'Times' gets NHCP marker on 125th anniversary

Oct 12, 2023 12:04 am

CELEBRATING 125 years in the service of delivering news to Filipinos, The Manila Times unveiled a historical marker installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on Wednesday.

Established by Thomas Gowan on Oct. 11, 1898, The Manila Times was the first daily English-language broadsheet circulating in the country, which served as the bridge between Filipinos and the colonial government of America.

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