Comments on: The Igorot is not Filipino. — Carlos P. Romulo

By: kyle jon k. tultog

kyle jon k. tultog — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:57:43 +0000

…ukinayo….lbullshet your faces we the igorots fought the japanese in worldwar to protect our country the philippines and you say were not filipinos…….curse you we will go on a strike for this insult…

By: Takiko

Takiko — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:40:18 +0000

I would agree with Kamaitachi. Though the Americans funded the roads, the builders were Japanese, Chinese and some lowlanders.

By: Kamaitachi

Kamaitachi — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:41:28 +0000

@ william todcor

It was the Japanese that built those roads during their invasion. Someone made his homework up.

By: lakay

lakay — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:59:48 +0000

Not humane but ather EDUCATED that Romulo himself. Too bad for Romulo that his servants knows manners and he doesn;t

By: lakay

lakay — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:59:08 +0000

@ferdi…how sad that the ‘servants’ are more ‘humane’ than romulo himself.

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By: Eddie San Jose

Eddie San Jose — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:33:28 +0000

Perhaps Carlos P Romulo is the one, Not Filipino! He is a high ranking (Filipino) official and he should know that their varoius cultures in the Philippines. What kind of Filipino cultures he can Boast? Spanish Cultures? American?

By: czar

czar — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:55:36 +0000

Like I have written in my Yahoo!360 blog, It was a real missed opportunity that Mr Lam-en did not take the chance to declare that the whole of Kaigorotan(Cordillera) should be separated from the Philippines and have their own Estate or country which is called (I suggest) Republic of Kaigorotan….How I wish their will be another Carlos Rumulo and the next Gayagay Lam-en will have more common sense and say “Yes the people of Kaigorotan are not Filipinos, THEY ARE REAL IGOROT! And since they are not Filipinos they therefore have the right to declare their land as another estate and must be separated from the Estate of the philippines…

If only I have the power, I will take Igorot as my world Identity and not Filipino! Am just wondering why the People of this beautiful country don’t throw out in the garbage that filipino identity…..when will they realized that that is a mark of a SLAVE, the reason, maybe why they are still slaves to foreign countries….if they think they are independent…maybe, but i think only to choose which country will become his/her master and not only the Spaniards….Now, tell me which is more disgusting and more embarassing to admit- A filipino or an Igorot??????

By: ferdi

ferdi — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:32:18 +0000

romulo was the americans’ fair haired boy. he loved the job and its handsome rewards. one could say part of the job was to denigrate his “native” countrymen, especially those with a long history of resisting colonialism, in order to curry favor with his benefactors. he was a smart enough to come up with a clever retort. i heard a story that gayagay lam-en led a group of igorot protesters to the tarlac hacienda of romulo and they were civilly welcomed by romulo’s servants. romulo, according to the story, was not there.

By: Chyt D.

Chyt D. — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:37:02 +0000

Perhaps, Romulo was right that the Igorots were not Filipinos.

The Filipinos (Actually, they were indios. It was only in the 1800s that they were called Filipinos. The original Filipinos were the Espanoles on Philippine soul. At least, this is what I learned from Renato Constantino.) surrendered their sovereignty to the Spaniards. Among them were Romulo’s ascendants. The Igorots never had to bow down to the white men. They valiantly sustained their struggle for self-determination and did not slacken one bit, while many of the non-Igorots were paying tribute (bandala) and rendering polo y servicios to the Españoles. Definitely, the Igorots were of a distinct mold. They were several cuts above the rest.

If the Filipinos were those poor, unfortunate beings who bowed down to the Españoles, then the Igorots were, by all means, no Filipinos.

Lest I be misunderstood, we acknowledge that there were several revolutionaries among them Filipinos. The most famous was Bonifacio. But the Igorots were collectively revolutionaries, their heroism collectivized. How about that?