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Ancient Religions of the Filipinos
Religious beliefs and cosmology of indigenous tribes of the Philippines were as varied as the tribes. By Paul Kenkai Manansala.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/9845/spirit.htm
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Pre-Spanish Tacloban
Filipinos were part of the ancient empire of Sri Vijaya and took part in the battle for Malacca against the Portuguese in 1511-1512.
http://members.tripod.com/Taclobanon/Prespanish.htm
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EDSA The Original People Power Revolution
Powerful day-by-day chronicle of the downfall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, by Angela Stuart-Santiago.
http://www.stuartxchange.com/Edsa.html
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Lumad Retreat
The 400-year flight of the hilltribes collectively called Lumads into the wilderness, and the consequent ecological destruction of the Pulangi river, the 'Rio Grande de Mindanao' of Spanish annals.
http://www.mekonginfo.org/mrc_en/doclib.nsf/0/2AE0F8B274605B4DC725673700122451/$FILE/PART5.html
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The Cabecera of Tarlac
Local history and cultural evolution in Tarlac, a collection of articles by Lino L. Dizon in the Center for Tarlac Studies.
http://www.geocities.com/cts_tsu/index.html
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Jose Rizal's Retraction, Or Not
Did the national hero renounce all his writings against the friars, or not? Details of the multiple copies, doubtful document sources and vague testimonies sustain the long and still ongoing debate.
http://www.joserizal.ph/rt01.html
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Jose Rizal
Information about the national hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal. Includes an article on the rumored relationship with a former Nazi dictator.
http://www.joserizal.ph/in01.html
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What's in a Name?
Where the Philippines, Pinoy, and Flip got their names. Other articles on History 101.
http://www.tribo.org/history/index.html
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Malay Balay Means Few Houses
History of Kala Sungay, the capital of the Bukidnons, massacred and burned by the Spaniards in 1850. Survivors rebuilt their Sacub river village under Datu Mampa Along, and finally submitted to Spanish rule in 1877.
http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=history&province=52
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MacArthur’s Fight in the Philippines
Gen Douglas MacArthur’s battle against the invading Japanese. First-person accounts by the few men who were there at the time. From the Public Broadcasting System's American Experience series.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/sfeature/bataan.html
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