August 7



AUGUST 7

Celebrity World Vol. 4 No. 208, August 7, 1995
On the Cover: Ballet performers Maritoni Rufino, Katrina Santos, Timothy Melady and Mario Esperanza

 

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Ang salawikaing “Tuso man daw ang matsing ay napaglalalangan din,”
tampok bilang isa sa mga kuwentong katatawanan ni Tony Velasquez,
nasa taklob-pahina ng Pilipino Komiks Blg. 31 na may petsang Agosto 7, 1948.

Agosto 7 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ipinasa ng National Assembly bilang batas noong Agosto 6, 1940, ang panukala na bawasan ang bilang ng taon ng elementary education sa anim mula pito base sa 12-taong pag-aaral sa "Adequacy of Philippine Education System." Tinawag itong Education Bill of 1940. Ito ay kabaligtaran ng K-12 program na ipinatupad noong Hunyo 2012.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 7:

1913 – Carmen Camacho Velasquez, National Scientist (Parasitology) and Outstanding Woman of Science in the Philippines (1975) awardee – in Bayambang, Pangasinan (October 16, 1994).

1928 – Rafael Montinola Salas, university professor, author and first executive director of the United Nation Population Fund (1969-1987) – in Bago City, Negros Occidental (d. March 4, 1987).

1933 – Alberto Gatmaitan Romulo, politician, government official and senator – in Camiling, Tarlac.

1969 – James Dranreb Belleza, actor – in Pasig.

1972 – Geronimo “Gerry” Peñalosa, champion professional boxer, in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

MUKHA NG PANAHON

Maaaring nakakatawa ang nakaguhit na larawan, subalit ito ang umiiral na mukha ng panahon. Dahil sa “Climate Change,” naging higit na madalas at malala ang mga bagyo at pagbaha sa buong kapuluan ng Pilipinas. Nangyayari rin ito sa buong daigdig. Maisisisi ito sa walang habas na pagtotroso, pagsira ng mga kagubatan gawa ng urbanisayon, polusyon dulot ng mga fossil fuels, paggamit ng mga kemikal na nakasisira sa ozone layer, at ang pagka-inutil ng mga pamahalaan sa daigdig upang resolbahin ang mga gawang ito.

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Alyssa Milano (for the TV series na Charmed),
on the cover of TV Guide (August 7-13, 1999).

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          Alyssa Milano played the role of Phoebe Halliwell, one of the “good witch” sisters who inherited the power to fight the minions of evil and darkness in the popular television series Charmed. She stayed on the show for eight seasons (1998-2006), from the beginning to the end of the series, and she even became co-producer together with her best friend and co-star Holly Marie Combs on the fifth season.

 

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August 6




AUGUST 6

Bagong Babae Magasin Taon 2 Blg. 105, Agosto 6, 1985
Nasa taklob-pahina si Cristina Crisol

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

A portrait of the American actress Doris Kenyon (1897-1979)
Illustrated by Karl van Buskirk,
on the cover of Photoplay (August 1926).

 

Agosto 6 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 6, 1762, inilipat ni Simon de Anda y Salazar (1701-1776), pansamantalang gumaganap bilang Spanish governor, ang pamahalaan sa Bacoor, Pampanga, sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga British sa Manila.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 6:

1875 – Sixto de los Angeles, medico-legal practitioner and Third Philippine legislature representative – inSan Mateo, Rizal (d. December 23, 1945)

1944 – Inday Badiday (Lourdes Jimenez Carvajal), journalist, television host and “Queen of Philippine Showbiz Talk Show” – in Manila (d. September 26, 2003).


1954 – Gary Valenciano (full name Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano), singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and dancer – in Manila

Gary Valenciano
on the cover of Plus! (March 1996).

1983 – Clarisse Mercado (real name Cristina Generoso), actress and model – Cavite.

Clarisse Mercado

on the covers of 10 Magazine (February 2005 and January 2006).

 

1986 – JV Casio (full name Joseph Evans Casio), basketball player – in Makati City.

 

Si Cristine Reyes, tampok sa taklob-pahina
ng Bannawag (Agosto 8, 2011)

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          Noong 2011, gumanap si Cristine Reyes sa papel na Charmaine dela Costa-Escaler, isang pinagtaksilang asawa, sa pelikulang No Other Woman, kung saan siya ang pangunahing bituin sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, kasama sina Derek Ramsay at Anne Curtis sa direksyon ni Ruben S. Bayani. Ang No Other Woman ay ang “second highest-grossing film” ng 2011 sa Pilipinas. Nang taon ding iyon, napagwagian naman si Reyes ang gawad bilang “Breakthrough Female Artist” ng Yahoo! Philippines OMG! Awards.

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August 5



AUGUST 5

MOD Filipina Vol. 20 No. 883, August 5, 1991
On the Cover: Model Emmylou Roa Rama



Agosto 5 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 5, 1621, ang Convento de Santa Clara, ang kauna-unahang kumbento sa Pilipinas, ay itinatag ng mga madreng Franciscan.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 5:

1890 – Jose Dira Avelino, lawyer and third Senate President of the Philippines (May 25, 1946 – February 21, 1949) – in Calbayog, Samar (d. July 21, 1996)

1903 – Felixberto Olalia, guerilla leader, labor leader and Secretary-General of the Katipunan ng mga Anakpawis – in Bacolor, Pampanga (d. December 4, 1983).

1912 – Jose Garcia Villa, poet, fictionist, literary critic, Republic Cultural Heritage awardee (1962) and national Artist for Literature (1973) – in Singalong, Manila (d. February 7, 1997).

1938 – Rafael Carlos Baltazar Buenaventura, banker and governor of Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (July 6, 1999 – July 3, 2005) – in San Fernando City, La Union (d. November 30, 2006).

1945 – Dick Gordon (full name Richard Juico Gordon), politician, government official, senator and Philippine Red Cross chairman – in Castillejos, Zambales.

1946 – Dante Rivero (real name Luisito Ramos Meyer), actor – in Pampanga.

Dante Rivero
On the cover of Espesyal Komiks Magasin (September 11, 1969)



1973 – Toni Leviste (full name Marie Antoinette Sarangaya Leviste), equestrian – in Manila.

1981 – Tanya Garcia (real name Tanya Katherine Rosales Lyttle), actress – in Manila.

Tanya Garcia
On the cover of FHM Philippines (March 2006)

 

Roger Moore as James Bond Agent 007
for the film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977),
on the cover of Film Review (August 1977).

Picture Trivia

          Roger Moore played the role of James Bond Agent 007 in films the most number of times: Live and Let Die (1973); The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), at A View to a Kill (1985). He started portraying the British secret agent in 1973, in Live and Let Die, when he was 45 years old. He is also the oldest to portray the role at 57.

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August 4

AUGUST 4

Screen Komiks Taon 1 Blg. 18, Agosto 4, 160

Nasa taklop-pahina ang artista ng LVN Pictures na si Lourdes Medel

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

The 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy,
on the cover of Life (August 4, 1961),
around four months after the failed U.S. invasion of Cuba (Bay of Pigs, April 1961)

Agosto 4 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 4, 1964, inaprubahan ang pagpapalit ng petsa ng pagdiriwang ng Araw ng Kasarinlan ng Hunyo 12 mula Hulyo 4. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act 4166. Subalit tuluyan lamang itong ipinatupad noong Hunyo 12, 1966 sa administrasyon ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos.

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          Ang bayan ng San Jose sa Nueva Ecija ay idineklarang isang lungsod sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act 6051.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 4:

1974 – Dominic Ochoa (Jose Madrigal Ochoa), actor – in Pasay City.

Dominic Ochoa (with Tracy Vergel)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (July 4, 2000)

 

1987 – Phil Younghusband (full name Philip James Placer Younghusband), English-Filipino football player – in Ashford, Surrey, England.

Phil Younghusband
on the cover of Garage (April-May 2011)

 

1995 – Jessica Sanchez (full name Jessica Elizabeth Bugay Sanchez), American-born Mexican-Filipino singer and 2012 American Idol runner-up dabbed as the “World Idol” – in Chula Vista, California.

Jessica Sanchez
on the cover of Style Weekend (January 10, 2014)

 

Samuel L. Jackson for the film
Snakes on a Plane, on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (August 4, 2006).
Notice Jackson’s quote on his left:
“I’ve had it with these motherfucking snakes
on this motherfucking plane!”

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          In 2006, Samuel L(eroy) Jackson starred in the film Snakes on a Plane as FBI agent Neville Flynn. Do you know how many snakes were used in the film? Around 450 different species of snakes, including a 22-foot Burmese python that the production crew nicknamed “Kitty.” Most of the snakes you’ll see in the film, however, were added digitally.

          It was also in 2006 when Jackson starred in the film Black Snake Moan. It has, however, nothing to do with snakes, and the title of the film was only taken from the song of American blues singer and guitarist “Blind” Lemon Jefferson in 1927. In this film, Jackson played the role of Lazarus, a former blues musician who was deserted by his wife. The story revolves around Lazarus helping a young girl, Rae (Christina Ricci), long being abused by her parents.

 

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August 3



AUGUST 3

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 28 No. 15, August 3, 2004
On the cover: Halle Berry

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

A Danny Osher illustration art
On the cover of Liberty (August 3, 1940)

Agosto 3 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang Iglesia Filipina Independiente ay itinatag noong Agosto 3, 1902. Si Gregorio Aglipay ay hinirang na Obispo Maximo (Kataastaasang Obispo).

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          Noong Agosto 3, 1988 tinambangan at napatay ang Secretary ng Local Government na si Jaime Ferrer.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 3:

1952 – Daria Ramirez (real name Lydia Tuyas), actress – in Manila.

Daria Ramirez
on the cover of Ginoo (June 18, 1975)

 

1969 – Lani Misalucha (birth name Lani Dimalanta Bayot), international singer known as “Asia’s Nightingale” – in Manila.

 

Prince Charles and Princess Diana
(five days after their wedding)
On the cover of People Weekly
(August 3, 1981)

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          Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) married Lady Diana Spencer on July 29, 1981 (Wednesday) at the St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, United Kingdom.
          Do you know who officiated at their wedding? The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service presided over by the Most Reverend Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Very Reverend Alan Webster, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral.  

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August 2



AUGUST 2

MOD Filipina Vol. 23 No. 1039, August 2, 1991
On the Cover: Patricia Heslet

 

Agosto 2 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang Monte de Piedad ay itinatag ng paring Franciscan na si Felix Huertas noong Agosto 2, 1882.

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          Isang malakas na lindol (7.3-Magnitude), na ang epicenter ay sa Casiguran, Quezon, ang tumama sa Luzon 4:19 ng madaling-araw noong Agosto 2, 1968. Ito ay nasundan ng malakas na aftershock (5.9-Magnitude). Ang Ruby Tower sa Manila ay bumagsak dahil umano sa palpak na disenyo at sub-standard na materyales. Humigit-kumulang 270 ang namatay ay halos 300 ang nasugatan.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 2:

1799 – Mariano Guard Gomez, secular priest, martyr (Gomburza) – in Sta. Cruz, Manila (d. February 17, 1872).

1888 – Angel Arguelles, first Filipino director of the Bureau of Science (later known as the National Institute of Science and Technology) – in Batangas, Batangas (d. July 10, 1952).

1923 – Pedro B. Escuro, agronomist, geneticist and National Scientist – Nabua, Camarines Sur – (September 8, 2000).

1974 – Ron Josol (full name Ronald Allan Josol), Filipino-Canadian stand-up comedian – in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1975 – Alma Concepcion (full name Alma Louise Concepcion), 1994 Miss Philippines-International and film actress – in Marikina.

Alma Concepcion
on the cover of Men’s Edge (April 1995).

1980 – Dingdong Dantes (real name Jose Sixto Raphael Gonzalez Dantes III), actor and model – in Quezon City.

Dingdong Dantes

on the covers of S Magazine (July 2008) and Men’s Health (December 2009).

 

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Rumanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci
on the covers of Sports Illustrated and Time, both August 2, 1976 issues.

          Rumanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci was the first to be awarded a “perfect 10” in Olympic gymnastics. She garnered it first in the uneven bars event (team competition) in the Montreal Olympics on July 18, 1976. She was 14 years old.
          Do you know that the Montreal Olympics gymnastic scoreboard does not have the facility to register four numbers – 10.00. This is because, even at the start, the Olympic organizers said it is “impossible” to have a perfect 10 score. In the competition, the score that registered for Comaneci was 1.00, which initially confused the audience. But when it was made known that Comaneci garnered a perfect 10, thunderous applause followed. Comaneci garnered six more perfect score in the succeeding events.

          Comaneci is also the youngest Olympic gymnast all-around champion. This record will remained forever on the books, because in the current Olympic gymnastic regulation, participants should be at least 16-year-old before they are allowed to compete.

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August 1



ALAM MO BA 'TO?

(Do You Know This?)

Ang Buwan ng Agosto

          Ang Agosto o August ang pangwalong buwan ng taon. Noong panahon ng Kalendaryong Romano (Roman Calendar), ito ay tinawag na Sextilis o ang Pang-anim na buwan. Bagama’t naging ikawalong buwan ito nang baguhin ni Julius Caesar (c. 100 – 44  B.C.) ang lumang kalendaryo noong 44 B.C., nanatili ang tawag na Sextilis. Noong 27 B.C., si Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C. – A.D. 14), ang inampong grandnephew ni Julius Caesar at humalili sa kaniya sa pamumuno sa Roma, ay pinarangalan at tinatawag na “Augustus” o “ang dakila.” Sa pangalang Augustus Caesar higit siyang nakilala sa kasaysayan. Mula rin sa pangalang ito, pinalitan ang tawag sa Sextilis na August bilang parangal sa kaniya.

          Sa Pilipinas, ang Agosto ay buwan ng Moro-Moro at Sumbali festivals. Sa buwan ding ito ipinagdiriwang ang Linggo ng Wikang Pambansa.

          Nang sinaunang panahon, ang Carnelian ang birthstone para sa buwan ng Agosto. Sa modernong panahon tatlo ang kinikilalang birthstones na sumasagisag sa buwang ito – moonstone, sardonyx at peridot. Ang poppy naman ang flower of the month.

AUGUST 1

Superyor Komiks Magasin Taon 1 Blg. 26, Agosto 1, 1965
Tampok sa harapang pabalat ang kuwentong “Kundiman ng Pag-ibig” ni Chuchi Rebleza
Nasa likuran pabalat naman ang paanyayang subayabayan ang “Eben Bonaben”
na kuwentong kinatha at iginuhit ni Rosauro Heras Matienzo

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

American actress Ann Sheridan (1915-1967)
On the cover of Look (August 1, 1939).

 

Agosto 1 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 1, 1851, itinatag ng Junta de Autoridades ng pamahalaang Kastila ang Banco Español-Filipino de Isabel II, ang kauna-unahang commercial bank sa Pilipinas at sa Malayong Silangan (Far East).

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          Ika-1 ng Agosto 1900 nang itatag ni Mariano F. Jocson ang Colegio Filipino, isang primary school para sa mga batang lalaki at babae. Ang pangalan ng paaralang ito ay napalitan ng Colegio Mercantil noong 1905, at noong 1921, ito ang naging National University at si Jocson ang kauna-unahan nitong pangulo.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 1:

1901 – Pancho Villa (real name Francisco Guilledo), champion professional boxer – in Ilog, Negros Occidental (d. July 14, 1925).

1971 – Kristina Paner (real name Annah Karina Salunoy Gomez), actress and singer – in Quezon City.

1995 – Derrick Monasterio (full name Derrick Lllander Climarco Monasterio), actor, dancer and singer – in Quezon City.

Derrick Monasterio

on the cover of Garage (May 2016).



The August 1, 1988 cover of Time
illustrating “Our Filthy Seas,”
how pollution is threatening sea life.

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          More than 20 million tons of garbage are being disposed and deposited in different bodies of water throughout the world every year. This single act is killing rivers, lakes and even the world’s seas and oceans. This is the main cause of pollution of the underground aquifers, which are the world’s sources of drinking water. This is also polluting shorewaters, which is the cause of red tide, fish kill, and destruction of coral reefs, and now threatens sea life itself.

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