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Read the brief news items again. Then, create a dialogue narrating the incident.
Classroom learners can work in pairs or groups while individual learners should
write the dialogue.

Mga Tala Sa Kultura

Among the first newspapers published in the Philippines were La Estrella (founded
October 14, 1896; became a daily on February 1, 1947), Diario de Manila (1848–
1899), El Catolico Filipino (from February 1, 1862), El Porvenir Filipino (from
1865), Libertas (1899–1918), and Diariong Tagalog (from 1882). Most of these
newspapers were published in Spanish, the language of the privileged class during
this period. The clout of the Catholic Church is also reflected in the publication of
two religious newspapers.
However, newspapers also became venues for writers to advocate for reform and
revolution. In Spain, student patriots such as Marcelo H. del Pilar, Graciano Lopez
Jaena, and Jose Rizal published the paper La Solidaridad (1899–1895). In Manila,
other newspapers considered revolutionary were La Independencia, La Republica
Filipinas, La Revolucion, El Renacimiento, La Vanguardia, and Kalayaan
(Freedom), the newspaper of the revolutionary organization the Katipunan.
At the turn of the 20th century, with the colonization of the Philippines by the
United States, two of these newspapers, El Renacimiento and Muling Pagsilang,

featured editorials and essays, the most famous of which is “Aves de Rapiña”
(“Birds of Prey”), opposing American imperialism. An interesting form also