Bayang magiliw, perlas ng Silanganan,
Alab ng puso, sa dibdib mo’y buhay.
Lupang hinirang, duyan ka ng magiting
Sa manlulupig, ‘di ka pasisiil.
Sa dagat at bundok, sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May …
Lupang Hinirang (The Philippine National Anthem)
During his exile in HongKong in 1897, General Emilio Aguinaldo designed the Filipino flag as it looks today. The flag was sewn by Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo with the help of her daughter Lorenza …by on April 18, 2008
To the Young Women of Malolos
Original Tagalog version: Sa Mga Kababaihang Taga Malolos
This famous letter was written by Jose Rizal in Tagalog, while he was residing in London, upon the request of M. H. del Pilar. The story behind …
There was no protectorate on June 12, 1898
SOME claim that June 12 is not the fitting day to observe the country’s Independence Day because of a supposedly faulty passage in the document of the proclamation of Philippine independence from Spanish rule, which …
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