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Juan Luna: A biographical sketch
(The Philippine History, 1957)
In a banquet gathered in the English Restaurant, in metropolitan, in 1884, the Filipino community present were jubilant. For the first time this community, in a very festive mood, celebrated a big event. In that gathering ...
Mabini: A silhouette
(Weekly Graphic, 1964-07-22)
When General Arthur MacArthur deemed it " absolutely essential" to deport Mabini, and Governor William Howard Taft refused to allow the patriot to return to the country without first taking the oath of allegiance, they ...
Juan Luna - painter and patriot
(Philippine Journal of Education, 1952-10-01)
HAVE you ever seen the paintings called the Blood Compact and Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, which now hang in historic Malacañang Palace? These are two of Juan Luna’s best known works. The former canvas, painted in Paris, ...
My father
(Historical Bulletin, 1959-03-01)
THE PHILIPPINES FREE PRESS requests that I write something pertaining to the daily life of General Aguinaldo - his habits, customs, opinions on topics, his likes and dislikes, I gladly do so.
I shall begin with his daily ...
When Bonifacio wrote his poem - "Pagibig sa Tinubuang Bayan" (Love of Native Land)
(Agricultural and Industrial Life, 1962-11)
IN THE CAREFUL study of Tagalog literature, you will find a s one of its most beautiful gems, the poem entitled "Pagibig sa Tinabuang Bayan " (Love of Native Land"), written originally in Tagalog by the glorious Father of ...
The soul of the revolution
(Philippine Free Press, 1957-11-30)
If Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic, was the brains of the revolution and Emilio Jacinto the heart of the Philippine libertarian struggle, then Andres Bonifacio, oftentimes known as the Great Plebeian, was undoubtedly ...
The tragic death of Antonio Luna
(Philippine Free Press, 1962-06-02)
It was June in Paris of 1899 when Juan Luna received news of the assassination of his brother, General Antonio Luna, in Cabanatuan. The news was both tragic and shocking: tragic, since it concerned the untimely death of a ...
Mabini the statesman: A bridge to his people
(Sunday Times Magazine, 1964-07-19)
ON a worn-oat rattan chair sits a paralytic. The late afternoon sun falls on his face, revealing an unusually high forehead, rounded cheekbones, and eyes with a distinctively plaintive expression.
His collar-button is ...
Juan Luna and the "Spoliarium"
(In the Grade School, 1959-10)
During the early part of 1883 in Rome, an ambitious Ilokano student, fired by the enthusiasm to make a name for himself and his country, met his dream which was later to place the small obscure town of Badoc, llocos Norte, ...
Andres Bonifacio and the outbreak of the Katipunan Revolt
(Philippine Journal of Education, 1952-10)
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 ...