This infamous phrase was shouted by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in the balcony of an ancestral house in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898. It concluded the centuries long fight and struggle from Spain.
That day was also the debut of our national flag sewn by Marcela Agoncillo.
This is the inspiration for this week's Mani Monday.
For a country, independence means being able to protect its people and their welfare while being able maintain good relations with other countries.
For a person, independence means being able to make your own decisions and being able to stand by it.
So now, the inevitable question: is the Philippines an independent country?
Maybe not yet. I think we are still in the middle rung of the ladder to independence. An independent country is comprised of independent people bonded by a common love to their motherland.
So until every Filipino can say with his head raised with pride, "Ako'y isang Pinoy sa puso't diwa!", the Philippines will be one person shy from being independent.
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