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A ruling family which was driven out of power 36 years ago, accused of spectacular greed and brutality, is all but set to return to Malacañang - the presidential palace. It is a stunning blow to ...
- Small Origins
- Lakambini of The Katipunan
- Life in The Arms of Revolution
- The End of Love
Gregoria de Jesus was born on May 9, 1875, in Caloocan to a middle-class, pious family. Her father, Nicolas, was a carpenter who would eventually become the gobernadorcillo. Like other prototypical middle-class Filipino families at the time, young Oriang had other siblings: a younger sister and two older brothers. Oriang was by all accounts a brigh...
As Lakambini, Oriang was by no means a passive member. She took on the duty of keeping the Katipunan’s documents safe. She also sewed the first flag of the Katipunan alongside Benita Javier. Meanwhile, the couple moved from Javier’s residence to a house in Calle Anyahan along with Emilio Jacinto, who ran a printing press inside the house. As the Ka...
The Katipunan would eventually be exposed when Teodoro Patiño revealed the society’s existence to colonial authorities, forcing the revolutionary organization to act. Spanish authorities were quick to crack down on the Katipunan, and many were arrested or executed for their links to the organization, whether real or imagined. Bonifacio and Oriang w...
The revolution would take a dark turn, however. Tensions at the top of the leadership created a split between Bonifacio’s Magdiwang faction and Aguinaldo’s Magdalos. The Tejeros convention, which was supposed to consolidate political gains and establish a formal Republic, instead created a rift between the two factions. In the end, Aguinaldo felt t...
In the town of Maragondong on May 4, 1897, appeared Gregoria de Jesus, nineteen (sic) years of age, married, holding no official position and native of Caloocan, Manila, before the investigating judge (juez instructor) and the secretary in order to testify.
May 24, 2022 · The Philippine Church has taken a battering in its failure to prevent a dictator's son from taking power, but it remains a potent force.
Feb 20, 2013 · As thousands protested, Corazon de Jesus’ immortal “Bayan Ko” was resurrected and eventually became the national anthem of the anti-Marcos movement. Over beer one night, Rio Alma talked about the famous Filipino poet.
On May 9, 1875, Gregoria de Jesus, wife of Andres Bonifacio, a brave and patriotic woman who played a heroic role in the Philippine Revolution, was born in Caloocan. She was one of the four children of Nicolas de Jesus and Baltazara Alvarez Francisco.
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Seven essays trace developments in Luzon, three in the Visayas, and three also in Mindanao. The longest is a sixty-page analysis. Visayas, by Alfred W. McCoy, and the shortest is the seventeen page essay by Ed. C. de Jesus who writes about the transformations brought about by the tobacco monopoly in the Cagayan valley.
