Salud Algabre, Generala ng Laguna
Ni Gloria Esguerra Melencio
Noong 2 Mayo 1935, eksaktong 78 taon ang nakalipas, nilusob nina Salud Algabre, pinuno ng Sakdal, ang munisipyo ng Cabuyao sa lalawigan ng Laguna. Pinalanganang Sakdal ang kilusang mapanlabang ito mula sa pahayagang Sakdal na itinatag … Read the rest
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Si Ka Oryang sa Dantaon 21
(Bilang pagpupugay sa mga kababaihang Pilipina ngayong 8 Marso 2013, inilalathala ng http://philippinehistory.ph ang isinulat ni Gregoria de Jesus, kilalang Ka Oryang sa Katipunan, na sarili niyang talambuhay noong 1928. Narito rin ang mga tagubilin niya sa mga susunod pang … Read the rest
Read More...The babaylan lives in her story
By Gloria Esguerra Melencio
The word had been hushed to silence and was erased in the everyday lingua franca of the Filipino, but the babaylan tradition – through war and peace – has persisted and its legacy passed on through … Read the rest
Read More...Miag-ao Church in Iloilo
Philippine history records Miag-ao Church in Iloilo, an 18th century Augustinian-built Baroque church, as one of the four Baroque churches in the Philippines and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its fortress-like design suggests its dual purpose as a place of … Read the rest
Batas Militar: 1972-1986 (1)
Ni Dante L. Ambrosio (1951-2011)
Unang Bahagi: Isa itong pahapyaw na pasada sa panahon ng batas militar ng Pilipinas na sinulat noong 1997 para sa isang teksbuk ng Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Sa kasamaang palad, di ko na nalaman ni natuklasan … Read the rest
Read More...Tribute to excellence and innovation
by Dr. Eddie Dorotan
(This website about Philippine history publishes the Galing Pook tribute to Secretary Jesse Robredo, an honest and down-to-earth government official, whose life has proven to Filipinos that good local governance is possible.)
In 1991, the Local … Read the rest
Read More...Understanding 19th century Magindanao
Magindanao, 1860-1888: The Career of Datu Utto of Buayan
By Reynaldo C. Ileto
Reviewed by Aram A. Yengoyan
University of Michigan
The history of Magindanao in southern Mindanao has been replete with conflicting data, inaccuracies, and fictional interpretations.
Confusions in … Read the rest
Read More...Anti-American resistance and the beginnings of public schools in Cebu
By Junald Dawa Ango
Philippine history tells how the geographical lay of Cebu rendered American control very loose. The island was not compact and there was only one way to travel around the province at that time — the sea.… Read the rest
Read More...Philippine wild raspberry Sapinit may cure Alzheimer’s disease and cancer
This is the first in Philippine history of agriculture and business: An OFW in Australia discovered this wild raspberry- sweet, sour and bitter – to have phytochemicals that may prevent and cure Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.
This Philippine wild raspberry … Read the rest
Read More...Historian finds Philippine ancient civilization in the sky
Balatik: Etnoastronomiya
Kalangitan sa Kabihasnang Pilipino
Book by Dante L. Ambrosio, 2010
The University of the Philippines Press
279 pages
What has yet to be written on the pages of Philippine history can now be found in Dante Ambrosio’s book … Read the rest
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