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Jose Nepomuceno is the father of Filipino films. Among his well-known films includes: Don Jose Zialcita Nepomuceno is one of the pioneering filmmakers of the Philippine cinema.  He is considered to be the Father of the Philippine Motion Picture Industry. He established the first full Filipino motion picture company in 1917 amidst all the multi-national … Read more

  Today, December 16 is the birth anniversary of Diego Silang, the liberator of Ilocos. In exchange for rewards from Audiencia, allegedly Diego Silang was killed by his close friends Miguel Vicos and Pedro Becbec in his fortress in Bigan. Let’s not do what they did to the “liberator of Ilocos”. Diego Silang exploited Spain’s … Read more

Today, December 15, 2018, is the 143rd birth anniversary of Emilio Jacinto, the brain of the Katipunan. Emilio Jacinto is the “Brain of the Katipunan” because of his writings for the Katipunan, which include the “Mga Aral ng Katipunan ng mga A.N.B.” and the most well-known “Kartilya of Katipunan”. Andres Bonifacio has authored similar writing … Read more

Donya Consolacion was a former laundrywoman who married the head of a Spanish civil guard. She pretended to be highly educated and a habit characteristic of a European. She is a rival of Donya Victorina. Si Donya Consolacion ay isang dating labandera ng mga sundalo at nakapag-asawa ng ng kastilang namumuno sa mga gwardiya sibil. … Read more

Pascual Poblete was a leading and hard-working journalist, poet, and translator and was active in the period of the Propaganda Movement until the American era. He wrote in Spanish and in Tagalog and became a translator in the two languages. Pascual Poblete was born on May 17, 1857, in Naic, Cavite. Francisco Hicaro and Maria … Read more