Senate President Drilon ‘to complete Noynoy Aquino dictatorship’
– Archbishop emeritus Oscar Cruz
June 6, 2013 10:16 pm
http://www.manilatimes.net/senate-president-drilon-to-complete-aquino-dictatorship/7566/
We might just find out soon whether Aquino III will eventually clash with Mar Roxas II or it will be with the oligarchs.
Here’s another excerpt from Stanley Karnow’s “In Our Image” (1989)
If Korea with one land, one people and one language could be divided along ideological lines, what more with the Philippines which is a readily divided archipelago?
The Philippines WAS NEVER ONE NATION. We’re no different from the Native American tribes like Sioux, Navajo, Shoshone, Arapahoe, Comanche, Apache, Cherokee, Iroquois, Seminoles, etc. of North America.
The Philippines is in fact made up of at least eight nations. Ilokano, Kapangpangan, Pangalatok, Zambal, Tagalog, Bicol, Waray, Bisaya (Cebuano) Ilonggo, not to mention the natives and indigenous peoples of Mindanao like the Tausugs.
Ilokanos have their own epic poem (Lam-Ang) and so does the Tagalogs (Florante at Laura), Bicols and other Filipino nations. If epic poems are not indicative of a nation, I don’t know what is.
So In fairness to ALL Filipinos the Marcoses, Aquinos, Roxases should form their own countries in their respective ancestral lands. Those who want a Compact of Free Association with the U.K. or U.S. should be allowed to do so. Those who want to revert back to being a U.S. Territory should negotiate with the U.S.’ Dept. of Interior.
To each his/her own. (By the way, non-Tagalogs should pay rent for the use of Tagalog lands. Negotiate now and avoid paying penalties, interests and late fees. I kid you not!)
References:
1.) “ . . on Luzon alone the Ilocanos, Pampangans, Pangasinans, Tagalogs, and Bicols all speak different languages. As geographers have noted, the term “Filipino” is no more accurate in describing a people of one race and culture than is the term ‘American’. “
– Frederick L. Wernstedt & J.E. Spmecer, “The Philippine Island World: A Physical, Cultural and Regional Geography” (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967)
2.) “The eight distinct languages are Tagalog, Bicol (very similar to Maori language of New Zealand), Ilokano, Pangasinan, Kapangpang, Ilonggo, Waray, Cebuano. Each of these nations has their own separate epic poems written in their own respective languages.”
Source: WAIS: Hungary, Thailand & the Philippines. [Bienvenido Macario, Philippines, US 9-27-06.
http://waisworld.org/go.jsp?id=02a0&objectType=post&objectTypeId=5593&topicId=1