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  2. List of torture methods used by the Marcos dictatorship

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    Wet submarine - Victims' heads would be submerged in a toilet full of urine and excrement. Victims include Charlie Palma and Wenifredo Villareal. [4] Dry submarine - Victims' heads would be inserted into plastic bags, causing suffocation. Victims include Rolieto Trinidad. [4] Strangulation - Done by hand, electric wire or steel bar. Victims ...

  3. Philippine revolts against Spain - Wikipedia

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    During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines (1565–1898), there were several revolts against the Spanish colonial government by indigenous Moro, Lumad, Indios, Chinese (Sangleys), and Insulares (Filipinos of full or near full Spanish descent), often with the goal of re-establishing the rights and powers that had traditionally belonged to Lumad communities, Maginoo rajah, and Moro datus.

  4. History of the Philippines (1565–1898) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.

  5. 1993 Palanca Awards - Wikipedia

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    The 1993 winners were divided into fifteen categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] novel, short story, short story for children, poetry, essay, one-act play, and full-length play, plus the Dulang Pantelebisyon, open only for the Filipino Division:

  6. List of Filipino generals in the Philippine Revolution and ...

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    Executed by the Spanish Government in Barangay Carreta on April 18, 1898. He was the only Filipino rebel officer allowed by Spanish military authorities in Cebu to wear his full uniform as General [7] First Philippine Republic; Katipunan in Cebu; Mambajao, Camiguin. Mambajao, Camiguin; Cebu; Bohol; 15. Juan Araneta: Commanding General ...

  7. Spanish Filipinos - Wikipedia

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    A Criollo Filipina woman in the 1890s. The history of the Spanish Philippines covers the period from 1521 to 1898, beginning with the arrival in 1521 of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sailing for Spain, which heralded the period when the Philippines was an overseas province of Spain, and ends with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898.

  8. Carlos María de la Torre y Navacerrada - Wikipedia

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    A Carlist army officer, he was sent from Spain by Francisco Serrano after the ouster of Queen Isabel II as a result of the La Gloriosa revolution. He was considered a liberal Spaniard who practiced the liberal and democratic principles for imposing liberal laws. [2]

  9. List of Filipino inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Its name is a shortened version of the word pang-tabas, which means "chopping tool." Its length varies from two to four feet, and can be wielded with one or both hands. It was used as a combat weapon, as an execution tool, and in displays of power. Its use as an agricultural and butchering tool has also been noted. Balisong