IntroductionBetween 1896 and 1898, the Philippines rose in revolution against its Spanish colonial rulers.[1] Spain’s first contact with the Philippine islands came with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, and there followed the founding of the colonies of Cebu and Manila in 1565 and 1571 respectively.[2] Following its ‘discovery’, a 250-year period of Spanish colonial rule [3] continued unimpeded until...