The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Maria Ylagan Orosa is known as the one who invented banana ketchup. She is a Filipino food scientist and chemist. She is also a war hero. She developed numerous culinary innovations that helped address malnutrition and saved countless lives during world war II. Archaeologists have recently discovered her grave. Did you know that during … Read more
Ladislao Diwa is a lawyer, patriot, and teacher. He co-founded the Katipunan together with Andres Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Valentin Diaz, Deodato Arellano, and two others. Katipunan was established on the evening of 7 July 1892 after the arrest and exile of Jose Rizal was announced. The Katipunan is a secret organization to overthrow the foreign … Read more
EDS in EDSA is Epifanio De Los Santos. He is a scholar, lawyer, historian, journalist jurist, philosopher, bibliophile, biographer, philologist, painter, poet, musician, literary critic, politician, librarian, translator, linguist, researcher, philanthropist, and a Filipino genius. He is considered great among Filipino Scholars. EDSA, the longest and foremost street of the Philippines and the most … Read more
Who is Anselmo Day-ag? Anselmo Day-ag is a sculptor. He is the builder of the following: the Marcos bust in La Union, the Lion’s head in Baguio City, the Eagle arch in La Union, the Battle of Mactan in Cebu, Quezon Memorial; in Hundred Islands in Pangasinan, Yamashita shrine in Kiangan Ifugao. Aside from the … Read more
Valeriano P. Fernandez Y Peña is considered as the Father of Tagalog Novel. In 1905, he wrote “Nena and Neneng,” the first-ever novel published in the Philippine language. Valeriano was born on December 12, 1858, and he passed away on September 7, 1922.