Carlos María de la Torre y Nava Cerrada is considered the most beloved of the Spanish Governors-General ever assigned in the Philippines (1869–1871). He was the assigned Governor-General after the La Gloriosa revolution. ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Governor General of the Philippines A Carlist army officer‚ he was sent from Spain by Francisco Serrano after the ouster ofIsabel II as result of the La Gloriosa revolution. He was considered a liberal Spaniard who practiced
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Industry‚ Culture and Policy By Raul S. Manglapus Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I have tried to follow tradition this evening. I have begun my speech with an attempt to make you laugh. I have done this against the advice of a friend. He felt that since I would speak on Filipino movies‚ I should instead begin by making you cry. Thus‚ he said‚ I would immediately get into the spirit of the occasion‚ because that is all Filipino movie is good for: to make you cry. …. There are only two kinds of
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words and could have not been used to produce original creative works. Riddles and Proverbs are said to be the simplest forms of oral literature on which they used already thetalinghaga or those figure of speech. In the early seventeen century the Tagalog- Spanish dictionary has been used. *Pedro de Sancular and Juan de Noceda’s
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4th High school‚ we had talked about the story behind that issue. Spaniards can’t pronounce the letter “L” so that they called the fossilized boat as “balangay” then many years had been passed‚ Filipino’s called it‚ as of now‚ as “Barangay”‚ and a tagalog barangay was a group of people ruled over a Datu. But then‚ the Spaniards retained both the term and the institution as a convenient means of collecting tribute through the barangay heads. Filipino‚ Ruy Lopez de Villalobos was a Spanish expeditionary
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FEATURES OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER AMERICAN REGIME Spanish ‚ Tagalog and Vernaculars were the languages used in writing during the first years in American period‚ but Spanish and tagalong were the predominated language. In 1910‚ a new group started to write in English. Hence‚ Spanish‚ Tagalog‚ the Vernaculars and finally English were the mediums used in literature during these times. Spanish writers wrote about nationalism. Tagalog writers wrote about their
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colonial legacy of the Philippines‚ written in both Indigenous and Hispanic writing system. Most of the traditional literatures of the Philippines were written during the Mexican and Spanish period. Philippine literature is written in Spanish‚ English‚ Tagalog‚ and/or other native Philippine languages. Dances Philippine folk dances include the Tinikling and Cariñosa. In the southern region of Mindanao‚ Singkil is a popular dance showcasing the story of a prince and princess in the forest. Bamboo poles
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Chapter 9 The Campaign For Reforms (1882-1892) 1872-date when violate events happened that led to significant developments in colonial Phil. Filipinos started to air their complaints through: -writings -Speeches -organized societies -artworks Propaganda Movement (1882)-reform movement Cortes-Spanish lawmaking body Assimilation- process of making the Phil. A province of Spain‚ granting of Spanish citizenship to Filipinos‚ allow the Indios to be finally called Filipinos The important
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Batangas is a province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the Calabarzon region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea. Map of Batangas‚ Philippines Founded on March 10‚ 1917‚ with a population of approximately 1‚905‚348‚ Batangas is one of the most popular tourist
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Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms‚ Muslim principalities‚ and ethnoreligious tribes‚ who had trading connections with Borneo‚ Malaya‚ Java‚ Indochina‚ India‚ Okinawa‚ Japan and China before the Spanish established their rule. From just before the first millennium‚ the Tagalog and Kapampangan peoples of south and central Luzon had established several Indianized kingdoms‚ notably among them those of Tundok‚ Namayan and Maynila. The Laguna Copperplate Inscription‚ the first Philippine document written in 900AD‚ names places
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This famous letter was written by Rizal in Tagalog‚ while he was residing in London‚ upon the request of M. H. del Pilar. The story behind this letter is this: On December 12‚ 1888‚ a group of twenty young women of Malolos petitioned Governor-general Weyler for permission to open a "night school" so that they might study Spanish under Teodoro Sandiko. The Spanish parish priest‚ Fr. Felipe Garcia‚ objected so that the governor-general turned down the petition. However‚ the young women‚ in defiance
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