(File photo courtesy ofSan Carlos City Information Office) MANILA - Senator Robin Padilla on Monday emphasized the need to revive the Philippine history as a subject in the K-12 curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd). This, after the actor-turned-senator learned that many young Filipinos do not know that there was a Philippine-American war. "Nagugulat sila. Merong isang TV program di alam sino si GOMBURZA [Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora], di alam sino si Apolinario Mabini. Dapat progressive. Siyempre Grade 1 di pwede turuan tungkol sa revolution. High school na yan (They were shocked. There is one TV program where a contestant does not know GOMBURZA, does not know who is Apolinario Mabini. It should be progressive. Of course, Grade 1 should not be taught about revolution. That's for high school," Padilla said in a media interview. "Ang akin naman magsentro tayo sa PH history kasi ang PH history dito imposibleng di mapag-usapan ang Asian at
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