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The Day Negros Bluffed Its Way To Freedom

November 5, 2008 by Glady  
Filed under Arts, Culture & Heritage, Featured

Today, Negrenses celebrate the 110th anniversary of Al Cinco de Noviembre to commemorate the Negrenses’ uprising against the colonizers on November 5, 1898. The uprising led to the surrender of the Spanish troops in the province and the establishment of the short-lived Cantonal Government of Negros reuniting Negros Occidental and Oriental. Led by Gen. Juan [...]