FDR, 1938

It was at this significant juncture, early in 1938, that Carlos Romulo, publisher of The Philippines Herald, sat down privately with Franklin D. Roosevelt

Apprentice to MLQ

Carlos Romulo’s admiration of Manuel L. Quezon was nothing short of hero worship.

MomentsLiana RomuloJuly 28, 20211922, Carlos P. Romulo, Manuel L. Quezon

King Consort, 1922

In 1922, a young Carlos Romulo was handpicked by his boss, Don Manuel Earnshaw, to be the King Consort to that year’s Queen: Virginia Vidal Llamas.

MomentsLiana RomuloJanuary 28, 20211922, Carlos P. Romulo, Virginia V. Llamas, The Herald, Manila

JFK, 1962

After ten years as our ambassador to the United States, Carlos P. Romulo announced in 1962 that he was going home.

MomentsLiana RomuloAugust 7, 2008Carlos P. Romulo, John F. Kennedy, The New York Post, 1962

Pensionado, 1919

On the morning of July 23, 1919, he boarded the Japanese ship S.S. Suwa Maru as a government-sponsored pensionado on his way to attend Columbia University.

The StudentJaime LaurelJuly 23, 1919Columbia University, Camiling, Family, 1919

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