Shifting Lands from the Bosom of the Ocean

MOD Vol. 37 No. 1818, September 18, 2006
On the cover: Jenivev “Nene” Santillan Tamayo

A brief seismic history of the Philippines, with sidebars on earthquake and tsunami.

SEE also MOD magazine's three-part special report, The Philippines Land of Earthquakes and Volcanoes (October 4, 2017 post).

Also in this MOD September 18, 2006 issue is my articles on the Starliners section of MOD featuring Evangeline Lilly and some news on other Hollywood celebrities. On the Movies section are synopses of three award-winning war films.

“GOD’s sanctuary in heaven was opened, and within His sanctuary was seen the Ark of the Covenant. There came flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm.

TV's Butt-Kicking Chicks

Atlas TV Guide Vol. 10 No. 124, April 2010

On the cover: Chef Jean Christopher Novelii

Four of the 21st century “TV’s Sexy Butt-Kicking Chicks” were featured in this short info article (p. 10) of Atlas TV Guide April 2010 issue.

“Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?” – The Song of Solomon 6:10, Holy Bible, The New King James Version.

January 28

 
 

JANUARY 28

MOD Girl, January 28, 2005
On the Cover: Rinncez Valene Chiu

January 28 in Philippine History:

1761 – The Sulu Sultanate and the English East India Company concluded a treaty of alliance and commerce, signed in Jolo by Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808) representing the English and Mohumud Mo-i-Iodin representing the sultanate.

1947 - President Manuel Roxas issued amnesty proclamation to Japanese collaborators and released Claro M. Recto, Jose P. Laurel, Benigno Ramos, Jose Vargas, and Jose C. Zulueta, among others.

1966 – Inauguration of the first Philippine-made neutron spectrometer.

Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 28:

1861 – Julian Felipe, music teacher, band leader and composer of the Philippine National Anthem – in Cavite City. (d. October 2, 1944)

1885 – Julian Cruz Balmaseda, poet, playwright, scholar and one of the founders of the literary organization Aklatang Bayan – in Orion, Bataan. (d. September 18, 1947)

1904 – Canuplin (real name Canuto Francia), stage performer, magician and actor – in Tondo, Manila. (September 4, 1979)

1960 – Loren Legarda (full name Lorna Regina Bautista Legarda), broadcast journalist, environmentalist, politician and legislator – in Malabon.

Loren Legarda
on the covers of Celebrity World (October 14,1996), Agriculture Monthly Magazine (December 1998),
and Mr. & Ms. (with sons Lanz and Lean, April 17, 2001).





Evangeline Lilly (for the TV series Lost),
on the cover of TV Guide
(January 28 – February 3, 2008).

Picture Trivia

          Evangeline Lilly, who portrayed the character Katherine “Kate” Austen in the hit television series Lost (2004-2010), once worked as a missionary in the Philippines.
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