August 11




AUGUST 11

True Experience Stories Taon 1 Blg. 24, August 11, 1988
Nasa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Kapag Mabuway ang Pundasyon” na isinulat ni Zoila Meneses
na iginuhit ni Brix Bartolo

Agosto 11 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 11, 2006, ang oil tanker na M/T Solar 1 na naglalaman ng dalawang milyong litro ng langis (bunker fuel) ay lumubog sa may humigit-kumulang 16 na kilometro ang layo sa katimugang dalampasigan ng Guimaras. Ito ay lumikha ng pinakagrabeng oil spill sa ksaysayan ng Pilipinas.

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          Itinanghal na ika-12 nagwaging senador sa 2007 election si Koko Pimentel nang bitiwan ni Miguel Zubiri ang posisyong ito matapos mailantad ang mga katibayan sa malawakang pandaraya at electoral frauds na naganap sa Mindanao.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 11:

1926 – John Lim Gokongwei Jr, Chinese-Filipino businessman – in Gulangyu, Xiamen, Fujian, China.

1942 – Delia Domingo Albert, career diplomat and Secretary of Foreign Affairs (December 22, 2003 – August 18, 2004).

1953 – Cory Quirino (full name Socorro Alicia Rastrollo Quirino), author, columnist and television host – in Quezon City.

Cory Quirino
on the cover of Image Asia (December 2010-January 2011)

  



Brooke Shields with Chris Atkins
in the film Blue Lagoon, on the cover of
People Weekly (August 11, 1980).

Picture Trivia

          Brooke Shields was first seen in the film Pretty Baby (1978), where she portrayed the role of a child prostitute. In the film she appeared naked in several scenes, and because she was only 12-year-old then, questions were raised if the film can be classified as child pornography.
          In Blue Lagoon (1980), the film where Shields was always remembered, she was 14 years old. She also had many nude and sex scenes with her co-star Chris Atkins in a tropical island. Do you know in what tropical island was the movie made? The film was shot in Jamaica and in Nanuya Levu, a privately owned island in Fiji, except for the “blue lagoon” scenes, which were made in Comino Island in Malta, and in Champagne bay in Vanuatu.  

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