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Podcast: Howie Severino Presents
Episode: Malakas na malakas ang patriotism ng Pilipino – Manolo Quezon
Description: ("Filipino patriotism is very strong.")In time for the 125th anniversary of June 12, 1898, public intellectual Manuel L. Quezon III, the grandson of the country's second president Manuel L. Quezon, questions whether that is even the right date to mark the nation's independence. August 1896 was when Filipinos declared they desired to be free, and July 4, 1946 was when the United States granted the country its independence.In part 1 of this episode, Howie and Manolo discuss Filipino victories over Spanish forces in many provinces in 1898 that led to a short-lived independence, before the US arrived to occupy and colonize the country. Manolo...