History of Philippine press / Carson Taylor.

Philippine Revolutionary Press
1898-1899
By EPIFANIO DE LOS SANTOS
Director of The Philippine Library
(Being a translation of excerpts from a manuscript written
in 1922 on the PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY PRESS)
So desirous was Aguinaldo to receive the support of
the "sensible public opinion" of the country, that one of his
first official acts in Cavite Was his decree of July 4, 1898,
establishing the official newspaper El Heraldo de la Revolucion Filipina (Herald of the Philippine Revolution)-The
name was afterwards successively changed for those of Heraldo Filipino (Philippine Herald),-Indice Oficial (Official
Index), and Gaceta de Filipinas (Gazette of the Philippines).
Article 8 of the decree mentioned provided: "So long
as the abnormal war conditions exist, no publication of
any kind shall be permitted without a government license."
There is a curious story told in regard to the foundation of
El Heraldo: Mabini, guardian of the Dictator's powers at

First page of the first number of official organ of the revolutionary government. Reproduced from original copy in the Philippine Library. The paper is dated September 3, 1898.