Kaalaman, Karunungan at Katotohana Blg. 1

Gintong Mariposa Taon 1 Blg. 12, Abril 28, 1992
Sa harapang taklob-pahina: Joey Marquez and Alma Moreno (when they were still together)
with their children (Jasm, leftmost, and Yeoj, in the middle),
and step-children (Vandolph, top right, J.V. bottom left, and Mark Anthony, bottom right).
Sa likuran taklob-pahina: Si Cristina Gonzales para sa print ads ng Sun Beach sandals.

Ang kolum kong “Kaalaman, Karunungan at Katotohanan” ay ginawa ko sa udyok ni Ms. Ernestina “Ernie” Evora-Sioco, na editor-in-chief ng MOD at executive editor ng Gintong Mariposa, at itinuturing kong isa sa mga naging mentors ko sa pagsusulat. Ito ay koleksiyon ng mga samu’t-saring kaalaman sa iba’t-ibang larangan. Gumamit ako ng penname – Newton Aresgala – sa kolum na ito, na anagram ng aking tunay na pangalan.

“Kung magkagayon, sasayaw sa katuwaan ang mga dalaga, makikigalak pati mga binata’t matatanda; ang kanilang dalamhati ay magiging tuwa, aaliwin ko sila at papalitan ng kagalakan ang kanilang kalungkutan.” – Ang Aklat ng Jeremias 31:13, Magandang Balita Biblia, Tagalog Popular Version.

May 25

 

MAY 25

TV Guide May 25-31, 1996

On the Cover: Heather Locklear



Events that happened on May 25:

1898 – Spanish Governor-General Ramon Blanco ordered the deportation of prominent citizens of Malolos, Bulacan.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 25:

1862 – Urbano Lacuna, revolutionary general – in Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija (d. April 10, 1911).

1889 – Manuel Go Tianuy, shipping magnate and founder of Insular Navigation, one of the biggest shipping lines in the Philippines – in Ching Kan (Chuancio), Amoy, China.

1904 – Gregorio Fernandez, actor, director and 1955 FAMAS and Asian Film Festival Best Director for the film Higit sa Lahat – in Lubao, Pampanga (d. 1973).

1907 – Gregorio F. Zaide, historian, author of history textbooks and 1968 Republic Cultural Heritage Awardee (d. October 31, 1986).


1959 – Alma Moreno (real name Vanessa Lacsamana), actress and dancer – in Quezon City.

Alma Moreno

on the covers of (from left to right) Ginoo Fortnightly (May 5, 1976),

Ravelo R.A.R Komiks-Movie Magazine (April 10, 1980)
and Modern Romances & True Confessions (December 22, 1980)

 

!973 – Gelli de belen (full name Anna Gianelli Yap de Belen), actress and television host – in Quezon City.

Gelli de Belen
on the covers of Good Housekeeping Philippines (with sister Janice, November 2007)
and Bannawag (October 6, 2014)





William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson
(a year before their marriage),
on the cover of Time (May 25, 1970).

Picture Trivia

          When you hear the brand Masters and Johnson, the names refer to William Howell Masters (1915-2001) at Virginia Eshelman Johnson, the pioneer researchers in the field of human sexuality and sexual health. They authored together two best-selling books, Human Sexual Response (1966) and Human Sexual Inadequacy (1970).
          In 1957, Johnson became Masters’ research assistance. Johnson was divorced from her first husband. Masters, on the other hand, divorced his first wife and married Johnson in 1971. Their marriage lasted until 1992 when they themselves divorced. It the year their research partnership in human sexuality also ended.
 
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January 22



JANUARY 22

Kislap Magasin Taon 14 Blg. 384, Enero 22, 1976
Tampok sa taklob-pahina si Alma Moreno

 

January 22 in Philippine History

1809 – As a consequence of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) installing his brother Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) as King of Spain, all Spanish colonies including the Philippines are made integral part of Spain and, as such, Filipinos were given the privileges of Spanish citizenship and representation in the Spanish Cortes.

1843 – Sergeant Samaniego, leader of the Tagalog Mutiny, was executed at Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park).

1865 – The Escuela Normal de Maestros, a school for teachers, was establsihed in Manila.

1960 – Pres. Carlos P. Garcia laid the cornerstone of the Philippine Atomic Research Center (PARC) on a 9-hectare land leased from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

1987 – Day of the Mendiola Massacre. 17 farmers and students were shot and killed and dozens wounded when President Corazon C. Aquino ordered the dispersal of the rally in Mendiola Bridge, near Malacañang Palace that turned violent. The demonstrators, mostly from the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas headed by Jaime Tadeo, intended to talk to the president about her land reform program, but were met with barbed wires, fire trucks, and armed anti-riot police.

1988 – General Fidel V. Ramos was appointed Secretary of National Defense by President Corazon C. Aquino.

2011 – Danica Flores Magpantay won the Ford Supermodel of the World competition, the first Filipina to bag the title.

Tawag sa English ng mga Isda

          Alam niyo ba kung ano sa English ang isdang dalagang bukid? Ang mamula-mulang dalagang-bukid ay tinatawag sa English na red caesio (Pinjalo typus), samantalang ang nagkukulay malaginto ay tinatawag na golden caesio (Caesio chrysozonus).

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          Hindi man karapat-dapat, isang isda ang ipinangalan sa unang bayani ng Pilipinas – si Lapu-Lapu. Ang katumbas ng isdang lapu-lapu sa English ay grouper. Maraming uri ng grouper, dalawa dito ay ang white-lined grouper (pangalang-agham: Anyperodon leucogrammicus) at wavy-lined grouper (Epinephelus undulosus), subalit karaniwang tinatawag sila sa Pilipinas na lapu-lapu o di kaya’y dinudugtungan ng pang-uri, katulad ng lapu-lapung guhit, lapu-lapung bato o pulang lapu-lapu.

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Guhit ng talakitok o long-finned cavalla,
mula sa RR’s Philippine Alamanac, p.786.

          Sa pulitika, alam niyo ba na ang tawag ni Senador Miriam Defensor-Santiago sa dating pangulong Fidel V. Remos ay Talakitok? Ito ay isang uri ng isdang dagat na tinatawag sa English na long-finned cavalla (Caranx armatus).

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“Diyos ko, pati galunggong lumilipad!”
Satirical caricature on high prices of commodities
during Pres. Cory Aquino’s regime,
featured on the editorial page of the
Philippine Daily Inquirer (November 9, 1987).

          Ang galunggong ay binansagang “Cory fish” dahil lubhang tumaas ang mga bilihin noong panahon ng dating pangulong Corazon "Cory" Aquino na ang mga mahihirap ay hindi na halos makabili ng isdang galunggong. Ang galunggong sa English ay round scad (Decapterus macrosoma).

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          May uri ng kanduli o sea catfish ang matatagbuan lamang sa baybay-dagat na malapit sa Manila. Ito ang Manila sea catfiish (Arius manillensis). Kanduli rin ang tawag sa green sea catfish (Arius thalassinus). Hito naman ang tawag sa fresh-water catfish (Clarias batrachus).

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          Ang mga iba’t-ibang uri ng mackerel ay mayroong kaniya-kaniyang tawag sa Tagalog: Ang striped mackerel (Rastrelliger chrysozonus) ay alumahan, ang short-bodied mackerel (Rastrelliger brachyosomus) ay hasa-hasa, at ang Spanish mackerel (Cybium commerson) ay tangigi.

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          Ganun din naman ang iba’t-ibang uri ng herring: Ang deep-bodied herring (Sardinella perforata) ay lapad, ang fimbriated herring (Sardinella fimbriata) ay tunsoy, at ang big-eyed herring (Ilisha hoevenii).

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          Narito ang iba pang English equivalent ng mga pangalan ng mga isda: Asuhos (whiting), bangus (milkfish), bisugo (nemipterid), kabang (croaker), labahita (surgeon fish), maya-maya (snapper), sapsap (slipmouth), at tsabita (moonfish).

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Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 22:

1860 – Ananias Diokno, revolutionary leader who led an expedition in the Visayas to established a link between the revolutionary forces in Panay and the revolutionary government of Emilio Aguinaldo – in Taal, Batangas. (November 2, 1922)

1910 – Vicente Manansala, National Artist for Visual Arts (1981) – in Macabebe, Pampanga. (d. August 22, 1981) 1923

1923 – Pancho Magalona (real name Enrique Gayoso Magalona Jr), actor – in Negros Occidental. (d. April 1998)

Pancho Magalona (kasama ang kaniyang kabiyak na si Tita Duran)
on the cover of Ilang-Ilang (Enero 25, 1940).

 

1952 – Ace Vergel (real name Ace York Aguilar), actor. (d. December 15, 2007)
1953 – Eva Eugenio (full name Elvira Lapis Eugenio), singer – in Laguna.


1957 – Renato “Rene” Requiestas, actor and comedian. (d. July 24, 1993)

 



A portrait illustration of Marlon Brando
done by American commercial illustrator Bob Peak
on the cover of Time (January 22, 1972).

Picture Trivia

          When Marlon Brando (1924-2004) won the Academy Best Actor Award for the film Godfather in 1972, he asked Sacheen Littlefeather, a native Apache Indian, to read his non-acceptance speech. Brando did not accept the award in protest for the bad treatment of American Indians by the American film industry. He is the second actor that refused to accept the Academy Award (the first was George C. Scott). The following year, Brando was again nominated for the Best Actor plum for his performance in the film Last Tango in Paris, but Jack Lemmon won the award for the film Save the Tiger.
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