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2. Maharlika Eddie Ilarde, Senator Eddie Ilarde was the President Rody
Ferdinand E. first to propose to rename the Duterte’s
Marcos, and Philippines into"Maharlika" in declaration that he
Rodrigo Duterte 1978, citing the need to honor agrees with the
he country's ancient heritage proposal to
before the Spanishand rename the
Americans occupied the Philippines
country. They view the name “Maharlika” was
"Philippines" as a colonial met with jubilation
reminder of the ruler of their by many Filipinos
previous colonial masters. whose spirit and
judgment have
been awakened to
appreciate the
need to redeem
our treasured
ethos of time past.
After centuries of
carrying a name
branded into our
being illegally by a
foreign invader, it
is time for change
and redemption
and tread the road
torenascence.
3. Sa Aking Mga Jose Rizal Sa Aking Mga
The poem was widely
Kabata Kabatà" is a poem
taught in Philippine schools
about the love of
to point out Rizal's
one's native
precociousness and early
language written in
development of
Tagalog. It is widely
his nationalistic ideals. A
attributed to the
passage of the poem often
Filipino national
paraphrased as "Ang hindi
hero José Rizal, who
marunong magmahal sa
supposedly wrote it
sariling wika, masahol pa
in 1868 at the age
sa hayop at malansang
of seven. here is no
isda" ( "He who knows not
evidence, however,
to love his own language, is
to support
worse than beasts and
authorship by Rizal
putrid fish") is widely
and several
quoted in order to
historians now
justify pressuring Philippine
believe it to be a
citizens into using Tagalog;
hoax. The first
this ironically includes its
stanza speaks that
majority of nonnative
Rizal wants us to
speakers. It is encountered
love our linguistic
most frequently during
communication and
the Buwan ng
it is a gift from
Wika ('Language Month'), a
above that was
given onto us to be
commemoration of the
thankful of. It is an
establishment of
approval that like
the Filipino language as the
any other
national language of the
nationalities we
Philippines.
were gifted of. We
are cognizant that
Rizal was motivated
to compose this
verse form during
the clip of Spanish
domination because
we were under
their settlement. He
addresses us to love
our linguistic
communication for
it is our measure
towards
independence. As
Rizal correlated it to
a bird that can
freely wing up in
the sky. It has a will
to wing wherever it
wants to travel and
whatever it wants
to make. But if this
bird is in an