* Controversies &

Conflicting Views
in the Philippine
History
Prepared by: KENT IVAN D. PAÑOSO
 *The need for studying
Controversies and
Conflicting View
* According to NFO trends survey 37% of the 1,420
respondents aged 7 to 21 years old were able to sing “The
National Anthem”
* Only recite the
28% could in the old version of the “
Panatang Makabayan”
* They could only name up to 2 heroes
*In conclusion, is that many
Filipino youths general had a
very shallow knowledge and
appreciation of the country’s
history and cultural heritage
*Pepito M. Capito prepared a list of
controversies issues in Philippine
History. He got the information from
the book of Pedro H. Gagelonia,who
happened to be the author’s history
professor in FEU in 1963

*The Philippine
Physical Features
1. Number of Island and
islets
6.Straits
2. Named and Unamed 7.Coastline
Islands
8.Mountains
3. Location of the Philippines
4. Location of the Philippines
9. Mount Pulag
deep
5. Longest River in the world

* THE CONTROVERSIES ARE:

* The Cry of Balintawak or Cry of Pugad
Lawin
*Earlier in this century, survivors of
the katipunan uprising of 1896
generally agreed that the Philippine
Revolution started on the 26th of
August 1896,in Balintawak
5 Dates of the Cry: Five Different venues for
the first cry:
1. August 20
1. Balintawak
2. August 23 2. Pugadlawin
3. August 24 3. Kangkong
4. August 25 4. Bahay- Toro
5. August 26 5. Pasong Tamo

*
The main focus of
controversy are the date
and the place of
Bonifacio Cry
2.The first cry was in 3.The cry occurred
August 23,1896 but towards the end of
the exact place is not August 1896 and that all
the places mentioned
in Balintawak but in are in Caloocan which in
Pugadlawin those times was a
District of Balintawak

* 1.It has been widely accepted and

believed that the first cry of
revolution took place in
Balintawak, Caloocan in August
23,1896