2021-09-18 08:03
Aguinaldo is the emancipator of the Filipino people, the founder of the first Filipino state that defined the Filipino identity (no longer as “Indios” or “naturales”)… Read More
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An inquiry into the meaning of the events of 1896 to 1906 as contemporary Filipinos should understand
2021-01-04 07:26
Amazing is the word to describe the story of Katipuneros who were captured at the battle of San Juan del Monte and exiled to Yap island in the Carolines. It is wonder this kind of stor… Read More
2020-05-19 07:41
(The Tagalog version is available here) The noise has not settled down in the newspapers, magazines, and social media coming from those who are pushing for the idea that And… Read More
2018-12-18 04:15
Two navy men from Admiral Dewey's fleet toured Northern Luzon and submitted a report to the Admiral on their observation and comments about the administration of President Emilio Aguinaldo… Read More
2018-09-24 02:08
General Antonio Luna was a late comer in the revolutionary struggle. He was not a member of the Katipunan and rebuked Andres Bonifacio's invitation to join asking, "How shall we fight? … Read More
2018-09-18 22:30
President Emilio Aguinaldo has been accused of having a direct hand or masterminding the death of General Antonio Luna. The truth is he had nothing to do with the killing of the general. The… Read More
2018-09-14 21:47
(One reason why the Filipinos lost the Phil-American War)By Tommy Matic IV (Guest Writer)After Aguinaldo's capture in Palanan, Filipino patriots across the archipelago wondered, with broken… Read More
2018-09-12 07:44
Maraming lumalabas na kwento kung papaano pinatay ang magkapatid na Andres at Procopio Bonifacio. May mga nagsasabing hindi naman daw binaril ang magkapatid, kundi pinatay daw ng taga. … Read More
2018-09-10 04:43
(Ayon kay Jose P. Santos)"DALAWANG KURU-KURONG MAGKASALUNGAT NI MABINI"Sino ang magsasabing si Mabini, ang bantug na lumpo at tinatawag ng ibang 'utak ng himagsikan' ay magkakaroon ng dalawa… Read More
2018-09-06 05:09
AbstractThe Filipino-American war resulted not only in the conquest of the Philippine islands by the United States but also ushered in the transformation of the Filipino from the patriotic t… Read More
2018-09-05 20:04
(Author's note: The following was lifted from H.H. Van Meter's book, entitled, "The Truth About the Philippines")To show how bravely some of these men have died for freedom, we call up… Read More
2018-09-04 20:44
(Author's note: This is the original Tagalog version. An English translation is forthcoming)Hindi tutuo ang pakalat ng ilang mananlaysay na ang dahilan ng pagbagsak ni Supremo Bonifaci… Read More
2018-09-02 21:28
In 1904, while Macario Sakay, Felizardo, Montalan and several other "ladrones" (the label used by the Americans on remnants of Filipino revolutionary forces) were still actively roaming the… Read More
2018-09-02 21:22
The story of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, otherwise known as the Philippine Independent Church, also known as the Aglipayan church, is intertwined with the war of independence against… Read More
2018-09-02 20:26
The allegation that Bonifacio was cheated at the Tejeros elections is baseless and has no truth in it. The fact is Bonifacio lost the presidency and the vice presidency in a succession of no… Read More
2018-09-02 16:12
President Emilio Aguinaldo had been accused of masterminding the death of General Antonio Luna. The truth is he had no motive to kill General Luna. He did not consider General Luna a p… Read More
2018-09-02 15:50
Andres Bonifacio was charged with sedition, tried by a Court Martial, found guilty and sentenced to be shot. His sentence was commuted by President Emilio Aguinaldo to banishment, but the pl… Read More
2018-09-02 15:33
President Emilio Aguinaldo had been accused of being power hungry, and this accusation is used to this day to explain his alleged involvement in the death of General Antonio Luna and Supremo… Read More
2018-09-02 14:49
The first ever election to elect a Filipino President was held on March 22, 1897, amidst the revolution against Spain at the Casa Hacienda in Tejeros, San Francisco de Malabon, Cavite, the o… Read More
2018-09-02 03:59
So far as the various extant accounts go, it cannot be conclusively said that Oryang was indeed, raped. No accounts or documents, including that of the autobiography of Gregoria de Jesus, su… Read More
2018-09-02 03:52
Aguinaldo had been accused of misappropriating the Biak-na-bato money for himself and his comrades by indulging luxuriously in their almost five months stay in Hong Kong. The truth is he dep… Read More
2018-09-02 03:18
One of the most vicious accusations hurled against President Emilio Aguinaldo was the allegation that he sold the revolution to Spain. The truth is President Aguinaldo saw in the peace agree… Read More
2018-09-02 03:15
There is no denying that Aguinaldo, along with prominent Filipinos, participated in establishing the Japanese-sponsored second Philippine Republic and cooperated with the Japanese propaganda… Read More
2010-08-22 14:25
An interesting exchange of letters between Benito Legarda, former cabinet member of President Aguinaldo, in whose honor one of the streets near Malacanang is named after, and Aguinaldo himse… Read More
2010-08-22 14:25
Among the important steps Aguinaldo took shortly after the declaration of Philippine independence in June 12, 1898 was the creation of the diplomatic corps to work for the recognition of the… Read More
2010-08-22 14:24
Cebu was a hotbed of Filipino guerrilla activities during the war of resistance against the imposition of American sovereignty in the Philippine Islands at the close of the 19th century.Befo… Read More
2010-08-22 14:24
Aguinaldo was fighting a war, at the same time, he was running a government. These two facets of Philippine life in the 1900's was observed closely by an American prisoner of war named Alber… Read More
2010-08-22 14:23
The Philippine Republic of 1898 had a functioning fiscal system that supported the raising and equipping of the army and navy and provided for expenditures of the various government function… Read More
2010-08-22 14:22
America was a latecomer in the age of imperialism when powerful nations of Europe looked down on tropical nations as objects of colonization. During this period, peoples of tropical regions… Read More
2010-08-22 14:22
It is truly amazing that Filipinos are not a patriotic people. Yet, a decade and a hundred years ago this country teemed with great heroes.Men like Sancho Valenzuela, Flaviano Yenko, Ananias… Read More
2010-08-22 14:22
There were several defections of American soldiers to the Filipino side during the Philippine-American war. The most famous and very controversial was the defection of David Fagen from… Read More
2010-08-22 14:22
In September 29, 1901, the American garrison in the town of Balangiga, Samar was attacked by a force of Filipino guerrillas led by Eugenio S. Daza, an officer from the command of F… Read More
2010-08-22 14:21
The story of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, otherwise known as the Philippine Independent Church, also known as the Aglipayan church, is intertwined with the war of independence against… Read More
2010-08-22 14:21
Is it not rather unusual that the United States had to pay $20 million to Spain in order to effect the annexation of the Philippine Islands? If the spoils of war are the prerogative of… Read More
2010-08-22 14:21
Every Filipino who went through high school would have learned that there once existed an earlier Filipino republican government, the first Filipino republic and the first in Asia, the so-ca… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Very little is written in Philippine history books about Josephine Bracken, the alleged widow of Dr. Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Filipinos. The few pages devoted to her usually pic… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Generations of Filipinos have been taught that the bloody Philippine-American war broke out on the night of February 4, 1899 because a Filipino lieutenant and three of his men allegedly refu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In 1904, while Macario Sakay, Felizardo, Montalan and several other "ladrones" (the label used by the Americans on remnants of Filipino revolutionary forces) were still actively roaming the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In August 26, 1898, Felipe Agoncillo, the head of the Filipino junta in Hongkong, was instructed by Aguinaldo to proceed to Washington to gain support of president William H. McKinley for th… Read More
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