History of Philippine press / Carson Taylor.

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The year 1895 produced 11 new papers, none of special
interest or great importance.
Pedro A. Paterno, who spent many years in Spain, returned to Manila and was appointed director of the MuseoBiblioteca de Filipinas. He secured permission from the
governor general to publish a monthly Boletin del MuseoBiblioteca. The first number appeared on January 15, and
was followed on the 23rd by the first number of the Boletin Oficial del Ministerio Filipino, devoted to primary education and professional subjects. La Exposition also appeared on January 23 for one issue only. It was edited by
members of the Manila Press Association, organized about
that time, and was designed to make propaganda for the
exposition which was held in Manila in February.
La Mosca was established as a weekly, but only published a few numbers.
La Campana, a satirical weekly appeared on March
1, but died before the end of the month.
La Vida Industrial de Filipinas was founded by Jose
Martin Martinez. The publication had considerable merit,
but it did not survive the revolution of 1896. The Boletin de
Estadistica de la Ciudad de Manila was inaugurated as an
official publication. It lasted only one year.
El Correo was started probably by Puya, who was the
father of no less than six papers of different characters
during the years 1888 to 1895. It passed out quickly as had
all the others.
El Cosmopolita came out October 15 as a semi-monthly
and was the first publication in Manila to publish half tone
cuts. It lived less than a year.
El Noticiero was launched as an afternoon paper November 18, 1895, and in March 1896 the name was changed
to El Noticiero de Manila. As such it died.
The revolution of 1896 effectively checked the founding
of new publications and eliminated the majority of those
that were still being published when it broke. However, four
new ones appeared during the first part of the year. The
Boletin Mensual del Observatorio de Manila began in 1896.
It was edited by Padre Faura and other Jesuit fathers. It
is still being published. It was changed to English in 1902.
An illustrated semi-monthly was established in ldilo
under the name of El Ilonguillo. According to Retana, "It
died of an attack of 'cursileria literario-patriotica' on the
1st of November of the year in which it came to the World."