UPLB play pays tribute to Macario Sakay
In the early years of the 20th century, as Emilio Aguinaldo surrendered to the Americans, Macario Sakay, commander of the remnants of the Filipino revolutionary army, was branded a bandolero (bandit) by the US forces who had inflicted themselves upon the Philippines. This propaganda continued for decades, and one of Lamberto V. Avellana’s early films, acclaimed at that, depicted Sakay as such.