by Riel A. A. Diala April 12, 2022 Part III: La Republica Filipina 333 years of Spanish Colonial rule had introduced new systems of currency to the Philippines. Not only did the period see a diverse range of coins from the new world, but it also witnessed the establishment of the Manila Mint and the…
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Stephen Pamorada April 7, 2022 Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz is the largest public square in the district of Binondo in the City of Manila, and at 1,200 square meters, it is also among the biggest in the whole city. Being a colonial plaza, it is a National Historical Site through a National Historical Commission of…
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by Riel A. A. DialaMarch 23, 2020 Part II: The Spanish Colonial Period During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, the colonizers introduced a myriad of gold and silver coins that made their way to the colony through the Galleon Trade. It was also under the Captaincy General of the Philippines when the first…
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by Jeremiah Inocencio When the city of Manila was turned into a battleground between the Filipino, American, and Japanese forces from February 3 to March 3, 1945, around 100,000 civilians were killed, 50,000 were hurt and wounded, and thousands of casualties were registered from the belligerents. This lamentable combination of carnage and rubble was devastating…
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Riel A. A. Diala20 Feb 2022 INTRODUCTION Money has long served an integral function in the daily lives of Filipinos – a medium for transactions of goods and services, and quite unfortunately a necessity for availing most basic necessities. Currency in the form of coins and banknotes are even more so undeniably a staple of…
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