December 25



DECEMBER 25

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 25 No. 36, December 25, 2001 – January 1, 2002
On the Cover: Gary Valenciano and Angeli Pangilinan, and their children Gabriel, Paolo and Keana

 

Disyembre 25 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 25, 1895, matagumpay na napabagsak ng puwersang rebolusyunaryo ng mga Filipino ang pamahalaang koloniyal ng mga Kastila sa Iloilo.

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          Ang puntod ng libingan ng dating Pangulong Corazon Aquino at Senador Benigno Aquino Jr ay dinungisan at nilapastangan di-umano ng isang nagngangalang Mariano Peralta Alguion.

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Personalities and celebrities born on December 25:

1924 – Henry Sy Sr (Chinese name Shi Zhicheng), Chinese-Filipino businessman – in Xiamen, China. 


1947 – Joey “Pepe” Smith (full name Joseph William Feliciano Smith), American-Filipino rock musician and singer-songwiter – in Angeles, Pampanga.



Joey “Pepe” Smith
on the cover of Playboy Philippines (September 2011).



1987 – L J Reyes (full name Lourna Jane Pujeda Reyes), actress, model and dancer – in Quezon City.

L J Reyes
on FHM Philippines (December 2009) and Playboy Philippines (March 2012).



Sophie Marceau on the cover of
MOD (December 1999).

Picture Trivia

          French actress Sophie Marceau (real name Sophie Danièle Sylvie Morisset Maupu) made her film debut in La Boum (1980) at age 13. After starring in 15 French films, she made her first English-language movie opposite Mel Gibson in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart (1995), and became an international film star playing the role of Elektra King in the 19th James Bond film The World is Not Enough (1999) opposite Pierce Brosnan.

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