The Future: Prediction in the Field of Science

MOD Vol. 33 No. 1529, January 19, 2001

On the cover: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Written 17 years ago, the article welcoming 2001 and the predictions in the field of science.

“You don’t (even) know what your life tomorrow will be! You are like a puff of smoke, which appears for a moment and then disappears. What you should say is this: ‘If the LORD is willing, we will live and do this or that.’” – The Letter from James 4:14-15, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.

The A to Z of Traveling Abroad

Three successive issues of MOD,

Vol. 36 Nos. 1708, 1709 & 1710, July 9, 16 & 23, 2004.

On the covers: (From left to right) Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Keira Knightley,

and Paolo Soler, Brent Javier, Alvin Angeles and Karel Marquez.

For those who intend to travel abroad here’s a condensed list of things you need to remember, “The A to Z of Traveling Abroad.”

“The LORD says, ‘I will make you wise and show you where to go. I will guide you and watch over you. So don’t be like a donkey, that doesn’t understand. They must be led with bits and reins, or they will not come near you.’” – Psalms 32:8-9, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

April 5



April 5

Pilipino Komiks Taon 57 Blg. 3213, Abril 5, 2004

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Settling”

 

Abril 5 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Abril 5, 1963, naging Senate President si Ferdinand E. Marcos. Siya ang pinakabatang Senador na humawak ng katungkulang ito. Pinamunuan niya ang Senado ng mahigit dalawa’t-kalahating taon hanggang Disyembre 30, 1965.

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          Ang Kabataang Barangay, isang pambansang kapisanan ng mga kabataan, ay itinatag ni Pangulong E. Ferdinand Marcos noong Abril 5, 1975. Layunin nito na bigyan ng pagkakataong makalahok ang mga kabataan sa paghubog ng lipunang Filipino.

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Ipo-Ipo:
Ang Kauna-unahang
Fictional Superhero ng Pilipinas




Isang pahina sa Magasin ng Pagsilang
(p. 9) na nagtatampok kay Ipo-Ipo,
ang itinuturing na kauna-unahang
Filipino superhero ng modernong panahon.

          Ang maituturing na kauna-unahang fictional superhero ng modernong panahon at lumabas sa isang serye sa komiks ay si Ipo-Ipo. Ang karakter na ito ay kathang-isip nina Lib Abrena at Oscar del Rosario, at unang nabasa sa mga pahina ng Magasin ng Pagsilang noong April 5, 1947. Nakukuha niya ang kaniyang kapangyarihan sa ipo-ipo; kasing-bilis siya ng hangin at ang mga bala ng baril ay lumalagos lamang sa kaniyang katawan.

Newspaper movie ads ng pelikulang Bertong Ipo-Ipo (1969)

na pinagbidahan ni Roberto Gonzales.

          May isa pang Filipino superhero na mayroon ding kaparehong kapangyarihan na nilikha naman ni Rico Bello Omagap. Ito ay si Bertong Ipo-Ipo na itinampok sa pelikulang mayroong kaparehong titulo noong 1969. Pinagbidahan ito ng kinikilalang “Karate King” ng Pilipinas na si Roberto Gonzales sa direksyon ni Artemio Marquez.

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Personalities and celebrities born on April 5: 

1947 – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th president of the Philippines – in San Juan.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (then a senator)

on the cover of Celebrity World (January 16, 1995)

 

1971 – Dong Abay (full name Westdon Martin Abay), poet and rock musician – in Manila.

1974 – Sheryl Cruz (Full name Sheryl Rosa Anna Marie Sonora Cruz), actress – in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

Sheryl Cruz (and her daughter Ashley)

on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (October 12, 2004).

 



Sunshine Cruz on the cover of FHM Philippines
second issue (April 2000).

Larawang Tribiya

          Ang kauna-unahang Filipina na lumabas sa cover ng FHM magazine ay si Sunshine Cruz. Ito ay naganap sa ikalawang issue ng FHM Philippines, noong April 2000.

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January 19

 


 

January 19

People Weekly, January 19, 1976

On the Cover: Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett

Enero 19 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Enero 19, 1607, ang paggawa ng San Agustin Church sa Manila, ang pinakamatandang simbahang yari sa bato sa buong Pilipinas, ay natapos.

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          Nagpalabas ng isang royal decree si King Ferdinand VII (1784-1833) ng Espanya noong ika-19 ng Enero, 1822, na nagbabawal sa pagpapalaganap ng Masonry sa Pilipinas.

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Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 19:

1885 – Jose Escaler, lawyer, industrialist and businessman – in Apalit, Pampanga. (d. February 17, 1927)

1981 – Kerby Mariano Raymundo, professional basketball player – in Orion, Bataan.

 

Ang Numerong 19

          Ang numerong 19 ay ang isa sa dalawang numero na puwedeng isulat sa Base 2 hanggang Base 19 na ang gagamitin lamang na mga digits ay mula 0 hanggang 9. Ang isa pa ay ang 20.

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          Sa Roman Numerals, ang 19 ay ang unang numero na naisusulat bilang isang palindrome na binubuo ng dalawang letra - XIX.

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          Ang titulo ng unang musical album ng English soul and jazz singer na si Adele ay “19.” Ito ay lumabas noong January 28, 2008, at naging number 1 sa unang linggo sa UK Charts.

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          Ang board game na “GO” ay nilalaro sa isang grid na mayroong 19x19 na mga linya. Ang larong ito ay nagmula sa ancient China. Mula pa noong 3rd century B.C. ay popular na ang larong ito sa China. Katunayan nito ay nabanggit ang naturang laro sa Analects ni Confucius (c. 551-478 B.C.).

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          Ang K-19 ang unang soviet nuclear ballistic submarine.

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          Sa mga chemical elements, 19 ang atomic number ng potassium.

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The Philippine Crocodile

          The endemic Philippine crocodile (Crocodilus mindoresis) is one of two species of crocodile that can be found in the Philippines. The other is the larger salt-water crocodile (Crocodilus porosus), the species of the one that was captured recently in Mindanao (reputedly the largest in the world).


The Philippine Crocodile on the cover of
People & Nature (January-March 1994).

          Both species are listed together with 17 others species and subspecies are listed in the Appendix I of the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES).

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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on the cover of
MOD (January 19, 2001).

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ay anak ng dating Pangulong Diosdado Macapagal sa kaniyang ikalawang asawang si Evangelina Macaraeg (1915-1999). Una niyang nakilala ang kaniyang future husband na si Miguel “Mike” Arroyo sa isang pagtitipon sa bahay ni Greggy Araneta noong siya ay 15-taong gulang pa lamang.

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January 17

   


 

January 17

Time Vol. 165 No. 3, January 17, 2005.
On the cover: The Smiley in lieu of sub-atomic particles
as the symbol of “The Science of Happiness”
NOTE: Harvey Ross Ball (1921-2001), the creator of the Smiley face figure in 1963,
was a veteran National Guard based on Asia and the Pacific and retired as a brigadier general in 1973.
Ball never applied for a trademark or copyright of the Smiley and earned just 45 dollars for his work,
which if computed up to the present could have made him a multi-billionaire.

January 17 in Philippine History

1981 – President Ferdinand E. Marcos lifted Martial Law by virtue of Proclamation 2045.

2001- The impeachment trial of then President Joseph E. Estrada was abrubtly stopped even though nothing has yet been proven. It eventually led to the start of the second successful EDSA Revolt that ousted him from power and installed Vice-president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to the presidency. This would later be considered as one among many monumental mistakes in the annals of Philippine history, as many, including former President Corazon C. Aquino (1933-2009), who joined the clamor for Estrada's ouster, later on, admitted the mistake and apologized publicly to Estrada.

He (Joseph Estrada)’s Out; She (Gloria Magapagal-Arroyo)’s In”
on the cover of Time (January 29, 2001)



Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 17:

1880 – Antonio Villa-Real, lawyer, interpreter and jurist – in Arayat, Pampanga. (d. February 12, 1945)

1898 – Sulpicio Osorio, leading novelist in Cebuano – in Dalaguete, Cebu. (d. March 26, 1970)

1957 – Hilda Koronel (real name Susan Reid), actress – in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Hilda Koronel
on the cover of Expressweek (February 2, 1978)



A portrait of Ronald Reagan on the cover of

TV Guide (January 17-21, 1981)

Picture Trivia
          Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) was sixty nine years old when he was sworn into office for his first term on January 20, 1981. Reagan wrote his own inaugural address for which he spoke about America’s economic malaise, arguing: “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem.”
          Barely two months in office, on March 30, 1981, Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, Washington police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy were struck by gunfire from would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. outside the Washington Hilton hotel. Although “close to death” upon arrival at George Washington University Hospital, Reagan was stabilized in the emergency room, then underwent emergency exploratory surgery. He recovered and was released from the hospital on April 11, becoming the first serving U.S. president to survive being shot in an assassination attempt. The attempt had great influence on Reagan’s popularity; polls indicated his approval rose to 73 percent. Reagan believed that “God had spared his life so that he might go on to fulfill a greater purpose.”
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