Besides Gregoria, another popular woman in history is Gabriela Silang, the leader of the Ilocos revolt movement against Spain. Their lives, characters, and important contributions in the country have ...

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—A lighter skinned and comely woman may be the features of heroine Gabriela Silang, who is associated with feminist activism. A team of fine arts students and volunteer ...

The medieval French had Joan of Arc, who battled the English. And we had Gabriela Silang, the first in a long line of insurgent Filipinas, who led the Ilocanos in an armed revolt against the ...

People I met during my trip claimed that Filipino heroine Doña Maria Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang or Gabriela Silang was a native of what is now known as Pidigan town in Abra. When her husband ...

Gabriela Silang and her husband, Diego, became great figures in Philippine history because what is called Europe’s “Seven Years War” came to the Philippines. On September 24, 1762, ships of the ...

Why Gabriela? The name comes from the Filipino hero Gabriela Silang, Diego Silang’s wife, who fought against the Spaniards during the Philippine revolution. That Gabriela proved herself a great ...

CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur — What used to be the dwelling place of heroine Gabriela Silang here now houses the city museum of Candon. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Thursday led the ...