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Gatbonton, Esperanza B., ed. (2000), The Philippines After The Revolution 1898-1945, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, ISBN 971-814-004-2; Custodio, Teresa Ma; Dalisay, Jose Y. (1998), Reform and Revolution, Kasaysayan: The History of the Filipino People, vol. 5, Asia Publishing Company Limited, ISBN 962-258-228-1
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the Fifth Philippine Republic.. The return of democracy and government reforms beginning in 1986 were hampered by national debt, government corruption, coup attempts, disasters, a persistent communist insurgency, [1] and a military conflict with Moro separatists. [2]
The 1990 Mindanao revolt was an uprising that occurred in parts of the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.It began when Alexander Noble, a dissident Philippine Army colonel linked to the 1989 Philippine coup attempt against President Corazon Aquino, and his supporters, which included Mindanaoan separatists, seized two military garrisons in Cagayan de Oro and Butuan without firing a ...
February 22 – People Power Revolution (Day 1): Deputy Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, backed by members of the armed forces loyal to the former, declares coup at a press conference at Camp Aguinaldo to call upon Pres. Marcos to resign and to announce their withdrawal of ...
The use of theatre as a venue for protest in the Philippines [1] has had a long history dating back to its colonial history, and continuing into the present day. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It played a particularly important part [ 4 ] [ 5 ] during the Philippine American War, the Second World War, and during the Dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
Year Date Event Source c.200 AD The Maitum Jars are anthropomorphic jars that were depicting children (head is the lead of the jar with ears and the body was the jar itself with hands and feet as the handle) with perforations in red and black colors, had been used as a secondary burial jars in Ayub Cave, Pinol, Maitum Sarangani province, each of the jars had a "facial expression".
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When the Philippines gained its independence in 1946, much of the land was held by a small group of wealthy landowners. There was much pressure on the democratically elected government to redistribute the land. At the same time, many of the democratically elected office holders were landowners themselves or came from land-owning families.