With a height of 45.72 meters, the “Independence Flagpole,” fronting the Rizal Monument in Luneta, is the tallest in the Philippines. Twice a year, on June 12 and Dec. 30, a huge and impressive ...

From a flag-raising ceremony to an evening ball and traditional Filipino dance performances, there are multiple events to help celebrate the 127th anniversary of Philippine Independence this week ...

The giant flag in the session hall of the House of Representatives has been washed, ironed and re-hung ahead of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July ...

Philippine Studies, Vol. 55, No. 4, Home Fuel (2007), pp. 449-477 (29 pages) This article offers a new interpretation of the much-studied conflict between Andres Bonifacio, the original leader of the ...

This article Philippine flag at Batasan gets a cleaning before SONA 2025 was originally published in GMA News Online.

For over 70 years, the Pacific Historical Review has accurately and adeptly covered the history of American expansion to the Pacific and beyond, as well as the post-frontier developments of the ...

This came after decades of struggle, including the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule in the late 1800s and the Philippine-American War in the early 1900s.

Check out the list of areas in Luzon and the Visayas, where GCash extends a 15-day grace period for borrowers affected by the recent storms ...

Following a sold-out debut and sweeping wins at the 2024 Aliw Awards—including Best Musical—Tanghalang Pilipino’s "Pingkian: Isang Musikal" is set to return to the stage this September for the company ...

Flag of resistance : rowdy boys, liberty, and the American Revolution -- Flag of nativism : the Philadelphia riots of 1844 -- Flag of war : Fort Sumter to the Emancipation Proclamation -- Flag of ...

What Ken Burns Won’t Say About the American Revolution On the road with America’s foremost history documentarian in a fractured country.