Focused on haciendas, probers miss stinking land deals

There was shock and awe over the recent bid of P500,000 for every square meter of Bonifacio Global City land. A fitting tribute to the Great Plebian it was not. The irony of a record land sale at a former military facility named for one who chased the twin dreams of freedom and egalitarianism would probably make Gat Andres squirm in his grave.

Was the term “record-high” already part of common usage in the 19th century as Gat Andres was drawing the economic contours of the new republic that he was to build from the success of his Katipunan-led revolt? That is something we do not know.