REFORMING THE AFP MAGSAYSAY’S Foundation Theory in Neutralizing Insurgency by Peter Jaynul Villanueva Uckung The Philippine government never faced a more…
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School Records of Anastasio J. Pinzón, One of the Signers of the Acta de la Proclamación de Independencia del Pueblo Filipino at the NHCP Serafin D. Quiason Resource Center
By: Reymann L. Guevarra “And holding up this flag of ours, I present it to the gentlemen here assembled, who solemnly swear to recognize and defend it unto the last drop of their blood.”[1] This is an excerpt of the Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence in 1898. At the end of this important document are the signatures of 98 witnesses, one of them was Don Anastasio J. Pinzón. The document was signed on June 12,1898 at the residence of General Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite-Viejo, now Kawit, Cavite. General Aguinaldo declared Philippine Independence from more than 300 years of Spanish…
WHY BONIFACIO WAS CALLED THE FATHER OF THE REVOLUTION by Maria Cielito Reyno On the night of 7 July 1892, a group of men…
THE GREATEST LOSS: LUNA’S PEOPLE AND KINGS by Peter Jaynul Villanueva Uckung So many paintings of Juan Luna were lost to history.…
BONIFACIO’S FAITH Myth and spirituality is deeply infused in Filipino psyche. According to the historian, Teodoro Agoncillo one of the distinct characteristics of early…
VALUES WE MUST LEARN FROM ANDRES BONIFACIO by Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay Opening the pages of Philippine history books, Bonifacio’s name would always be mentioned…
VIBORA’S RIZALINE CONSTITUTION by Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay Most Filipino patriots during the revolutionary period yearned to alleviate and free the Filipino people…
VIBORA’S RIZALINE CONSTITUTION by Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay Most Filipino patriots during the revolutionary period yearned to alleviate and free the Filipino people…
RAMON F. MAGSAYSAY: FROM ANTI-COMMUNIST FIGHTER TO WARRIOR AGAINST POVERTY by Ma. Cielito G. Reyno Magsaysay.s role as the country.s chief architect of the !ght…
FILIPINO FIRST – CLARO M. RECTO, CHAMPION OF FILIPINO NATIONALISM by Quennie Ann J. Palafox “So long as our economic policies remain dependent primarily on…
THE CONTROVERSIAL PHILIPPINE NATIONAL FLAG by Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay Before 1896, the Filipinos had no common flag. The use of flags became…
THE TREATY OF PARIS: AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE OR AN INSIGNIA OF BETRAYAL? by Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay One of the major events…
THE ABAD SANTOS BROTHERS By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox Decades ago, the family name Abad Santos was widely-spoken in the political stream. The Abad Santos…