https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2782 2026-04-05T15:22:01Z 2026-04-05T15:22:01Z Cabigayan, Santiago S., Sr. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/3596 2026-01-05T04:00:27Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The town of Sta. Barbara : Its early times and historic past Cabigayan, Santiago S., Sr. This book provides a historical account of Santa Barbara, Iloilo, tracing its evolution from a small mission settlement to a pivotal town in Philippine history. Beginning with its earliest days as “Catmon,” a visita under Augustinian missionaries (~1617), Cabigayan details how the community grew in religious and civic identity, becoming a full-fledged pueblo in 1760 under the patronage of Santa Barbara. Cabigayan explores how the town’s geography, bounded by the Tigum and Aganan rivers, supported a thriving agricultural economy in rice, tobacco, corn, and sugar. He also examines the role of the town in the Philippine Revolution. Santa Barbara became the site of the “Cry of Santa Barbara” on November 17, 1898, when General Martin T. Delgado raised the Philippine flag, an event often regarded as the first flag-raising outside Luzon. Architecturally, the book describes the Santa Barbara Church and Convent, built in the 19th century using brick and stone, the labor mobilized under Spanish colonial policies, and the spiritual and cultural importance of the structures. The narrative also covers the town’s challenges including wartime destruction, forced labor, and post-war reconstruction showing how Santa Barbara preserved its cultural heritage while adapting to modern times. Finally, Cabigayan situates Santa Barbara not just as a historical footnote, but as a heritage town, whose plazas, museum, and colonial architecture symbolize both the struggles and triumphs of the Ilonggo people. Preliminary pages only. To access the full content of the book, visit the library.

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Arroyo, Nemia P. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/3081 2024-07-03T07:31:29Z 1963-05-05T00:00:00Z

Was he left of right handed? Arroyo, Nemia P. This year being the Andres Bonifacio Centennial, why don't you take a drive to Caloocan Circle and look up at the largest statue of Manila's Hero? If this is a physical impossibility, settle for any poster or picture of it and take a good, long look. Notice anything about, his weapons? The stature shows the Great Plebeian? Brandishing a bolo with his right hand and holding a revolver with his left. Do you think he was lefthanded or righthanded? Journal article. Article compiled at Andres Bonifacio volume.

1963-05-05T00:00:00Z Zafra, Nicolas https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/3080 2024-06-08T09:00:23Z 1952-10-01T00:00:00Z

Andres Bonifacio and the outbreak of the Katipunan Revolt Zafra, Nicolas The Philippine Revolution was an event of great importance and significance in our history. It represented the united effort, will and purpose of the Filipino people to secure for themselves and their posterity the blessings of freedom and to raise their country to the status and dignity of a free and independent nation. The initial step towards this goal was taken in 1892 when Andres Bonifacio organized that year the Katipunan Society. Starting with only a handful of members, the Katipunan ng Mga Anak ng Bayan, as the Society was formally known, propagated itself gradually, although slowly at the beginning, among the Filipinos. Persons initiated into the Katipunan went through the ordeal of the "blood compact." This consisted in the initiate' s making a small incision on his arm, and with his own blood pledging his adherence to the Society and his willingness and readiness to defend it and the cause for which it stood, even at the cost of his own life . Journal article. Article compiled at Andres Bonifacio volume.

1952-10-01T00:00:00Z Villanueva, Francisco, Jr. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/3079 2024-06-08T09:00:22Z 1962-10-21T00:00:00Z

Quezon and the bones of Bonifacio Villanueva, Francisco, Jr. In 1934, after a hectic publicity campaign in America, Manuel Luis Quezon-then head of the Philippine Senate succeeded in having the Tydings-McDuffe Law enacted by the American Congress. Returning to the islands Quezon was welcomed as a hero. The Constitutional Convention was held. The new Philippine Constitution was enacted and put into effect on November 15, 1935. Quezon then launched his candidacy for the presidency of the Commonwealth. To oppose Quezon, the Democrats, headed by Juan Sumulong, the Veterans of 96, and other oppositionists convinced General Emilio Aguinaldo to run against Quezon. Journal article. Article compiled at Andres Bonifacio volume.

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