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  2. Alejandro G. Abadilla - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Japanese occupation of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (Filipino: Pananakop ng mga Hapones sa Pilipinas; Japanese: 日本のフィリピン占領, romanized: Nihon no Firipin Senryō) occurred between 1942 and 1945, when the Japanese Empire occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.

  4. Hukbalahap - Wikipedia

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    The Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (lit. ' People's Army Against The Japanese ' ), better known by the acronym Hukbalahap , was a Filipino communist guerrilla movement formed by the farmers of Central Luzon .

  5. Luis Taruc - Wikipedia

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    Luis M. Taruc Freedom Park in San Luis, Pampanga in Barangay San Sebastian, beside Barangay Santa Cruz Poblacion along the Baliuag-Candaba-San Luis Provincial Road. Luis Mangalus Taruc (Tagalog pronunciation: [luˈis tɐˈɾuk]; June 21, 1913 – May 4, 2005) was a Filipino political figure and rebel during the agrarian unrest of the 1930s until the end of the Cold War.

  6. Philippine Executive Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine Executive Commission (PEC; Tagalog: Komisyong Tagapagpaganap ng Pilipinas) [1] was a puppet government set up to govern the Philippine archipelago during World War II. It was established with sanction from the occupying Imperial Japanese forces as an interim governing body prior to the establishment of the Japanese-backed, Second ...

  7. Julián Cruz Balmaceda - Wikipedia

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    Ang Tala sa Kabundukan (The Star on the Mountains) - a musical play composed of three stages. Kayamanang Lumilipad (Treasury Flies) - an opera of three stages. Ale-aleng Namamayong (Lady under the Umbrella) - a poem about sacrifice of love. Ang Hampas ng Lupa (Nature's Guilt) - one stage. Ligayang Nawawala (Dissipating Happiness) - short story.

  8. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - Wikipedia

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    The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Japanese: 大東亞共榮圈, Hepburn: Dai Tōa Kyōeiken), also known as the GEACPS, [1] was a pan-Asian union that the Empire of Japan tried to establish.

  9. Amado V. Hernandez - Wikipedia

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    While he was a guerilla, Hernandez came in contact with guerillas of the Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon which was founded by Luis Taruc and other communist ideologues continued by the Philippine Commonwealth troops entered in Bulacan. It is believed that this was when Hernandez developed sympathies, if not belief, with the communist movement.