Publications Established in 1898 - Svenska Akademiens Ordbok, the Manila Times, Israelitisches Familienblatt, Record, Inspec (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Svenska Akademiens Ordbok, The Manila Times, Israelitisches Familienblatt, Record, Inspec, Alamogordo Daily News, Der arbeyter, Tracy Press, The Wide World Magazine, Kentucky Irish American, American Art Directory, Model Engineer magazine, Brand, The Province, Indiana Law Journal, Budstikka, Dos Fraye Vort, Photo Bits, La Nueva Provincia, Berliner Morgenpost, The Royal Magazine, The Catholic Transcript, L'Annee Sociologique, American Journal of Physiology, Jane's Fighting Ships, Harvard Magazine, Le Nouvelliste, Public School Magazine, The Nautilus, Nuorttanaste, Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture, Al-Hoda, The Parthenon, The Bryologist. Excerpt: The Manila Times is the oldest existing English language newspaper in the Philippines. It is published daily by The Manila Times Publishing Corp. with editorial and administrative offices at 371 A. Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila. It was founded on October 11, 1898, shortly after news that the Treaty of Paris would be signed, ending the Spanish-American War and transferring the Philippines from Spanish to American sovereignty. It presently bills itself as the fourth-largest newspaper in the Philippines in terms of circulation, beating the Manila Standard Today but still behind the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Manila Bulletin and the Philippine Star. The current publisher and editor-in-chief is Fred de la Rosa. The city was in the midst of an uneasy peace and on the brink of another war when the paper named after it-The Manila Times-first hit the streets on October 11, 1898. Just a little over three weeks earlier, the President of the First Philippine Republic, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, had been forced to move out of his headquarters in Bacoor, Cavite, on orders of the commander of the American occupation forces (who had won the battle of Manila Bay on August 13 of that...