IN school, we learned that Kawit, Cavite was the site where the Philippines declared independence from Spain on June 12, 1898. We always watched the raising of the flag on the Emilio Aguinaldo shrine every Independence Day morning on television. Whenever possible, we visit the shrine to learn more about the life of Aguinaldo, the first Philippine President.
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Let us get a handle on Biac-na-Bato, that tangled network of caves and rivers in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan, 42 kilometers away from the Barasoain Church of Malolos. President Manuel Quezon declared it a national park in 1937 because of historic events that unfolded there. In 1897, a
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Senator Francis N. Tolentino
This month formally marks the 500 years of the Spanish Inquisition in Asia, which first brought Christianity and Catholicism in the Philippines.
Although the Inquisition had caused lives, persecutions, sufferings to the people, later to be known as “Filipinos,” during the first three centuries after the Spanish colonizers first came in March 1521, let us not forget that the institutions established during those periods had helped mold the country we live in now.
Catholic institutions like the University of Santo Tomas and Colegio de San Juan de Letran, which were both founded by Spanish Dominican Friars in 1611 and 1620 respectively, and the Ateneo de Manila University, which was established by the Spanish Jesuits in 1859, are responsible for educating the minds of the so-called “Illustrados,” with the likes of Jose P. Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Juan Luna inspiring the formation of the Propaganda Movement.