Christian Bernard A. Melendez Senior Shrine Curator, Museo ng Katipunan-PMS We are all familiar with our National Anthem – the Lupang Hinirang. Ever since we went to school, we were taught how it should be sung and when it should be played. The anthem was played for the first time after the proclamation of Philippine continue reading : That Other National Anthem
A 19th Century British Company in Manila through an NHCP Rare Manuscript
Diana A. Galang Librarian, Serafin D. Quiason Resource Center National Historical Commission of the Philippines The Philippines witnessed significant economic changes in the 19th-century. Among these was the end of the famed Galleon Trade in 1815 after almost two centuries of pioneering globalization and exposing the Philippines to the world. It opened new opportunities to continue reading : A 19th Century British Company in Manila through an NHCP Rare Manuscript
LOS CHICOS DE RIZAL: Jose Rizal’s Students and Dapitan Community School
Jose Rizal had young male students that he affectionately called chicos or boys from his Dapitan community school that he established while in exile. Searching for Rizal’s male students was like trying to trace his children, if he had any. Each of Rizal’s students had his own story of how his beloved Maestro Rizal enriched continue reading : LOS CHICOS DE RIZAL: Jose Rizal’s Students and Dapitan Community School
FLOWING WATERS OF DAPITAN: LINAO AND TALISAY WATERWORKS
by Albert Vincent F. Barretto Water binds people together and helps establish communities where culture flourishes and life is nourished. It is precisely for this reason that the town of Dapitan was established beside a calm bay at the northernmost tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula. During the last decade of the 19th century, Dapitan witnessed continue reading : FLOWING WATERS OF DAPITAN: LINAO AND TALISAY WATERWORKS
Sixto Lopez: A Filipino Through and Through
Early Beginnings Sixto Lopez was born on 6 April 1863, oldest son of his parents Natalio Lopez and Maria Castelo, in Balayan, Batangas. After receiving his primary education from a public school in his hometown in 1875, his parents sent him to study at the Ateneo Municipal in Manila, where he completed his elementary education. continue reading : Sixto Lopez: A Filipino Through and Through
PEOPLE POWER of 1986: A NATIONWIDE PHENOMENON
PEOPLE POWER of 1986: A NATIONWIDE PHENOMENON A Commemorative Online Exhibit in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the Revolution that ended the Marcos Dictatorship On the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) pays tribute to the men and women who, continue reading : PEOPLE POWER of 1986: A NATIONWIDE PHENOMENON
CATALYST OF FILIPINO NATIONALISM: GOMBURZA & THE SECULAR MOVEMENT
by Michael Angelo Cruz “Kaya sa manga iniirog kong kapatid na si Gomez, Burgos at Zamora na nangalait sa pag sintang lubos sa ating bayang Pilipinas at sa manga ngayoy nawawakawak, nag durusa at nanga matay ang iba sa deportasion, inihahandog ang aming puso at buhay sa pag damay sa ilalim nang isang mahigpit at continue reading : CATALYST OF FILIPINO NATIONALISM: GOMBURZA & THE SECULAR MOVEMENT
Visualizing the GOMBURZA
Eufemio Agbayani III Historic Sites Development Officer II As we approach the sesquicentennial of the execution of the three martyred priests, Fathers Jose Apolonio Burgos, Mariano Gomes, and Jacinto Zamora on 17 February 2022, we stumble upon an unresolved problem – how do we remember them visually? At first glance, the answer is easy. There continue reading : Visualizing the GOMBURZA
Remembering the GOMBURZA throughout the Years
Eufemio O. Agbayani III Historic Sites Development Officer II Although the three martyred priests whom we collectively call Gomburza—Fr. Jose Apolonio Burgos, Fr. Mariano Gomes, and Fr. Jacinto Zamora—died by garrote as a result of false accusations, their tragic execution on 17 February 1872 became a pivotal point in Philippine history. They were, in the continue reading : Remembering the GOMBURZA throughout the Years
SPARKS OF RESISTANCE: 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1872 CAVITE MUTINY
2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Fathers Mariano Gomes, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora or more well known as Gomburza. Historians like Teodoro Agoncillo recognize this event as the precursor to the rise of Filipino nationalism. But one must look back first the incident that paved the way to their martyrdom: continue reading : SPARKS OF RESISTANCE: 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1872 CAVITE MUTINY
Rizal as a Farmer: The Dapitan Experience
Eufemio Agbayani III Historic Sites Development Officer II National Historical Commission of the Philippines “Turn your eyes to the farmer burnt by the sun tilling the stubborn earth and burying a seed. He too contributes through his modest but useful work to the glory of the nation.” – Jose Rizal, El Amor Patrio, June continue reading : Rizal as a Farmer: The Dapitan Experience
RIZAL NATIONAL PARK: MANUEL QUEZON’S HOMAGE TO RIZAL’S PLACE OF EXILE
By: Albert Vincent F. Barretto Former President Manuel Luis Molina Quezon will forever remain in the hearts of the Dapitanons not only for his efforts to achieve Philippine independence from foreigners, but also for preserving the memory of the place of exile of Jose Rizal in Dapitan. In the late 1920s, then-Senate President Quezon visited continue reading : RIZAL NATIONAL PARK: MANUEL QUEZON’S HOMAGE TO RIZAL’S PLACE OF EXILE