00:00Various activities were held today to celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of the First Republic of the Philippines.
00:08Isaiah Mirafuente is in the center of the news.
00:13Today marks the 126th anniversary of the establishment of the First Republic of the Philippines.
00:21Under the PESA of the Republic of the Philippines, the date of January 23 was declared as the day of the First Republic of the Philippines.
00:31This is also the day of the first president of the Philippines, Emilio Aguinaldo.
00:37Our constitution has a lot of things that don't seem to be happening according to our current constitution.
00:46That's why I'm saying that we should have our own personal revolution.
00:54It's like a cultural revolution.
00:58The Philippines was the first republic in Asia to have its own constitution.
01:04The declaration of the Republic of the Philippines is a sign of the independence of the country from the thieves.
01:10The Baraswain Church was chosen to host the opening of the Congress of the Malolos.
01:14In the previous session, the proclamation of independence was held.
01:20Actually, this should be given a lot of importance.
01:24This day is very important because this is also the day of our independence.
01:31And on this day, the Malolos Republic was first established.
01:34To be honest, before the Philippine Constitution was established, this was the first.
01:39To be honest, until now, we should always remember this.
01:46Today, the program of the Baraswain Church in Malolos, Bulacan was held
01:51to celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of the first Republic of the Philippines in 1899.
01:57The Baraswain Church was built in 1885.
02:00This was also the session hall of the Malolos Congress in 1898.
02:04This was also the place where the first Republic of the Philippines was born in 1899.
02:10The opening of the first Republic of the Philippines was the reason for the many rights that we have today,
02:17including the right to education and the right to express ourselves.
02:22Isaiah Mirafuentes for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
