A THORN ON THE ENEMY’S SIDE: THE ABLAN-MADAMBA GUERILLA GROUP by Chris Antonette P. Pugay On 8 December 1941 (7 December, 2:30 a.m.…
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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…
THE PANGATIAN RAID AND RESCUE (With a Brief Introduction on the Liberation Campaign) by Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay Background Camp Pangatian was a…
THE BATTLE FOR MANILA by Chris Antonette Pugay “Leave a way of escape to a surrounded enemy…” -Chun Tzu After the successful landing…
THE BATTLE OF MANILA by Peter Jaynul Uckung General Yamashita considered Manila as too vulnerable to American attack and ordered his troops to evacuate to…
A GUERRILLA’S TRICK THAT WORKED: REMEMBERING STRATEGIES THAT MATTER By Peter Jaynul V. Uckung We always remember World War II in the Philippine as a…
SPANISH: A LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPINO NATIONALIST DISCOURSE by Nicole Anne A. Zapanta “To convey in a language that is not one’s own the spirit…
REINVENTING THE FILIPINO HERO by Quennie Ann J. Palafox People grow up with their favorite childhood heroes motivating them in their everyday lives. Children often…
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY 1911-2011 By: Ferdinan S. Gregorio Protestantism surfaced in the Philippines upon the arrival of the Americans, liberalizing the…
FILIPINOS TO BE CALLED ‘RIZALINES’ ‘Gen. Artemio Ricarte’s Rizaline Constitution’ By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox Decades ago, debates cropped up concerning the…
A FEW THOUGHTS ON FREEDOM AND COLONIAL CULTURE by Ferdinan S. Gregorio According to Esteban de Ocampo, former Chairperson and Executive Director…
OUR FOUNDING MOTHERS: LEST WE FORGET By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox A popular saying goes “Behind every man’s success, is a woman”. As…
(1844-1896?) Propagandist and First President of the Katipunan Propagandist and first president of the Katipunan, Deodato Arellano was born to Juan…