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Kay Miriam kami: We're for Miriam Imelda Marcos: Marcos parin! (We're) still for Marcos! 1998: Joseph Estrada: Erap Para sa Mahirap: lit. Erap for the Poor Estrada campaigned himself as a candidate for poor who seeks to address poverty in the country. His campaign appealed to populism which aimed to secure votes from the masa or masses. The ...
Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906 – August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist, and fiction writer.Critic Pedro Ricarte referred to Abadilla as the father of modern Philippine poetry, and was known for challenging established forms and literature's "excessive romanticism and emphasis on rhyme and meter". [1]
The slogan "Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan" (Filipino for "For the nation's progress, discipline is needed") [1] [2] was a political catchphrase created by the administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos after his declaration of martial law, as a justification for his authoritarian rule and in an effort to promote the "new society". [3]
Mga kababayang dalaga ng Malolos (English: To my countrymen, the young women of Malolos), also known by its alternative English title To the young women of Malolos, is a letter written by Filipino author and political reformer José Rizal on February 22, 1889.
Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas.The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia").
"Sa Aking Mga Kabatà" (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [1]
Peter Solis Nery is a Filipino poet, fictionist, author, and filmmaker. Writing in Hiligaynon, he is a Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Hall of Fame Awardee, [1] the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Literary Grant, and the All-Western Visayas Literary Contest (National Commission for Culture and the Arts) winner. [2]
The Kartilya ng Katipunan (English: Primer of the Katipunan [1]) served as the guidebook for new members of the organization, which laid out the group's rules and principles. The first edition of the Kartilya was written by Gomez later wrote a revised Decalogue.