Digong, Catriona electrify our nationalismIN the span of three short days, a former mayor of the country’s remotest major city, and a Filipino-Australian born in far north Queensland have strengthened — electrified really — our sense of nationalism. Most important organizationThe nation is the most important organization modern man belongs to since its situation mostly determines his fate. Duterte’s demand for the return of the Balangiga bells (which many millennials I suspect hadn’t even heard of) was a vivid imagining of the nation. He said in his state of the nation address in 2017: “Give us back those Balangiga bells. That is what Duterte achieved as he raised his fisted hand in front of the Balangiga bells, now back in the Philippines.

Source: Manila Times December 18, 2018 16:41 UTC