PHILIPPINE HISTORY TRIVIA OF THE DAY OCT.11 Today in Philippine History October 11, 1898, The Manila Times was founded Posted on Tuesday October 11, 2011 01:38:09 UTC (3 years ago)updated 2 years ago. Filed under Day in Philippine History category On October 11, 1898, The Manila Times, the first daily newspaper in the Philippines, was founded by Thomas Gowan. The Manila Times was published to meet the demand of an American paper in Manila, demand mainly from men of the United States Army who had occupied Manila. The newspaper was founded shortly after the news that the Treaty of Paris would be signed, ending the Spanish American War and transferring the Philippines from Spanish to American sovereignty. The treaty of Paris was signed on December 10, 1898. Gowan hired a small printing press, Chofre y Compania, to put up the paper. The printing press was located on Calle Alix, now Legarda Street, in Sampaloc, Manila. The paper, however, had a downtown office on the Escolta. Before The Manila Times was born, several native newspaper were already in existence in the Philippines written in Spanish, and most of them were nationalistic and revolutionary. At present, The Manila Times serves as the fourth largest newspaper in the Philippines in terms of circulation.
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