THERE is another walled city by Manila Bay, not far from Intramuros. It was once called Cavite Nuevo — or New Cavite — to distinguish it from Cavite El Viejo, or Old Cavite, which encompasses ...

It is the day we stepped into the world not as a colony, not as a possession, but as a people with a flag, a name, and a dream. On that bold afternoon in Kawit, Cavite, in 1898, a people—fractured by ...

The Philippines marked its 127th Independence Day with a celebration on June 12, 2025, in Kawit, Cavite—the birthplace of Philippine independence. Relive how the GoodNewsPilipinas team covered the ...

THE popular narrative for many years about the proclamation of Philippine independence in Kawit, Cavite, was that it was the first time that the national flag was hoisted and the national anthem was ...

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Actor and public servant Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. led the celebration of the 126th anniversary of Philippine Independence Wednesday morning (June 12) at the Dambana ni Emilio Aguinaldo in Kawit, ...

June 12, 1898, the Philippine Flag was raised in Kawit, Cavite. This was a symbolic gesture that the Filipinos were finally freed from the control of the Spanish colonizers. Not long after ...

The wreath-laying ceremony during the 126th Independence Day celebration in Kawit on June 12 (Photo courtesy of Kawit PIO/MANILA BULLETIN) The senator also led the flag-raising ceremony at the balcony ...

CAVITE – Senator Ramon “Bong" Revilla Jr. was the guest of honor at the 126th Independence Day celebration in Kawit on Wednesday, June 12. Revilla led the wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of Gen.