Independence Day

Magsaulog na usab kita sa atong Kagawasan, ika-126 ka tuig sa atong pagka-gawasnon. Day of Freedom, nindot kaayong paminawon. Sa Tagalog: Araw ng Kasarinlán, o Araw ng Kalayaan. Pag-commemorate o paghandom kini sa pag-declare sa atong independence from Spain niadtong tuig 1898.

Ang July 4 diay? Ania: “On July 4, 1946, pursuant to the provisions of the Tydings-McDuffie Law or the Philippine Independence Act, the Commonwealth of the Philippines became the Republic of the Philippines—the Third Republic.” Independence kini gikan sa America.

It will appear nga duha ang atong independence days, June 12 ug July 4. Incidentally, tulo diay ka independence days. Ania, sumala sa google: “Historically, the Philippines has had three independence days.” Apan, ang atong gi-recognize o gisaulog mao ang June 12, diin sa 1898, “General Emilio Aguinaldo, the revolution’s leader, declared independence at Kawit, Cavite, ending the more than 300 years of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippine Islands.” Mao kadto ang atong First Republic.

Unya, ang laing duha, panahon sa Japanese occupation dinhi sa atong nasud diin ang Empire of Japan mi-sponsor sa Second Republic niadtong October 14, 1943, “with Jose P. Laurel as its president.”        Ang ikatulo, “right before the Second World War ended in the Pacific, the United States reclaimed the Philippines from Japan,” ug ilang gituman ang saad nga hatagan kita sa atong long-aspired independence, kini sa July 4, 1946.

Matud dinhi, “Truman issued Proclamation 2695 of July 4, 1946, officially recognizing the independence of the Philippines. On the same day, representatives of the United States and of the Philippines signed a Treaty of General Relations between the two governments.’

Apan, sa dul-an 20 ka tuig sa atong pagsaulog sa July 4 independence day, sa tuig 1962, si Presidente Diosdado Macapagal, in an unprecendented move, mi-isyo og procalamation nga nag-uswag sa atong pagsaulog sa Kagawasan, gikan sa July 4 ngadto sa June 12.

Unsay rason ni Macapagal? “The reason behind Macapagal’s decision was his souring relationship with the United States. Historian Joseph Scalice has argued that Macapagal’s bold move stemmed from the Harry Stonehill scandal, followed by a falling out with Washington, which affected the Filipino veteran’s pension benefits in return for their service in fighting against the Japanese during the war.”

Duha ka main reasons, kadtong Stonehill scandal (wala na kita masayod sa hingpit niini), ang pagka-aslom na sa iyang relasyon with Washington, nga naka-apektar sa mga benepisyo sa atong mga veterano nga nakigbugno batok sa mga Hapones sa niaging ikaduhang gubat sa kalibutan.

“It is only correct to recognize 12 June as the day of independence, as the Philippines was the first successful national revolution in Asia since the coming of the West, and the Republic to which it gave birth was the first democratic Republic outside the Western hemisphere,” matud ni Macapagal.

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Hinuon, matud ni PAGASA Administrator Nathaniel Servando, “PAGASA will continue to closely monitor any significant developments in this climate phenomenon.”