TUMBAGANG ISDA , 1 Sept 2009

Bonifacio’s concept of “Republika ng Katagalugan” did not last long, his recruits in Pampango and Ilocano regions didn’t like the idea of being called Tagalogs, because they are not Tagalog speakers. The idea of the Filipino became a greater cause than Katagalugan. Basically, one reason that I couldn’t care less about changing Philippines as a name for the country, these revolutionarios fought for Filipinos, including mestizos of many sort with them.



For example, my Pampango-Portuguese relatives.



It is interesting to note that when faced with a common enemy, Filipinos did unite, against the Spaniards, Americans and Japanese, this is in spite of the divisions and loyalties to regions, linguistics and cultural differences, including differences in religious thought.



Let us think about that for a moment.



Back then, in order to unite linguistics differences they used Spanish as neutral language, today, there are more English speakers in the Philippines than Spanish, so it is much more practical to use English, for now, as the way Spanish was proposed.