I watch tv show today which is called Ruffa and Ai in TFC (The Filipino Channel).It's already June 12, 2009 in the Philippines. It's Independence Day . They were celebrating Independence Day. Charice Pempengco was singging the National Anthem. All employees in ABS-CBN was there to celebrate and all over in the Philippines. The
Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on
June 12, 1898 in the
Philippines, where Filipino revolutionary forces under General
Emilio Aguinaldo (later to become the Philippines' first Republican President) proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain after the latter was defeated at the
Battle of Manila Bay during the
Spanish-American War. The declaration, however, was not recognized by the United States or Spain, as the Spanish government ceded the Philippines to the United States in the
1898 Treaty of Paris, in consideration for an indemnity for Spanish expenses and assets lost. The United States recognized Philippine independence on July 4, 1946 in the
Treaty of Manila. Independence Day was observed in the Philippines on the
July 4 anniversary of this event until, upon the advice of historians and at the urging of nationalist politicians, President
Diosdado Macapagal signed Republic Act No. 4166 into law on
August 4, 1964, designating
June 12, which had previously been observed as
Flag Day, as the country's
Independence Day.
I'm Proud to be Pinoy! Mabuhay ang Filipino!