(1)I thought that I’ve already known a lot of things about the martial law that happened in the Philippines during late President Marcos’ term. (2)But I was wrong. (3)After making the martial law exhibits‚ paying tribute to the Pisay martyrs‚ and hearing the talks of Pisay alumni and other martial law veterans‚ I can say that what I’ve known before was just a very small amount of information about martial law. (4)I am fortunate that I was not yet born during the martial law era. (5)I was not
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the Philippines in 1565‚ there are no written records of the islands that make up the modern day Philippines."3 In the year 1565‚ Miguel López de Legazpi‚ the Conquistador travelled from Spain and founded the first Spanish settlement in the country‚ firstly on the island of Cebú. They occupied the kingdoms of Tondo and Manila‚ establishing it as the capital of the Spanish East Indies. "The Philippines were originally named after King Philip II of Spain- Las Islas Felipinas".4The Philippines were
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Center of the Philippines to mark the 40th year since then-President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. Like others born after Martial Law‚ I’d been told often: “Mabuti pa kayo ngayon‚ hindi niyo naranasan ang naranasan namin noon.” With the declaration of Presidential Decree 1081 on September 21‚ 1972‚ many publications and mass media outfits were shut down‚ Hermie Beltran writes in the exhibit notes of Balikwas. These included national magazines like the Philippines Free Press
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Social Issues in the Philippines Falling Income The Philippine GDP per capita shrank to US$990 in 2000 from US$1‚129 in 1997 while the GNP per capita contracted to US$1‚033 from US$1‚197. This was a result of the Asian financial crisis‚ which caught up with the Philippines in 1998. After expanding 5.2 percent in 1997‚ the country’s GDP backpedaled by 0.5 percent in 1998. It grew by only 3.4 percent in 1999 and 4 percent in 2000. With a high population growth rate of 2.3 percent annually‚ economic
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British Occupation of the Philippines‚ Gabriela Silang and her army fled to Abra from Ilocos and continued the revolt begun by her slain husband‚ Diego Silang. She was captured and hung by the Spanish in 1763. In 1818 the Ilocos region‚ including Abra‚ was divided into Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. In 1846 Abra was created[2] as a political-military province with Lepanto as a sub-province. It remained so until the arrival of the Americans in 1899. In 1908 the Philippine Commission once again in
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PHILIPPINE HISTORY & GOVERNMENT CRITICAL THINKING ANSWERS So‚ Tiffany Ciriaco Sir Rolance Chua 1. Before the coming of the Spaniards in 16th century‚ economic activities were already taking place in the islands. The Pre-Hispanic settlers of the archipelago were economically self-sufficient. In agriculture‚ it is believe that the Banaue Rice Terraces may have been built which proves the early Filipinos’ skills in agriculture. Agriculture was the main source of livelihood in the pre-colonial
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I.THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO 1.1 Pacific Theory * By Beily Willis (geologist) * Occurs 200 million years ago in Pacific Ocean ( Eastern Region of Asia) * When volcanoes erupted continuously . (volcanism) * Japan‚Taiwan‚Indonesia‚ Solomon islands and new Zealand (pacific ring of fire) * 250 volcanoes in said countries and 22 active volcanoes in Phil. 1.2 Asiatic Theory * By Dr. Leopoldo Faustino * Diastrophism (deformation of Major feature
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2 Is there a Philippine Public Administration: A Critique This paper is a critique to the articles of Raul P. de Guzman and Onofre D. Corpus which were both published in 1986‚ at the height of the People Power and at the time when there was still no concrete system of public administration to talk about. The two authors wrote about the same thing but presented different and independent justification whether or not there is a Philippine public administration. The Philippine Constitution and
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Pre-Spanish Period *with existence of schools called BOTHOAN (in Panay); teachers were priests‚ priestesses‚ judges; materials – documents‚ manuscripts‚ book of ritual and magic‚ genealogies‚ calendars‚ impt. Laws and records of notable events *Literary forms: sayings‚ lyrics‚ legends‚ epics‚ proverbs‚ riddles‚ ritualistic utterances (on simple life experiences) *Sample epics: Hinilawod (Panay) Hudhud and Alim (Ifugao) Darangen (Maranaw) *Characteristics of literary works:
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A Filipino Critique of Spanish Colonialism The Spanish rule in the Philippines lasted for nearly 300 years during which time held the native population to a caste system where they had different rights than the Spanish colonist. The Spanish colonizers brought with their new government the Roman Catholic Church which was supported heavily by Spain. The conversion of the native people to Catholicism did not meet much resistance‚ and appealed to most of the population which lacked an organized religion
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