The Truth (part 1)
From the diary of Renato Ricablanca Baylon, great descendant by blood of Suyonon Hero of the Kingdom of Calamianes in Palawan, Antonio Surabao, and by blood compact of Pitonggatang, half-blood prince of the Kingdom of Tondo in Manila:
History. What is history but the mother of all conspiracy theories! From the column of Michael "Xiao" Chua in The Manila Times dated November 6, 2021, I read the following:
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CAN historians be objective? The answer is, up to a certain point, yes! But can historians really be totally objective? No. Let me explain.
There is an old notion that historians can be totally unbiased. People cite Gregorio Zaide's works as somehow neutral and value-free. This seeming objectivity of past historians is reflected in the old practice of referring to
