1. About the author National Centennial Commission (Philippines) Dr. Salvador H. Laurel‚ Chairman (November 18‚ 1928 – January 27‚ 2004)‚ also known as Doy Laurel‚ was Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under Corazon Aquino. Before that‚ he briefly served as Aquino’s first (and only) Prime Minister from February 25 to March 25 of 1986. He was a foremost leader of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO)‚ the political party that toppled the Marcos dictatorship
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Baranganic Period Social Structure 1. Nobility – Maharlika 2. Freemen – Timawa 3. Serfs – Aliping namamahay 4. Slaves – Aliping sagigilid Barangay - A unit of social organization that is broader than the family’s political‚ economic and religious features. Datu/Rajah/Sultan - exercise all the powers of government including the religious power - he is assisted by the Pandays and Babaylans together with the council of elders in instituting reforms and development
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National hero Introduction: Rizal has always been considered as a national hero created in part by the American government in the past. The present government has no formal declaration of who our national hero is‚ but they do recognized special days in commemoration of the heroes in history like Rizal and Bonifacio. Let us examine the government effort in recognizing the possible national heroes of history in order to serve as an example for us. What is heroism? What does it take to be a hero
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------------------------------------------------- Filipino nationalism Filipino Nationalism is an upsurge of patriotic sentiments and nationalistic ideals in the Philippines of the 19th century that came consequently as a result of more than two centuries of Spanish rule[1] and as an immediate outcome of the Filipino Propaganda Movement (mostly in Europe) from 1872 to 1892. It served as the backbone of the first nationalist revolution inAsia‚ the Philippine Revolution of 1896.[2] -------------------------------------------------
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José Rizal and the Propaganda Movement Between 1872 and 1892‚ a national consciousness was growing among the Filipino émigrés who had settled in Europe. In the freer atmosphere of Europe‚ these émigrés--liberals exiled in 1872 and students attending European universities--formed the Propaganda Movement. Organized for literary and cultural purposes more than for political ends‚ the Propagandists‚ who included upper-class Filipinos from all the lowland Christian areas‚ strove to "awaken the sleeping
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Life‚ Works & Writings of Rizal Every Filipino should know the national hero’s life‚ his youth‚ his brilliant works‚ as well as his love life‚ and the role he played in the Philippine Revolution. Every Filipino should know his dreams and aspiration for his country and for his fellowmen and the magnitude and intensity of his love for the land of his birth. Filipino should know how he suffered‚ endured‚ and died. Activity 1 : You are required to read the Rizal’s Life‚ Works and Writings
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CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Setting Introduction Rizal Park as everybody seen it today is the product of years of painstaking work by thousands of unknown citizens who gave of their time and their labors to create something of beauty where there was nothing but yawning wilderness in the very heart of the premier city. Its continued cleanliness and order is a tribute to the people who use it more than to those who tend to it. Here is a park that is used‚ loved and nurtured by the people
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Noli Me Tangere‚ 1887 “Noli Me Tangere… signify “do not touch me”. The book contains things of which no one among ourselves has spoken up to the present; they are so delicate that they cannot be touched by anybody… I have endeavored to answer the calumnies which for centuries had been heaped on us and our country: I have described the social condition‚ the life‚ our beliefs‚ our hopes‚ our desires‚ our grievances‚ our grief… The facts I narrate are all true and they actually happened. I can prove
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is one of the country’s leading attractions‚ being its most famous park. Its former name is Bagumbayan (new town)‚ wherein the Philippine’s national hero Jose Rizal was executed in 1896. Luneta is a place of full of history. It was here that the Gomburza execution of 1872 took place; here‚ too was where the official proclamation of the country being a fully independent republic in 1946 made. The Luneta Park includes in its environs the Quirino Grandstand‚ the Chinese and Japanese Gardens‚ the main
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Although they were not the first Europeans in the Philippines‚ the first well documented arrival of western Europeans in the archipelago was the Spanish expedition led by Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan‚ which first sighted the mountains of Samar at dawn on 16 March 1521 (Spanish calendar)‚ making landfall the following day at the small‚ uninhabited island of Homonhon at the mouth of the Leyte Gulf.[1] Magellan had abandoned his Portuguese citizenship and became a Spanish subject prior to his contract
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