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The result of the attempt to unify all factions of the Guardians or Guardians Unification was the establishment of the Philippine Guardians Brotherhood Inc. (PGBI). Unfortunately, the Founders opposed the Constitution and Bylaws of the PGBI as almost 85% of its provisions were copied from the PGI version promulgated during the Davao National ...
On January 27, 1987, a coup d'état against the government of Philippine President Corazon Aquino was staged by civilian and military supporters of Aquino's deposed predecessor, Ferdinand Marcos. The soldiers were members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who belonged to the Guardians Brotherhood, Inc (GBI) led by Colonel Oscar Canlas.
The following years remained hostile for the Philippines, a series of bloody coup attempts led by then-Col. Gregorio Honasan of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, involved thousands of renegade troops, including elite units from the army and marines, in a coordinated series of attacks on Malacanang and several major military camps in Manila ...
This is a timeline of Philippine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Philippines and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of the Philippines .
Billy C. Bibit [1] (March 10, 1950 – October 25, 2009) was a Filipino retired colonel and a Philippine Constabulary lieutenant colonel who led a series of attempted coups against former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino [2] during the 1980s as a member of the Revolutionary Patriot Alliance (Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabayan, RAM).
In 1521, explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines and claimed the islands for Spain [29] Miguel López de Legazpi forced the Treaty of Cebu on Rajah Tupas, which effectively gave Spain suzerainty over Cebu. [30] From Cebu, Legaspi expanded Spanish rule across the Philippines, taking possession of Manila for Spain in 1571. [31]
The Philippine American War or "Philippine Insurrection" has two phases. First phase was the conventional military warfare between two organized armies: The US Forces and the First Philippine Republican Army. This was period was from February to November 1899.
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...