Sari-Saring Saliksik

17 Philippine Regions, including provinces Region I (Ilocos Region) Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan Region II (Cagayan Valley) Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino Region III (Central Luzon) Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales Region IV-A (Calabarzon) Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal Region IV-B (Mimaropa) Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Romblon Region V (Bicol Region) Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, Sorsogon Region VI (Western Visayas) Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Negros Occidental Region VII (Central Visayas) Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Southern Samar Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) Zamboanga Del Norte, Zamboanga Del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay Region X (Northern Mindanao) Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao Del Norte, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental Region XI (D

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by Graciano Lopez-Jaena , a Filipino propagandist during the Spanish occupation of the Philippines, 19th century (This article was published in La Solidaridad, May 15, 1889. It was written in commemoration of the French Revolution.) One hundred years ago, an event that occured in France shook the world. Let us salute, as good democrats, that grand French Revolution and its immortal Assembly which changed the face of the world and the history of the centuries. Without it, without that Revolution, humanity as a whole would be lying in the most stinking obscurantism, dominated by the ironhand of the ancient, tyrannical institutions. Without it, we would not be enjoying the conquest of science, especially physical and chemical, which have given a downright lie to the stern assertion that certain truths were revealed. It was astonishing how that Assembly in spite of violent tempests and the severe attacks hurled against it by the corrupt aristocracy, with the