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• The first book written in the Philippines was "Doctrina Cristiana"
• The Father of Ilocano Literature is Pedro Bukaneg
• The Father of Tagalog Poetry is Francisco Baltazar
• "Lola Basyang" is the pen name of Severino Reyes
• The first and longest running komiks series in the Philippines is "Kenkoy" (Liwayway Magasin, 1929)
• The Father of Pampango Literature who wrote "There is no God" is Juan Crisostomo Soto
• The oldest existing newspaper in the Philippines since 1900 is "Manila Bulletin"
• The Father of Modern Tagalog Poetry is Alejandro Abadilla
• The work of Bonifacio which tells the history of the Philippines is "Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog"
• Jose Rizal wrote the popular fable "The Monkey and the Turtle"
• Rizal's model for Pilosopong Tasyo was Paciano Rizal
• Andres Bonifacio's Ten Commandments of the Katipunan is "The Decalogue"
• The line "whoever knows not how to love his native tongue is worse than any beast or even smelly fish" is from "To My Fellow Children"
• Rizal's pen name is "Dimasalang, Laong-Laang"
• The first Filipino alphabet was called Alibata/Baybayin
• The first Filipino alphabet consisted of 15 letters
• "Taga-ilog" is Juan Luna's pen name
• Jose Ma. Panganiban was known for his "Memoria Fotografica"
• "Talindaw" is a song about love, specifically the "awit ng mga taong hindi naimbetahan sa kainan (Colado)"
• Amado Hernandez is known as the "poet of the workers or laborers"
• Ilocano balagtasan is called "Bukanegan"
• The Visayan epic about good manners and right conduct is "Maragtas"
• The Father of Filipino newspaper is Pascual Poblete
• "Lupang Tinubuan" is considered to be the best story written during the Japanese Period, authored by Narciso Reyes
• "Panderegla" is the first Filipino bread
• "The Great Plebian" is Andres Bonifacio
• The original title of Ibong Adarna was "Corido at Buhay na Pinagdaanan ng Tatlong Prinsipeng Anac ng Haring Fernando at Reyna Valeriana sa Cahariang Berbania"
• "The Father of the Katipunan" is Andres Bonifacio
• "Hero of the Tirad Pass Battle" is Gregorio Del Pilar
• "President of the First Philippine Republic" is General Emilio Aguinaldo
• "Brain of the Philippine Revolution" is Apolinario Mabini
• "Martyred Priests in 1872" are GOMBURZA
• "Brain of the Katipunan" is Emilio Jacinto
• "Co-founder of La Independencia" is General Antonio Luna
• "Mother of Balintawak" is Melchora Aquino
• "Greatest Filipino Orator of the Propaganda Movement" is Graciano Lopez-Jaena
• "First Filipino Cannon-maker" is Pandar Pira
• "Managing Editor of La Solidaridad" is Mariano Ponce
• "Lakambini of Katipunan" is Gregoria de Jesus
• "Poet of the Revolution" is Fernando Ma. Guerrero