The Filipino State (Another way of looking at Philippine history): Part 7 of 7 Parts

7.  Was the Filipino State mortgaged and hocked? Was it gross betrayed? Will the Filipinos remain to be stateless even in their own country?

Thus, because of the confusion wrought upon the national psyche of the Filipino people through the… Read the rest

The Filipino State (Another way of looking at Philippine history): Part 6

6.   1900: The Filipino people was deprived of its own State

When the American WASPs had, at last, succeeded in imposing their military and neo-colonial rule, one of them, James Leroy, concluded that the Filipinos became stateless as a result… Read the rest

The Filipino State (Another way of looking at Philippine history): Part 5

By Guillermo Gomez Rivera

5.  Maturity of the Filipino State in 1898

Thus, after 337 years, the FILIPINO STATE became so rich and so vibrant that from a mere missionary outpost it went on to become a colony, in the… Read the rest

The Filipino State (Another way of looking at Philippine history): Part 4

4.   The integration of the pre-Hispanic ethnic states

The majority of the local Chieftains that came to the 1599 synod, upon learning of the foregoing benefits, overwhelmingly voted Yes to the proposal about the Spanish King being their sovereign.

Even… Read the rest

The Filipino State (Another way of looking at Philippine history): Part 3

3.  What was the status of the Filipino State in 1571?

Its status was that of a Province of Spain administered through the vice-kingdom of New Spain which is Mexico today.

At the beginning, the Filipino State was treated as… Read the rest

The Filipino State (Another way of looking at Philippine history): Parts 1-2

Part 1: What is a ‘state’?
Part 2: When was the origin, or birth of the Filipino state?
Part 3: What was the status of the Filipino state in 1571?
Part 4: The integration of the pre-Hispanic… Read the rest