The 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She was also Asia’s first female president. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and … Continue reading
First Asian president of the United Nations General Assembly, was also the first Filipino to have received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize (Correspondence). He was awarded the coveted Journalism prize for a series of articles about World War II that appeared … Continue reading
Philippines national hero. A category in himself. Hero, medicine man, genius, athlete, sculptor, fictionist, poet, essayist, husband, lover, samaritan, martyr.
Gomburza or GOMBURZA is an acronym denoting the surnames of the priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Apolonio Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, three Filipino priests who were executed on 17 February 1872 at Bagumbayan in Manila, Philippines by Spanish colonial authorities … Continue reading