CONFLICTING VIEWS IN

PHILIPPINE HISTORY:
CRY OF PUGADLAWIN OR
BALINTAWAK
Kurt Zeus L. Dizon
Readings in Philippine History
Cry of Pugadlawin?

■ The event spark the beginning of the Philippine Revolution

■ August 1896, members of the Katipunan led by Andrés Bonifacio rose up in revolt
somewhere in an area referred to as Caloocan, wider than the jurisdiction of present-day
Caloocan City which may have overlapped into present-day Quezon City.
■ Originally the term cry referred to the first clash between the Katipuneros and the Civil
Guards (Guardia Civil).
■ The cry could also refer to the tearing up of community tax certificates (cédulas
personales) in defiance of their allegiance to Spain. The inscriptions of "Viva la
Independencia Filipina" can also be referred as term for the cry. This was literally
accompanied by patriotic shouts.
Prior to the Cry of Pugadlawin

■ Cavite Mutiny of 1872 & Martyrdom of GOMBURZA

■ Propaganda Movement
■ La Liga Filipina
■ Creation of the Katipunan
■ Exile of Jose Rizal in Dapitan
Versions/Accounts

Job
Pio Valenzuela Physician, Board Member of KKK
Santiago Alvarez Warlord of Cavite – KKK Member
Gregoria de Jesus Wife of Bonifacio
Capt. Olegario Cruz Commander of the Guardia Civil Manila
Guillermo Masangkay KKK General, Childhood friend of Bonifacio
Conflict

■ Pio Valenzuela – Pugadlawin, Caloocan (Recognized by the National Historical

Commission of the Philippines
■ Guillermo Masangkay – Balintawak, Quezon City
Guillermo’s Account

■ Date: August 26, 1896

■ Narration:
– Meeting
– Presider – Bonifacio; Secretary – Emilio Jacinto
– Agenda: When the uprising should take place?
– Opposition: Teodoro Plata, Bricio Pantas & Pio Valenzuela. Valenzuela added
Rizal’s advice that the elites didn’t support the KKK.
– Bonifacio’s walkout and speech
– Tearing of Cedula, Cry/Patriotic shout “Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!”
Valenzuela’s Account

■ Date; August 23, 1896

■ Narration:
– Meeting
– Agenda: If the revolution should start on August 29
– One opposition
– Bonifacio’s walkout and speech
– Tearing of Cedula, Cry/Patriotic shout “Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!”