Twenty years after the 1872 revolt ... Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippine islands, and in January 1899 he became the president. While the Filipinos believed that a U.S. defeat ...

THE CORNER-STONE OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE. BY F. B. HARRISON ... We have driven the Filipinos to press for the independence which we refuse to give them, even after they feel that they have complied ...

World War II interrupted the transition to independence ... MacArthur and the U.S. army returned to the Philippines in 1944. After a bloody battle for Manila, the islands were declared liberated ...

Despite its strong alliance with the United States (US) and other nations, the Philippines will remain independent and not a mere “chess piece” of other countries as claimed by Beijing, according to ...

Timor-Leste, which gained independence from Indonesia in 2002 ... The former congressman fled the Philippines after Degamo's killing and has remained abroad despite an expired travel authority.