Here's one for you guys of Pilipinas history buffs. (Just don't quote me on this, since I probably would get skinned on this one.)

The most successful and the most bloodiest revolt against the Spanish regime in the Philippines was NOT led by either Bonifacio or Aguinaldo. That distinction goes to a man from Visayas. His name is Francisco Daguhoy of Bohol. It took the Spaniards some 85 years to put this guy down!

And his name is quite interesting too. It came from "dagon" (Cebuano) meaning "anting-anting" (Tagalog) or "amulet" (English), and "hoyohoy" (Cebuano) meaning "hanging mahinay" (Tagalog) or "gentle wind" (English) -- hence, the name DAGUHOY. And I won't be surprise if the "down-and-under" Ausies' sport chant -- "oy-oy-oy" (not sure of spelling) -- actually came from this Cebuano's "hoyohoy" -- and even maybe the Tagalog "hoy" meaning to "gently" (supposedly) call someone's attention.

Francisco Daguhoy

The Bohol revolt is not a successful revolt because at the end Bohol became (again) under Spanish rule. The Bohol Revolt or Dagohoy Rebellion would only be credited as the longest revolt in Philippine history.

THAT IS TRUE, BUT WHAT I MEANT WAS THAT THE "BOHOL REVOLT" WAS A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WHAT BONIFACIO AND AGUINALDO HAD STARTED -- THUS, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLTS. THE SPANIARDS WAS DEFEATED BY THE AMERICANS -- NOT BY BONIFACIO-AGUINALDO REVOLT -- WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO THE PHILIPPINES INDEPENDENCE OF 1946. THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DECLARED BY OUR NATIONAL HEROES IN HONGKONG IN JUNE 12, 18XX (?) WAS A MERE POLITICAL MANEUVER BECAUSE THE SPANIARDS WERE STILL VERY MUCH IN CONTROL OF THE PHILIPPINES WHEN IT WAS DECLARED; IT TOOK THE AMERICANS TO KICK THE SPANIARDS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. -- Taal-Lakawan