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Rogelio Sicat
Rogelio Sicat (June 26, 1940 – 1997), sometimes referred to as "Rogelio Sikat", was a prolific Filipino novelist, playwright and short story writer. Sikat is best known for his classic masterpieces particularly "Impeng Negro", a short story based on a half-black, half-Filipino boy and ''Moses, Moses'', a play in one act that depicts the social injustices and the abuse of the country's oppressive politicians. He uses "Sikat" as a pen name to reflect on his Filipino identity (The Filipino alphabet originally does not have the letter c) as his real surname is "Sicat". Apart from being one of the Philippines’ finest modern literary figures, Sikat was also a distinguished educator. He was a former university professor and former college dean of the University of the Philippines’ College of Arts and Letters. Sikat was born on June 26, 1940, in the town of San Isidro in the province of Nueva Ecija, as the sixth of eight children of Estanislao Sikat and Crisanta Rodriguez. For hi ...
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San Isidro, officially the Municipality of San Isidro (, Kapampangan: ''Balen ning San Isidro''), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,372 people. San Isidro became the capital of the Philippines during the First Philippine Republic when President Emilio Aguinaldo was moving north to avoid being captured by American forces. This municipality also has the first high school in the Philippines outside Manila History San Isidro, along with its origin Gapan, Aliaga, Cabiao, and San Antonio were parts of Pampanga until they were transferred to Nueva Ecija in 1848. It served as the capital of Nueva Ecija from 1852 to 1912. After the first cry against the Spanish colonial government was made in 1896, there were 2,000 revolutionary soldiers under General Mariano Llanera who besieged San Isidro. On March 29, 1899, General Emilio Aguinaldo declared San Isidro as the capital of the Philippines after the r ...
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The Commonwealth of the Philippines (; ) was an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territory and Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States that existed from 1935 to 1946. It was established following the Tydings–McDuffie Act to replace the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands. and was designed as a transitional administration in preparation for full Philippine independence. Its foreign affairs remained managed by the United States. During its more than a decade of existence, the Commonwealth had a strong executive (government), executive and a supreme court. Its legislature, dominated by the Nacionalista Party, was at first unicameral but later bicameral. In 1937, the government selected Tagalog language, Tagalogthe language of Manila and its surrounding provincesas the basis of the Filipino language, national language, although it would be many years before its usage became general. Women's suffrage was adopted, and the Economy ...
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