See how we are so much a product of our past. The main thesis of Goyo, the film, as well as other documentaries, is that Gregorio del Pilar was Aguinaldo’s hitman tasked to deal with the disloyal ones. Del Pilar was handsomely rewarded for his loyalty with a top government post as Major General of Pangasinan at age 24. Probably unthinkable now, but in the not-too-distant past, America, after colonizing the Philippines for about four decades, was granted parity rights while there was the 1935 Philippine Constitution. For all his faults, General del Pilar had one thing undisputed: he was brave.

Source: Philippine Star September 15, 2018 15:16 UTC