General Education

DOCTRINA CRISTIANA

The first book written in the Philippines.

PEDRO BUKANEG

The Father of Ilocano Literature.

FRANCISCO BALTAZAR

The Father of Tagalog Poetry.

SEVERINO REYES

The pen name of Lola Basyang.

KENKOY

The first and longest running komiks series in the Philippines (Liwayway Magasin,1929).

JUAN CRISOSTOMO SOTO

The Father of Pampango Literature who wrote 'There is no God'.

MANILA BULLETIN

The oldest existing newspaper in the Philippines since the 1900.

ALEJANDRO ABADILLA

The Father of Modern Tagalog Poetry.

ANG DAPAT MABATID NG MGA TAGALOG

The work of Bonifacio which tells the history of the Philippines.

JOSE RIZAL

He wrote the popular fable 'The Monkey and the Turtle.'

THE DECALOGUE

Known as Andres Bonifacio's Ten Commandments of the Katipunan.

PACIANO RIZAL

Rizal's model for Pilosopong Tasyo.

SIMOUN

A character created by Rizal that reflects his own personality.

TO MY FELLOW CHILDREN

The line 'whoever knows not how to love his native tongue is worse than any beast or even smelly fish' comes from this work.

DIMASALANG, LAONG-LAAN

Rizal's pen name.

JUAN LUNA

The pen name Taga-ilog is associated with him.

ALIBATA/BAYBAYIN

The first Filipino alphabet.

15 LETTERS

The first Filipino alphabet consisted of this number of letters.

TALINDAW

A song about love; 'awit ng mga taong hindi naimbetahan sa kainan (COLADO).'

JOSE MA. PANGANIBAN

Known for his 'Memoria Fotografica'.

AMADO HERNANDEZ

Known as the 'poet of the workers or laborers'.

BUKANEGAN

Ilocano balagtasan.

MARAGTAS

Visayan epic about good manners and right conduct.

PASCUAL POBLETE

The Father of Filipino newspaper.

NARCISO REYES

Author of 'Lupang Tinubuan', considered to be the best story written during Japanese Period.

CORIDO AT BUHAY NA PINAGDAANAN NG TATLONG PRINSIPENG ANAC NG HARING FERNANDO AT REYNA VALERIANA SA CAHARIANG BERBANIA

The original title of Ibong Adarna.

PANDEREGLA

First Filipino bread.

Andres Bonifacio

Known as 'The Great Plebian' and 'The Father of the Katipunan'.

Gregorio Del Pilar

Hero of the Tirad Pass Battle.

General Emilio Aguinaldo

President of the First Philippine Republic.

Apolinario Mabini

Brain of the Philippine Revolution.

GOMBURZA

Martyred Priests in 1872.

Emilio Jacinto

Brain of the Katipunan.

General Antonio Luna

Co-founder of La Independencia.

Melchora Aquino

Known as the 'Mother of Balintawak'.

Graciano Lopez-Jaena

Greatest Filipino Orator of the Propaganda Movement.

Pandar Pira

First Filipino cannon-maker.