PROMISE OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE FOILED BY AMERICAN DUPLICITY by Bryan Anthony C. Paraiso To have the wool pulled over one’s eyes is a colorful metaphor…
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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…
A TRIBUTE TO THE PHILIPPINE FLAG By Ferdinan S. Gregorio During the time when our Archipelago was not yet a Spanish or American colony, our…
ON NATIONAL FLAG DAY: Celebrating Two Battles and A Patriot’s Legacy By Cielo G. Reyno May 28 commemorates National Flag Day. On this day…
THE DECLINING REVERENCE FOR THE PHILIPPINE FLAG by Quennie Ann J. Palafox A century after the banning of the flag, we shall again celebrate National…
VICENTE ALVAREZ AND THE BATTLE FOR FORT PILAR By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox For decades, many believed that Mindanao did not participate in the Philippine…
MARIA KALAW-KATIGBAK: BEAUTY QUEEN AND SENATOR by Reymann L. Guevarra Endowed with foreordained beauty and intellect, Maria Kalaw-Katigbak, was certainly the crème of the…
A BLACK AMERICAN HERO IN THE PHILIPPINES by Peter Jaynul V. Uckung Heroes and history are a volatile mix. They tend to induce a…
TANDANG SORA: PROFILE OF A COURAGEOUS MOTHER by Bryan Anthony C. Paraiso Few Filipinos are aware that a Filipino heroine is celebrating…
BONIFACIO’S UNDEAD LEGACY by Peter Jaynul V. Uckung Andres Bonifacio was not the father of the Philippine Revolution. Social injustice was. He was not poor.…
CEMETERIES OF MEMORIES WHERE JOURNEY TO ETERNITY BEGINS by Quennie Ann J. Palafox Cemeteries are the least visited places in contrast to parks and shopping…
SERGIO OSMEÑA: REMEMBERING THE GRAND OLD MAN OF CEBU (1878-1961) Sergio Osmeña is commonly associated with the Philippine fifty-peso bill since…
THE SONG OF O-SEI-SAN By: Quennie Ann J. Palafox A popular song among ex-couples, who had let go of one another for the reason that…