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The National Heroes Committee was tasked to study, evaluate and recommend Filipino national heroes to recognize their heroic character and remarkable achievements for the country. [ 1 ] On November 30, 1994 (Bonifacio Day), President Ramos issued Proclamation No. 510 which declared the year 1996 (the centennial of the Philippine Revolution) as ...
Commanding General-Philippine Republic [26] He used the pen name “Langgam” (Ant) and was the founder of Pilar Lodge No. 15 of the Free Masonry of the Philippines; Tagalog Republic as headed by General Miguel Malvar; First Philippine Republic; Katipunan; Imus, Cavite: 33. Arsenio Climaco: Brigadier General Federated States of Visayas; First ...
Hermogenes Ilagan (Balagtas) – tenor, writer, stage actor, and playwright known as the Father of Philippine Zarzuela; Francisco Balagtas, also known as or Francisco Baltazar (Panginay, Bigaa) – writer, author of Florante at Laura. Jose Corazon de Jesus (pen name "Huseng Batute"; Santa Maria, his father's hometown) – poet
Talahib, a Kulafu-like character by Francisco Reyes; Talim from Bayan Knights; Tara Tarantula: The Spider Lady; Tatto [153] from Pintados; Taurus [154] Tayho, a tikbalang and earth elemental/engkanto from Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom; Teg from Super Inggo; The Evil Buster; The Maker (Filipino Heroes League) The Twelve, a superhero ...
Despite popular recognition of Rizal as "the Philippine national hero", the title itself has no explicit legal definition in present Philippine law. Rizal and Bonifacio, however, are given the implied recognition of being national heroes because they are commemorated annually nationwide – Rizal Day on December 30 and Bonifacio Day on November ...
Apolinario Mabini y Maranán [a] (Tagalog: [apolɪˈnaɾ.jo maˈbinɪ]; July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then as the first Prime Minister of the Philippines upon the establishment of the First Philippine Republic.
The types of sovereign state leaders in the Philippines have varied throughout the country's history, from heads of ancient chiefdoms, kingdoms and sultanates in the pre-colonial period, to the leaders of Spanish, American, and Japanese colonial governments, until the directly elected president of the modern sovereign state of the Philippines.
Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈluna], Tagalog: [hwɐn ˈluna]; October 25, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists.