Blog Posts on kasaysayan

Indi malipatan nga Inagihan sang Isa Ka Kandidato sa Barangay Council by Tumandok on Dec 5, 2011Indi lahog-lahog ang paglunsar sang isa ka kandidatura. Ilabi na gid sa lugar nga tama kagarot. Aton hisayran ang personal nga natabo sa kay Edwin T. Quizan sang sya nagpapili isa ka barangay councilman sang banwa sa nabagatnan nga bahin sang Negros...

Glorya! by Definitely Filipino on Dec 2, 2011“Marami ang nag-umpisa ng may mabuting adhika ngunit marami rin sa kanila ang nagtapos na nabihag ng masama.” Isa itong katotohanan dahil marami naman talagang pulitiko ang nagnanais nang maganda at mabuti para sa bayan; paunlarin, payama...

We did not come from the Ita, Indones and Malay! by Mikkey Tuazon on Nov 11, 2011Walking History by Michael Xiao Chua | Good Morning Philippines | 9 November 2011 We were taught in school that the Filipinos came from the Aetas, Indonesians and Malays who came here in different “waves of migrations” as hypothesized by archaeol...

The Ten Largest Islands in the Philippines by Notes From The Philippines on Oct 2, 2011The following are the ten largest islands in the Philippines (or in Filipino, ang “Sampung Pinakamalaking Pulo sa Pilipinas“). Figures were obtained from the Island Directory Tables (world islands by area) list in the United Nations Environme...

Mount Samat - A Tribute to Heroes by Lawstude's Journeys on Aug 18, 2011World War II will forever be enshrined in the hearts and minds of every Filipinos. It was during this time that hundreds of Filipino and American soldiers perished at the hands of Japanese forces. My grandfather was one of them. He fought the battle...

An Abstruse Peregrination in Isabela City by Lawstude's Journeys on Jul 9, 2011Pardon the title but my recent travel to Isabela City in Basilan has left me a little baffled. It seemed like a typical rustic City but its not. There are lots of photo-ops but for safety reasons, you cannot just flaunt your gears and shoot. The plac...

Lamitan, Basilan by Lawstude's Journeys on May 27, 2011One of the most shocking events that the Philippines had in the opening of the new century was the Lamitan Siege. It was a story of a rescue operation gone wrong amid shocking allegations of corruption between government officials and rebel-kidnapper...

Pasonanca and the Boy Scout Connection by Lawstude's Journeys on Apr 11, 2011I first saw images of these odd-shaped huts on a popular fast-food chain in Zamboanga. I asked my travel buddy what are these, and he said, those are fixed huts made-up of aluminum tins with concrete floors used by boy scouts whenever they are campin...

Zamboanga: Fort Pilar by Lawstude's Journeys on Apr 5, 2011If there is a bastion that has withstood the test of time, it has gotta be Fort Pilar in Zamboanga City. Founded by the Spaniards in 1635; attacked by the Dutch in 1646; deserted in 1635; reconstructed in 1666; rebuilt in 1719; stormed by Moros in 17...

Twenty Five and One @ EDSA by Lawstude's Journeys on Feb 25, 2011Twenty Five and One... Crowds gather at the busiest highway in the country while I am finilizing some documents that need to be submitted on this same day.It was exactly twenty-five years ago when the world watched a peaceful revolution that dethrone...