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EDSA 3: A Surprising Uprising
Three analyses of the May Day riot by the 'have-nots' in Manila by known Philipine writers. From the 'Focus on the Philippines' website.

EDSA The Original People Power Revolution
Powerful day-by-day chronicle of the downfall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, by Angela Stuart-Santiago.

Evolution Of Filipino as a National Language
3 articles tracing the evolution of the language from pre-history through successive infusion of foreign words.

Filipino Folktales
Legends and old-time stories told through the ages.

Filipino-Chinese Guerrillas in WW2
Story of the “Ampaw Unit,� Filipino-Chinese freedom fighters against the Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. They fought with the famed Yay Marking’s Fil-American Guerrilla around the Greater Manila area. By Col.(Ret) Frank B. Quesada.

Filipinos in World War II
Short history of Filipinos who fought the Japanese with the United States armed forces during World War II. From the Lahing Buensuceso website.

Former Subic Bay Naval Base, The
History, photos, stories and message boards.

Friars' History of the Philippines
Spanish account of the colonization of the islands from 1521 through 1574.

History of the Philippines
Two narratives from Canada covering the beginnings of the archipelago all the way to the present, from Frasier Weir and from Daniel Young. Also, an account of the 85-year-long Dagohoy revolt in Bohol, by Alan Cajes.

Humabon, Defender of Cebu
Rajah Humabon massacred the men of Ferdinand Magellan after the battle of Mactan and other historical scenes re-created by Manuel Panares in his paintings of Cebu's past.

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