Bisayas,Visayan Islands- group of islands in the central Philippines Pacific,Pacific Ocean- the largest ocean in the world Tagalog- a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
Marcos' resounding electoral victory in 2022 was regarded as one of the most stunning reversal of fortunes for his family, which had fled the Philippines following the 1986 army-backed “people power” revolt and returned years later. He inherited a battered econom...
The Aftermath of the Spanish-American War and Brutality in the Phillipines One of the leaders of the Philippine war was Emilio Aguinaldo. He led the Filipino revolutionists to victory against the Spanish army. However, unbeknownst to the Filipinos, American forces had secretly signed an agreement ...
Army and their role in an expanding U.S. empire in the American West, the Caribbean, and Pacific. I argue that the Philippine-American War forced black soldiers to negotiate their ambivalence about their position as African Americans in the U.S. military, at the same time they confronted ...
While the governor-general appoints these officers, the two first named are usually officers of the United States army detailed for this purpose. The district officers are also usually detailed from the army. Courts of Justice.—There is no trial by jury in the Philippine Islands. There are ...
Equipment and Supplies—Bases and Posts in Philippine Republic 0432 May 1961 [Central Luzon Milling Company.] 0448 June 1961 [Felixberto M. Serrano.] 0478 July 1961 [Military Bases Agreement; Military Payment Certificates.] 0523 August 1961 [Army Post Office; Simeon Roxas; Max V. Krebs; Felix...
In 1637 a play was written to dramatize the recent capture by a Christian Filipino army of an Islamic stronghold. It was so popular that other plays were written and staged as folk dramas in Christianized villages throughout the Philippines. All told similar stories of Christian armies defeating...