division, and an archipelago—Philippines. The Philippines is rich with history and culture. From people to food, rich tales and history envelopes it. Thus, the history on how this country discovers and experience is no keep under wraps. However, the development of our political history is quite unclear or perhaps sometimes neglected. Discussing it could strengthen or helps us understood our political system. In this paper, we would discuss the development of Philippine government, on how it has undergone
Philippine History Spanish Colony 1565 - 1898 Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain in 1519 on the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe with five ships and a complement of 264 crew. Three years later in 1522, only the one ship, the Victoria, returned to Spain with 18 men. The Philippines were the death of Magellan. The expedition sighted the island of Samar on March 16, 1521. Magellan was welcomed by two Rajas, Kolambu and Siagu. He named the islands the Archipelago of San Lazaro, erected
The Philippine culture history can be boiled down into two parts; the Pre-Colonial Era and the Colonial Era. In the Pre-Colonial Era, our tribal ancestors culture was primarily dependent on the resources they had and the deities they revered. Due to the lack of scientific advancements at the time, these natives conjured conceptions and beliefs that shaped their views of the world around them, and this echoed to their culture. In the Colonial Era, the addition of more foreign views radically changed
History of Philippine Cinema Introduction The youngest of the Philippine arts, film has evolved to become the most popular of all the art forms. Introduced only in 1897, films have ranged from silent movies to talkies; black and white to color. Outpacing its predecessors by gaining public acceptance, from one end of the country to the other, its viewers come from all walks of life. Nationwide, there are more than 1000 movie theaters. Early in the 1980s, it was estimated in Metro Manila alone
Philippines is a country that is made up to more seven thousand islands and is located to the southeastern part of Asia. The Philippines is separated from its neighboring Asian countries by the Pacific Ocean and South China Sea. For being known as one of the smallest country in Asia, the Philippines consists with more than sixty cultural communities and has more than eighty dialects (Bautista, 1998). With the Spanish colonization in the fifteenth century, Philippines’ culture is strongly influenced
National Language of the Philippines Tagalog is one of the languages spoken by Filipinos in the Republic of the Philippines. According to Paz M. Belvez, “After a thorough and earnest effort in studying the case, the committee recommended Tagalog to be the basis of the national language. Hence, the Executive Order No. 134 s. 1937 stating that the national language will be based on Tagalog” (Para. 4). It served as the country’s official language along with English. Philippines was surrounded by different
Section A: Plan of Investigation The main focus of this study is going to be the process colonization of the Philippines and how the Spanish colonized the Philippines, primarily focusing in the customs and cultures. The pre-colonized and post-colonized Philippines will be discussed and compared with one another to determine the degree of change that occurred with the Filipino culture. The analysis of the information will explain how events that followed colonization erased aspects of the Filipino
Pre-colonial Philippines (on culture and life ways) – based on William Henry Scott's book Ba ra ngay a. Looking into the Preface or the Introductory section of the book, what was/were the author's objective/s in writing the book and did he achieve that/those objective/s? The objective of the author is to access the readers in learning about the pre-colonial Philippines. Because there many people that are wrongly educated with our own history, he wanted to correct these false understanding. Even history subjects
Anonymous. The Philippines is disorganized, to due to the lavish culture in which the growing country revises itself and modifies its economy and political position, by increasing GDP or other quantities and desires to develop a well run country by putting an end to terrorism threats and decreasing the number of people in poverty. Similarly, the Philippine social structure, political condition, and economic circumstances, are all assembled in the same way. Life in the Philippines are hard, traumatic
that several centuries before present time, a community flourished in what is now the Philippines. The place was like those that you would see in films that featured the ancient times - festivals full of arts and music, peasants and farmers working with utmost passion, denizens swaying to beats with drunken revelries. Innovation and progress developed in the land without bound. Though the pre-colonial Philippines lived in the most simple of ways, it was a community of unlimited potential. The other
Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (Ferdinand Marcos) was born on 11th of September 1917 in Sarrat, Philippines and died on the 28th of September 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a Philippine lawyer and politician, and the Philippine President from 1966 to 1986. He was known for establishing a corrupt, undemocratic authoritarian regime. Marcos went to school in Manila and attended law school at the University of the Philippines in the late 1930s. His father, Mariano Marcos, was a Filipino politician. On 20th of
Generally, textbooks, articles, and essays talk about America’s “occupation,” “supervision” or “intervention” in the Philippines. They seem to be afraid to use the word “colonization.” According to Webster’s Dictionary the definition of colonization is, “The colonial system of political government or extension of territory, by which one nation exerts political control over another nation, territory, or people, maintaining the colony in a state of dependence, its inhabitants not having the same full
“Democracy to Dictatorship: Philippines” The nation of the Philippines has a history tied directly to colonial overseers. Spain and the United States both exerted control over the island nation for long periods of time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Shortly after World War II, the Philippines gained its independence which set it on a course of political instability over the next 20 years. The two events that occurred in the Philippines that caused this new, stable democracy to politically
com/). Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army and was also Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s. He played a massive role in the Pacific during World War II. This quote relates to how powerful wars are and how they can have tremendous impact on the country. The Philippines is an example of a country whose people had been greatly impacted during the Philippine-American War, which took place between 1899-1902. People were affected by
would free the Philippines, but when the war was over, they turned around and annexed them instead. At this time in history, the two biggest arguments for annexing the Philippines were, the US was doing them a favor as we were civilizing them because they were not capable nor ready to govern themselves. Secondly, not annexing the Philippines would give America's opponents an opportunity to take over them, which they didn't want. The biggest arguments made against annexing the Philippines were, they had
America captured the Philippines. This brought about questions of what America should do with the Philippines. Soon, controversy ensued both in the American political arena as well as among its citizens. Throughout its history, America had always been expansionistic, but it had always limited itself to the North American continent. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, however, there emerged a drive to expand outside of the continent. When America expanded to the Philippines, the policy it followed
immigration from the Philippines and high birth rates in the Filipino community.” Annually, about 3,500 immigrants come to Hawai‘i from the Philippines, most of whom are children (“A Brief History”). About 25.1% of the state of Hawai‘i’s population, which is about 342,095 people, are of Filipino descent (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). The three most significant groups of Filipinos in Hawai‘i are Ilokanos (also spelled “Ilocano”) who come from Northern Luzon in the Philippines, Visayans who come from
Sison Evaluation of the Philippine Constitutional Thought According to Albert Einstein, “The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights“(Kammen, 1986, p. 337). The Philippines has gone through a lot of constitutions. Not every Filipino knows the historical background of the origin of the constitutions of the Philippines, and even the meaning
decolonizing their minds. According to an article, Background Notes on Countries of the World: Philippines, there are 87 languages commonly used nationwide. The top three languages spoken are Cebuano, by people in the Visayas, Tagalog by people around Manila, and Ilocano spoken by people of Northern Luzon. There are numerous resources giving different amounts of languages and dialects presently used in the Philippines. They range from 87 to 171. According to Wilson, there are 171 languages, some close to
respect. They have made great strides in reminding us of the history that was forgotten as well as improving the common misconceptions about the Philippines and its people. The Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) was established in the early 1980s in order to “promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States” (Cordova)