PATRICIO G. MARIANO, NATIONALIST PLAYWRIGHT A playwright, poet, journalist, violinist, and painter, Patricio Mariano y Geronimo was born on March 17,…
Archives: Articles
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…
AN IBANAG SOLDIER IN THE VISAYAN REVOLUTIONARY FORCES By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox Mateo Noriel Luga is probably one of the…
MARIA CORAZON COJUANGCO AQUINO (January 25,1933- August 1, 2009) Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino was the eleventh and first woman President of the Philippines.…
THE LIFE AND DRAMA OF SEVERINO REYES By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox Decades ago, before rock, mellow and RnB songs flourished in…
HERNANDO R. OCAMPO (1911-1978) National Artist Hernando Ocampo was a man whose name connotes excellence in the arts – be it…
ASIA’S OLDEST UNIVERSITY THE ROYAL AND PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox The oldest existing university in Asia and the…
GIRL POWER: THE WOMEN OF MALOLOS By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox When the Spaniards came into the Philippines, they brought with them…
ASIA’S FIRST: REMEMBERING THE INAUGURATION OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC by Peter Jaynul V. Uckung and Mona Lisa H. Quizon During the close of the…
WHAT DO ANDRES BONIFACIO AND INDIA’S BHAGAT SINGH HAVE IN COMMON His name is close to the proletariat because of…
FATHER GREGORIO CRISOSTOMO Y LUGO Priest and Patriot (1860-1918) Father Gregorio Crisostomo y Lugo was the older brother of Mariano Crisostomo y Lugo,…
GHOSTS OF MARTIAL LAW By: Ricardo De Los Santos On September 23, 1972, Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law in…
APOLINARIO MABINI (1864-1903) Apolinario, the second of the eight sons of Inocencio Mabini and Dionisia Maranan, a peasant couple, was born…