DEATH BY GARROTE [LOOKING BACK 3]

DR. AMBETH R. OCAMPO

DEATH BY GARROTE 1
Malacañang Palace  Historical landmark in Pasig; seat of power in the Philippines
Sandiganbayan Justice Manuel Pamaran  “The Hanging Judge”
Squat White Obelisk (Rizal Park)  Spot where Father Gomez, Burgos, & Zamora were executed in
1872
Garrote  Used to kill the GomBurZa by swift breaking of their neck
Edmond Plauchut  Frechman; wrote the dramatic eyewitness account of the GomBurZa
execution
Saldua  First to be executed for implicating the three priests (2 nd- Mariano
Gomez, 3rd- Jose Burgor, 4th - Jacinto Zamora
El Filibusterismo  Jose Rizal’s second novel inspired by the three priests
1872  Landmark date in Philippines history
DEATH BY GARROTE 2
Joseph Earle Stevens  Wrote the book Yesterdays in the Philippines
AGUINALDO’S BREAKFAST
Colonel Simeon Villa  One of the aides who kept the diary (now in the National Library)
about Aguinaldo’s trek to Palanan to escape capture by the
Americans
Banaue Breakfast  Aguinaldo’s breakfast every morning with family during their stay
in Ranchería (Barrio) at the mountain
 Consists of milk and coffee, fried kamote (sweet potato), and butter
Colonel Simeon Villa  Father of National Artist for Literature Jose Garcia Villa
Nonoy Marcelo  His poster showing Villa’s posterior with the caption “Poet in
Exile?”
Doveglion  Jose Garcia Villa’s pseudonym; stands for Dove+Eagle+Lion
Emilio Aguinaldo  “A man cannot be blamed for dreaming!” (Historian Teodoro
Agoncillo)
 President of the First Philippine Republic
March 23, 1901  Aguinaldo’s capture by U.S. General Frederick Funston.
Igorot  Head-hunters of Cordillera
Kañao  Ifugao’s ritual done by dancing, chanting prayers with a sacrificial
rite asking for guidance, good harvest, resolving disputes and other
tribe matters to their Anito.
GRACIA O DESGRACIA
March 23, 1957  Aguinaldo’s 88th birthday
 President Ramon Magsaysay’s burial in Manila due to accident in a
plane crash
Aguinaldo’s 28th birthday, 1897  Elected as the president of the Revolutionary Government by the
Tejeros Convention
March 24, 1897  Crispulo’s (brother of Aguinaldo) died in the Battle of Pasong
Santol
Pangkat Kawayan  Group of 25 soldiers who could play musical instruments into a
musicong bumbong and fashioned instrument from bamboo.
Basi  “Wine of the Lubuagan mountains”
General Gregorio “Goyo” del Pilar  “Hero in Tirad Pass”
Macabebe Soldiers (from Pampanga)  “Dugong aso”
 One of the fiercest and most vindictive tribes on the island of Luzon
 They served to General Antonio Luna in Philippine Army
 Best arnisadors of our native land; mortal enemy of the Tagalogs
 They joined the Americans and captured Aguinaldo in Palanan,
Isabela
General Antonio Luna  General who was killed brutally and traitorously by Aguinaldo’s
men.