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Last year, a private gallery auctioned a rare, original handwritten letter by Gregoria de Jesus recounting the controversial Tejeros Convention of 1897 which led to the arrest, trial, and execution of her husband Andres Bonifacio. There was also a rare photograph of “Aling Oriang” dedicated to Jose P. Santos which she signed as “Gregoria de Bonifacio.”

The United States-China tit-for-tat trade tariffs has been dominating the international business news for over a year now. The trade spat has spooked global financial markets. It has led some traders and investors to believe that the row between the world’s two biggest economies will eventually cause a global economic slowdown.

Last week, on October 3, the movie “Joker” premiered in cinemas. It’s a prequel movie that seemed destined to be a blockbuster film. But that is not the Joker I want to talk about. October 5 is the 4th death anniversary of the Joker who is the complete opposite of Batman’s nemesis—Joker Arroyo. He died in the United States in 2015 and as he insisted when he was still alive, there were no necrological ceremonies in his honor in the Senate or in the House of Representatives where he served as the true fiscalizer of government.