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by on December 7, 2009 1 Comment

Spanish American War, the Philippines and Filipino Genocide

We picked up some articles from a related site, Only in the Philippines, which may be controversial but should give us some additional background on this chapter of Philippine history.

The articles contain YouTube video clips of five parts documenting the Spanish American War posted by YT member tierraboricua.

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by on November 23, 2009 Leave a Comment

Welcome to our new website

Thanks for returning!

You have just opened the new site of Philippine Studies. Among other features, our new sites features a tabbed box with “Your Say!”, “Selected Articles” and “Tags // Keywords”. Select any of …

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by on April 27, 2009 2 Comments

Huli man daw at magaling, naihahabol din.

English: Better late than never.

Explanation: No explanation required. …

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by on April 27, 2009 Leave a Comment

Kung binigyan ng buhay, bibigyan din ng ikabubuhay.

English (Loose translation): If you gave life to somebody, you should also provide him/her a source of livelihood.

Explanation: One practical application of this saying is the case of a parent-child relationship. It is not …

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by on March 25, 2009 1 Comment

Ang paala-ala ay mabisang gamot sa taong nakakalimot

English: A reminder is an effective medicine to someone who forgets.

Explanation: Athough this saying does not require an explanation, someone may ask: Why is a reminder considered a medicine?

That is a very valid …

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by on April 18, 2008 5 Comments

The vibrancy of Filipino as a language

What is Internet in Tagalog?

We mentioned to all emanila.com members and users that our online translation service is not in Tagalog but in Filipino (Pilipino).

It has now become obvious from Mr Renato Perdon’s “The Making of a National Language” why it is so. While Tagalog is the basis of the development of Pilipino (now Filipino) in the 70s, the fact still remains [...]

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