The Philippines, Guam and Hawaii Allegedly Owned By A Single Family???

One of the most talked-about Filipino-related topics I have posted on Stunning Facts in 2012 was the supposed claim of a certain family that they own the entire Philippine archipelago.

The Tagean-Tallano clan claims ownership of the whole Philippine archipelago, as well as the islands of Guam and Hawaii, and boasts that this ownership was recognized by the Spanish, British, and American colonizers. The descendants of the royal family is in a possession of 720,000 metric tons of gold…a portion of which (about 400,000 metric tons) was deposited in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which rests there until now. This is for me, the most interesting part of the story.

According to Atty. Homobono Adaza:

Long before the Spaniards came to Philippines shores, the Philippine archipelago consisting of 7,169 islands, with an area of 1,049,212,962 nautical square miles, including Guam and Hawaii, was known as Maharlika. It was populated by Malays and ruled by the Tagean Tallano clans from the ninth to the fifteenth century. When the Spaniards started ruling the Philippines archipelago, they renamed it Hacienda Filipina. Of the many kingdoms in Asia, Maharlika was one of them under King Luisong Tagean Tallano, the father of Raja Lapu-Lapu and Raja Soliman, the successors of King Marikudo of the Sri Vishayan Empire. Its principal products at that time were peanuts (mani) exported to Mexico and European countries and Herbal plants known as “Nilad” with some medicinal qualities which were exported to Mainland China. With the passage of time, the Chinese traders changed the name Maharlika to Maynilad or Maynila. As in olden days, the kings and their families own their kingdoms and distribute portions to their subjects, especially to the members of the royal clans. This is exactly what happened to the Philippine archipelago, it was owned by the Tagean Tallano clans.

An unnamed complainant filed a civil case in Branch 111 of Pasay City Regional Trial Court, and was docketed as Land Registration Court (LRC) / Civil Case No. 997-P. Through a motion by the Solicitor General of the Philippine government, the case was consolidated into LRC/Civil Case No. 3957-P on July 14, 1964, alongside the return of the 617,000 metric tons of gold to a Filipino royal family. Several prominent landholders, businessmen and the then-President Ferdinand Marcos were implicated. As the litigation progressed, different numbers of Original Certificate of Title (OCT) were presented.

In 1968, the Senate and the National Bureau of Investigation each conducted a separate investigation to determine which are valid. However, the court declared only one mother title, two Transfer of Certificate of Titles and its owner as authentic, consequently leaving the,other titles as null and void, as well as having no probative value and non-bankable. In February 4, 1972, Judge Enrique Agana handed down the Decision with Compromise Agreement in consideration of sound judicial system and the Tagean-Tallano Clan. When Martial Law was imposed on September 21, 1972, a rapid reversal of the court decision occurred. A state of affairs encapsulated in a documentary that sheds light on the proliferation of fake titles in the Philippines until now.

Sources:

http://phil-documents.blogspot.com/2010/11/brief-history-of-tala-tallano-estate.html
http://collectionoffirst.blogspot.com/2013/02/believe-it-or-not-philippines-owned-by.htm
http://www.creativeimage.jp/foundation/_pdf/The%20True%20Story%20of%20the%20Tallano%20%28TALA%29%20Estate.pdf
http://www.rumormillnews.com/pdfs/The-Untold-Story-Kingdom-of-Maharlikhans.pdf
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?s=bcbe86aa009f3e54f7018baeeee93d58&showtopic=201579&st=120&p=4263687&#entry4263687
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?s=bcbe86aa009f3e54f7018baeeee93d58&showtopic=201579&st=120&p=4263687&#entry4263687
http://servantisrael.wordpress.com/tag/julian-morden-tallano/

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