She was inclined to accept Fall’s figures but she said that since few records were kept and entire villages were totally destroyed, there was no way to discover, exactly, those “facts” historians like to “verify.” In any case, none of this is supposed to have happened and so, as ...
The facts are otherwise: peasant households continued to retain their ownership of the land and large-scale farm equipment, and they, therefore, received payment of dividends for collective use during the second phase. They did not become fully collectivized until the third phase, under the ...
American War. A commonwealth was created in 1935 and full independence achieved in 1946. The islands were occupied by Japan during much of World War II. Political turmoil led to the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos after 1965 and his exile in 1986 following the election of Corazón Aquino. ...
Clearly, Paglinawan said that De Castro deliberately committed some facts to defend the so-called "rules-based" foreign policy of the former Aquino administration that eschewed the Philippine position to support its subservience to American interest in pushing for EDCA. Editor...
Adventures of a Child of War Historical fiction / For ages 8 and up Eduardo, who’s from a well-off family, lives in San Juan. It’s the 1940s, and his life changes at the outset of World War II. Well-written, Lin Acacio-Flores’ novel is full of facts about life during that ...
Sec. 74.All cases of appeal from the decision of the Acceptance Boards which shall be forwarded by the Provincial Governors shall be reviewed by the Central Review Board. The appellant shall be authorized to be represented by legal counsel, and to present such facts and evidence in support of...
Philippine-American War, war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902, an insurrection that may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule. Although an end to the insurrection was declared
Philippine Revolution (1896–98), Filipino independence struggle that exposed the weakness of Spanish colonial rule but failed to evict Spain from the islands. The Spanish-American War brought Spain’s rule in the Philippines to an end in 1898 but precip
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American Colonial Period After the United States took control of the Philippines, the United States Congress passed the Philippine Coinage Act (March 3, 1903), established the unit of currency to be a theoretical gold peso (not coined) consisting of 12.9 grains of gold 0.900 fine. This unit ...