The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Face Shield: Symbol of Graft, Corruption OPINION: Don’t throw away your COVID-19 plastic face shield even when it has grown foggy and grimy with use. Keep it. The face shield you are required to wear on top of a fabric face mask is the proof and reminder that the leeches feeding off this emaciated country … Read more
September 19 of every year is Philippine Law Day. Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) statement for Law Day, September 19, 2021. Under Proclamation No. 1477, September 19 of every year is Law Day. Today is a day to celebrate the role of law in our society and cultivate a deeper understanding of the legal … Read more
Cordillera Sipat Peace Talks On September 13, 1986, the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA), led by Fr. Conrado Balweg, heeded the call for peace by then President Corazon C. Aquino through the forging of a “sipat” or a peace agreement at the Mount Data Hotel in Bauko, Mountain Province. The historical Sipat Peace Talks led … Read more
Philippine Medicine Day (Proclamation No. 407, s. 1953) September 15 is Philippine Medicine Day. Philippine Medicine Day was established to remind our countrymen of the importance of treatment and the duty of the government to keep Filipinos safe. Itinatag ang pagdiriwang na ito upang ipaalala sa ating mga kababayan ang kahalagahan ng paggagamot at ang … Read more
Founder of Partido Nacionalista: Macario Sakay (Ang huling katipunero. Ang Pangulo ng Republika ng Katagalugan). Born on the 1st of March 1878, along Tabora street in Tondo, Manila, Macario Sakay y de León was a Filipino General during the 1896 Spanish Revolution up until the Philippine-American War. As a veteran Katipunero, he then later became … Read more