Painting of José Rizal being executed by a squad of Filipino soldiers of the Spanish Army. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons / Photo by Jorge Láscar) At 7 am on December 30, 1896, a 35-year-old ...

December 31, the last day of the year, has often served as a day of closure, decision, and transition in Philippine history.

EMILIO AGUINALDO HEADED the Philippine revolutionary government that, in May and June 1898, defeated Spanish forces in Manila and other parts of Luzon and the Visayas. On June 12, 1898, he proclaimed ...

"In commemoration of the centennials of the Philippine Revolution (1896), the Philippine Independence (1898), and the Philippine-American War (1899)." siris_sil_553134 ...