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History of the Philippine Press

Twelve papers were started in 1893, none of which are
deserving of more than mention of the name which in most
cases indicates the character of the publication.
Boletin Oficial del Arzobispado, previously published,
resumed publication. Others were:
El Ejercito de Filipinas, El Consultor del Profesorado,
Madrid-Manila, Toda en Broma, El Foro Administrativo,
La Pavera, Periodico Festivo, La Puya (described as a paper
devoted exclusively to Philippine affairs), Los Miercoles (only one number published), Revista Mercantil de Filipinas, Polichinela (illustrated weekly) and the Boletin de
la Companiia de Explotacion y Colonizacion de La Isla de
Paragua. A small daily, called El Mercantil, also was started in 1892, making seven in Manila at the end of that year,
namely El Eco de Filipinas, El Comercio, La Oceania Espanola, Diario de Manila, La Voz Espafiola, El Resumen and
El Mercantil. The latter was discontinued the first of April
1893.
Twelve new papers are recorded for 1893, though only
eleven were in Manila. They were:
El Anunciador Filipino, Revista Farmaceutica de Filipinas, El Hogar ( a woman's weekly), La Moda Filipina,
El Telegrafo, El Eco del Sur (a weekly in Nueva Caceres,
Camarines), El Amigo del Pueblo, El Telegrama, Gaceta de
Seguras, La Correspondencia Medica de Filipinas (monthly), El Pabellon Nacional (daily) and El Express. Most
of these died within the year and none survived the revolution of 1896.
The year 1894 produced twelve new publication, making an average of one each month for three years. The first
in 1894 was Apostolado de la Prensa, published in Tagalog.
El Heraldo Militar, succeeded the weekly called El Ejercito
de Filipinas. Manila-Santander (illustrated), probably only
one number, Boletin Oficial Agricola (monthly), El Consultor de Municipios; Manalilla-Sport (monthly), La Legislacion (semi-monthly review of the administration and the
courts), El Municipio Filipino (review of legislation and
jurisprudence, edited by Isabelo de los Reyes) and Aposto[ado de La Prensa (published by the Friars first in Tagalog
and later in Spanish) made their bows. El Album Militar
(semi-monthly) was published by an army officer. El Cinfe
and Sorpresas-Chicago were two so-called comic papers established this year to die the next. A new afternoon daily
was established under the name El Espafiol and is supposed
to have continued until 1898.