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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.
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...
He was a grandnephew of Felipe Agoncillo, one of the first Filipino diplomats who tried to gain recog- nition for the first Philippine republic from the United States, and Marcela. Agoncillo, one of the three women who sewed the very first Philippine flag (Agoncillo 1990, 201, 21 1; Tadena 1967, 20-21).
- 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...
Gregoria de Jesús y Álvarez (May 9, 1875 – March 15, 1943), also known by her nickname Oriang, was the founder and vice-president of the women 's chapter of the Katipunan of the Philippines. She was also the custodian of the documents and seal of the Katipunan.
Gregoria de Jesús, often hailed as the “Mother of the Katipunan,” was a remarkable Filipino revolutionary figure whose courage and dedication played a significant role in shaping the course of Philippine history during the late 19th century.
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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.
