THE WAR AND THE GENERAL by Peter Jaynul V. Uckung Miguel Malvar is a symbol of war – war against the Spaniards and war…
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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…
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…
PATRICIO G. MARIANO, NATIONALIST PLAYWRIGHT A playwright, poet, journalist, violinist, and painter, Patricio Mariano y Geronimo was born on March 17,…
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.…
HERNANDO R. OCAMPO (1911-1978) National Artist Hernando Ocampo was a man whose name connotes excellence in the arts – be it…
WHEN MARKERS LIE by Peter Jaynul V. Uckung The Philippine has a healthy sense of remembering her Independence Day. Proofs of this…
TEODORA ALONSO’S TRAIL OF TEARS by Peter Jaynul V. Uckung Being the one of the richest tenant couples of the Calamba Hacienda,…