The History of the Philippines has made it’s way to Wikipedia’s Main Page.
Galing, galing. ^_^
Although, the early part of the article still dwells on the Land Bridge theory. The main article doesn’t mention the Austronesian theory (the newest theory that makes our race superior, bwahahahaha.)
Reading on, the article made no mention regarding America and Spain’s mock battle.
The Spanish-American war began in 1898 after the USS Maine, sent to Cuba in connection with an attempt to arrange a peaceful resolution between Cuban independence ambitions and Spanish colonialism, exploded and sunk in Havana harbor. After Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish squadron at Manila, the U.S. invited Aguinaldo to return to the Philippines, which he did on May 19, 1898, in the hope he would rally Filipinos against the Spanish colonial government. By the time U.S. land forces had arrived, the Filipinos had taken control of the entire island of Luzon, except for the walled city of Intramuros. On June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippines in Kawit, Cavite, establishing the First Philippine Republic under Asia’s first democratic constitution.
Well, it mentioned the battle, but it regarded it as a real battle, not a staged one.
Hahaha. I’m reading the article (and clicking on other articles :p) as I’m writing this, so, sorry for the incoherence…
And of course, the article mentioned how dependent the Philippine economy was to US’s economy.
However, the Philippine economy remained highly dependent on United States markets– more dependent, according to United States high commissioner Paul McNutt, than any single U.S. state was dependent on the rest of the country.
So ayan, nakikita natin na dati pa talaga, dating dati pa, masiyadong nakakapit ang Pinoy sa Kano. (Ibagsak ang mga Kano! Bwehehehe.)
And on the presence of American military forces on our country…
In 1991, the Philippine Senate rejected a treaty that would have allowed a 10-year extension of the U.S. military bases in the country. The United States turned over Clark Air Base in Pampanga to the government in November, and Subic Bay Naval Base in Zambales in December 1992, ending almost a century of U.S. military presence in the Philippines.
Teka, teka, di pa tapos ang presence ng US military sa Pilipinas… :p
Pero champion pa rin itong part na ito…
The peaceful and bloodless 1986 EDSA Revolution brought about the ousting of Marcos (who fled to Hawai’i on board a U.S. military helicopter, where he was exiled until his death) and a return to democracy for the country. The period since then, however, has been marked by political instability and hampered economic productivity.
Oh well. That’s the Philippines for you… :p
BA | 
10 31st, 2006| 
