enriquez Trees: painting by Saudi Oo-oh, Where Can You See W here in the Philippines did they build a concrete road, traversed barely by a few, commercially useless, existing in all its spacious bleakness and emptiness for all to see,...
In Sumisip municipality, Basilan Island, with friends, years ago... No Ay Verdad-No Truth ________________ As a writer from Mindanao, this I can say : no truth that these peace talks between Philippine government and the Muslim rebels bring peace and...
Photo: Antonio Enriquez Picture of Subanon folks on their way to market in Lapuyan Municipality, Zamboanga del Sur, sometime late '70s, martial law. Joy, an ethnomusicologist, was doing her research in Lapuyan, and I was her 'unofficial' photographer....
One SAF Dead and Police Officer Wounded --- so what happens next? Both living and dead need not just our sympathy, but all the financial support we - especially from Zamboanga, and I don't mean just the private citizens, but city officials, whose city...
The Black Hole of Zamboanga History By Antonio Enriquez My hometown Zamboanga is no longer the “city of flowers”; it is now the city of bombs, kidnappings, terrorism; it is no longer “un rinconcito de España” — a little nook or corner of Spain; rather...
Excerpt: Antonio Enriquez: The Betrayal, historical novel, 387 pp. NBDB 2012 grant research & title Weeks past of September, 1899, the people poignantly felt the gruesomeness of the blockade. A bad harvest in July because of torrential rains and the lack...
University of Queensland Press, Asia & Pacific Series 8, Queensland, Australia Extracts SURVEYORS OF THE LIGUASAN MARSH By Antonio Enriquez Chapter 1 The two of them—Alberto Gonzales and his cousin Francisco—were on top of the papaya tree by the house...
The Black Hole of Zamboanga History By Antonio Enriquez My hometown Zamboanga is no longer the “city of flowers”; it is now the city of bombs, kidnappings, terrorism; it is no longer “un rinconcito de España” — a little nook or corner of Spain; rather...
Excerpt: SAILING THE SULU SEA Belles and Bandits in the Philippines By DAVID POTTER Rear Admiral, Supply Corps, U.S.N. 1940 E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC. NEW YORK [Page 207] Contents Chapter Page I The Bandits of Balabac 13 II On Sibutu Reef 115 III Bearding...
