(di pa finalized)

The Cry of Balintawak occurred on August 26, 1896. The Cry, defined as that turning point when the Filipinos
finally refused Spanish colonial dominion over the Philippine Islands. With tears in their eyes, the people as one
man, pulled out their cedulas and tore them into pieces.
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/polytechnic-university-of-the-philippines/readings-in-the-philippine-
history/first-cry-of-rebellion-happend-in-balintawak/11041677

What can we conclude from all this? First, that “Pugad Lawin” was never officially recognized as a place name
on any Philippine map before World War II. Second, “Pugad Lawin “ appeared in historiography only from
1928,or some 32 years after the events took place. And third, the revolution was always traditionally held to
have occurred in the area of Balintawak, which was distinct from Kalookan and Diliman.
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/iloilo-science-and-technology-university/readings-in-philippines-
history/balintawak/37278441

" Valenzuela's conduct in court has an effect on the integrity of his testimony. Due to his habit of lying in front
of the media,his assertion cannot be believed. As a result, the version of the Pugad-lawin Cry is not the full truth
of what happened during the revolution's cry.
We must be cautious in our approach to this issue. How can we trust someone whose claims are based on his
inability to provide clear testimonies?
https://www.academia.edu/58300146/First_Cry_of_Rebellion

Pedro A. Gagelonia, a historian, noted in 1970: The debate between historians is still going on today. The
August 23, 1896 "Cry of Pugad Lawin" cannot be considered as historically authentic. The witness's positive
documentation and supporting proof are missing. Only the testimony of one eyewitness (Dr. Pio Valenzuela)
is insufficient to validate and verify a contentious historical problem.
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/de-la-salle-university/readings-in-philippine-history/cry-of-balintawak-
or-pugad-lawin-controversy/24757522

According to General Guillermo Masangkay

On August 26th 1896 a big meeting was held in Balintawak
At about nine o’clock in the morning of August 26, the meeting was opened with Andres Bonifacio presiding
and Emilio Jacinto acting as secretary. The purpose was to discuss when the uprising was to take place. Teodoro
Plata [Bonifacio’s brother-in-law – Z.], Briccio Pantas, and Pio Valenzuela were all opposed to starting the
revolution too early. They reasoned that the people would be in distress if the revolution were started
without adequate preparation. Plata was very forceful in his argument, stating that the uprising could not very
well be started without the arms and food for the soldiers. Valenzuela used Rizal’s argument about the rich not
siding with the Katipunan organization. Andres Bonifacio, sensing that he would lose in the discussion then,
left the session hall and talked to the people, who were waiting outside for the result of the meeting of the
leaders. He told the people that the leaders were arguing against starting the revolution early, and
appealed to them in a fiery speech in which he said: “You remember the fate of our countrymen who were shot
in Bagumbayan. Should we return now to the towns, the Spaniards will only shoot us. Our organization has
been discovered and we are all marked men. If we don’t start the uprising, the Spaniards will get us
anyway. What then, do you say?” “Revolt!” the people shouted as one. Bonifacio then asked the people to
give a pledge that they were to revolt. He told them that the sign of slavery of the Filipinos were (sic) the cedula
tax charged each citizen. “If it is true that you are ready to revolt,” Bonifacio saved, “I want to see you destroy
your cedulas. It will be the sign that all of us have declared our severance from the Spaniards.” With tears in
their eyes, the people as one man, pulled out their cedulas and tore them to pieces. It was the beginning of the
formal declaration of the separation from Spanish rule.
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/ateneo-de-davao-university/philippine-history/cry-of-balintawak-or-
pugad-lawin/8599383

"The First Cry of the Philippine Revolution was in Balintawak," is the utter truth that should be recorded in
Philippine history rather than the other.