BIOGRAPHY OF MARIANO PONCE

BORN OF MARIANO PONCE

• Mariano Ponce was born on March 23, 1863, in Baliwag, Bulacan,
Philippines, which was then under Spanish colonial rule.
EDUCATION OF MARIANO PONCE
• He completed his secondary education at the private school of Juan
Evangelista, Hugo Ilagan, and Escolastico Salandanan in Manila.
• He later enrolled at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and took up
medicine at the University of Santo Tomas. In 1881, he traveled to
Spain to continue his medical studies at the Universidad Central de
Madrid.
LIFE OF MARIANO IN SPAIN
• He joined Marcelo H. del Pilar, Graciano López Jaena, José
Rizal and other Propagandists in Propaganda Movement.
• This espoused Filipino representation in the Spanish Cortes and
reforms in the Spanish colonial authorities of the Philippines.
LA SOLIDARIDAD
• He was the co-founder of La Solidaridad with fellow co-founder
Graciano López Jaena.
• In La Solidaridad, his works included daily editorials on history,
politics, sociology and travel. He also created himself many
alias as well. His most common names are Naning, his
nickname; Kalipulako, named after Lapu-Lapu; and Tigbalang, a
supernatural being in Filipino folklore