Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, showing names from the first batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Cristina Catalla
Born
Melania Cristina Catalla
(1950-12-25)December 25, 1950
Disappeared
July 31, 1977 (aged 26)
Alma mater
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Occupation
Activist
Awards
Honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani wall of remembrance
Melania Cristina Catalla (born December 25, 1950 — disappeared on July 31, 1977) was an anti-martial law activist who belonged to a network of community organizations in the Southern Tagalog region in the Philippines whose disappearance on July 31, 1977, became a rallying cry of the Philippine resistance against the Marcos dictatorship.[1][2][3]
Catalla's name is inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, a memorial that honors martyrs and heroes who fought the dictatorship.[4][5] She is also one of the heroes honored by the University of the Philippines Los Baños on its 'Hagdan ng Malayang Kamalayan' memorial.[6]
^"CATALLA, Cristina F." Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
^"Four faces, four heroes". ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
^Malay, Carolina S. (2015). Ang Mamatay nang Dahil sa 'Yo: Heroes and Martys of the Filipino People in the Struggle Against Dictatorship 1972-1986 (Volume 1). Rodriguez, Ma. Cristina V. Manila, Philippines: National Historical Commission of the Philippines. ISBN 9789715382700. OCLC 927728036.
^"Martyrs and Heroes". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
^Laksamana, Mariz (2017-03-11). "'Hagdan ng Malayang Kamalayan', pinasinayanan sa UPLB". ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
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