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History of the Philippine Press

The fourth, was a daily in Tagalog, called Diariong
Tagalog. Its slogan was, "It is possible to love the Philippines without hating Spain and to love Spain without hating the Philippines." It is safe to say that no great percentage of the population had the opportunity to be converted to this idea as the paper only lasted five months.
The fifth, and most important El Foro Juridico, Re'vista de Legislacion y Jurisprudencia, was founded by Jose
Maria Perez Rubio. It was designed for circulation among the
lawyers and particularly to aid the justices of the peace. It
was suppressed by the governor general in 1888 because it
published as supplements the penal code and the code of
civil procedure without a license from the government. After a long drawn out legal battle the decree was set aside
and the paper resumed publication in 1893, a subhead announcing it as Consultor de los Jueces de Paz. Its publication was doubtless discontinued with the death of the
founder.
In 1883 the fact that a license was issued for the publication of a review, called El Ferrocarril, is recorded in the
Official Gazette, but there is no evidence that it was ever
published.
In 1884 the first paper published in the Philippines
outside of Manila was founded as a weekly at Vigan. It
was called El Eco de Vigan. It died the same year.
March 1, 1884, La Semana Elegante, a weekly, was
published by Pedro Groizard, who to quote Larra, "was always on the ugly side of things and harvested many troubles." His satirical sheet lasted twenty weeks.
The second provincial paper was also established in
1884 at Iloilo by Diego Jimenez. It was called El Porvenir
de Visayas. Jimenez was a bellicose individual who fought
the whole world. He created so many enemies that in 1886
an opposition paper was started in Iloilo, under the name
of El Eco de Panay. These two papers fought each other
continually to the end. They both ceased publication as a
result of American occupation in the latter part of 1898 or
early in 1899. El Porvenir de Visayas was known all over the
islands on account of the belligerent character of its owner
and editor. It is said that Jimenez had to die to suppress
his nerves. Also that The Porvenir de Visayas and El Eco
de Panay hated each other to the death and that they never
lived in peace for even one day.
The third provincial paper was established at Cebu, the
oldest city in the islands, in 1886 by Eduardo Jimenez, a
brother of the fighting editor of El Porvenir de Visayas.