Important People in Philippine History A lot of men and women made their mark in our country’s history; some good‚ some gruesome‚ and some so permanent it affects us up to this day. But then‚ there are those people who are forever immortalized by their works and deeds. In this essay‚ I’ve written down the names of people who‚ in my humble opinion‚ are the ones who are most important. Lapu-Lapu. Lapu-Lapu was the ruler of Mactan when the Spanish first arrived in the Philippines. He is known
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Marcos framed Senator Benigno “Ninay” Aquino Sr. for bomb threats. Marcos did not like the Senator because he did not approve of what the President was doing. The Senator was exiled. The Filipino people lost their patience with Marcos when the former senator was flying back to the Philippines; he was shot and killed by Marcos’s men. After Aquino was killed his wife‚ Cory Aquino‚ showed the Filipinos and the world what could be done for the people of the Philippines. Aquino was telling people to
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History and Its Significance Ernesto N. Yap Jr. SST-I Rafael L. Lazatin Memorial High School This August we celebrate the History Month as provided by Proclamation No. 339 signed by President Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino III on February 2013. The month of August marks a significant period in the history of our country. It reminds us about the beginning of the quest of the Filipinos to liberate our country from the tyranny of the Spanish regime. After the discovery of the Katipunan on August 19‚ 1896
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ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT POLITICAL PHILOSPHY (PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON “NOYNOY” AQUINO JR.) 2011 Graft and Corruption has always been a big problem for the Philippines. Many presidents (if not all) in the past‚ are solidly accused of creating and approving projects of which the budget is way more than the necessary expenses and way more than the outcome. Some are accused of accepting bribes from various groups of big syndicates that operate lottery illegally. Some of these presidents were
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ikauunlad ng bayan disiplina ang kailangan “The Nation can be Great Again.” Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino February 25‚ 1986 – June 30‚ 1992 Fidel Valdez Ramos June 30‚ 1992 – June 30‚ 1998 "Unity‚ Strength‚ and Assistance". Joseph E. Estrada June 30‚ 1998 – January 20‚ 2001 Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo january 20‚ 2001 – June 30‚ 2010 Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III June 30‚ 2010 to June 30‚ 2016
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Philippines History The metatarsal of Callao Man is reported to have been reliably dated by uranium-series dating to 67‚000 years ago[16] thereby replacing the Tabon Man of Palawan‚ carbon-dated to around 24‚000 years ago[17][18] as the oldest human remains found in the archipelago. Negritos were among the archipelago’s earliest inhabitants but their appearance in the Philippines has not been reliably dated.[19] There are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos. F. Landa
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“Porksentatives” After the Napoles scam and the Priority Developmental Assistance Fund (PDAF) allotment "ork glitch aroused‚ President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III have said to an interview that he will not release any pork until the probe is not ended. "We will finish the investigation first and check if there are loopholes that can still be closed‚" Pres. Aquino said to Makki Polido on his interview in Greater Manila Area (GMA7). The action of PNoy doesn’t mean the pork is totally abolished. This
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his first wife‚ the Honourable Frances Roche‚ daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy. Diana became Lady Diana Spencer when her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975. She became a public figure with the announcement of her engagement. Benigno Aquino
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Nick Joaquin was born in Paco on Calle Herran‚ as the the son of Leocadio Y. Joaquin‚ a lawyer and a colonel of the Philippine Revolution‚ and Salome Marquez‚ a schoolteacher. After three years of secondary education at the Mapa High School‚ Joaquin dropped out of school to work on Manila’s waterfront and in odd jobs. On his spare time he read widely at the National Library and on his father’s library. English had became the official medium of instruction in 1898 after the Spanish-American war. Especially
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Emilio Aguinaldo Emilio Aguinaldo was born on 23 March 1869[b] in Cavite Viejo (present-day Kawit)‚ Cavite‚ to Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy‚[c] a Chinese mestizo couple who had eight children‚ the seventh of whom was Emilio. The Aguinaldo family was quite well-to-do‚ as Carlos Aguinaldo was the community’s appointed gobernadorcillo (municipal governor) Emilio became the cabeza de barangay of Binakayan‚ a chief barrio of Cavite del Viejo‚ when he was only 17 years old. In 1895 a law that
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