November 12



NOVEMBER 12

Hiwaga Komiks Taon 42 Blg. 2061, Nobyembre 12, 1992

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang nobelang “Nag-uumpugang Bato” ni Rod Santiago

 

Nobyembre 12 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 12, 1902, ang American-controlled Philippine Commission ay nagpasa ng Anti-Brigandage Act upang supilin ang anti-American at makabayang damdamin ng mamamayang Filipino.

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          Ang Philippine Refugee Processing Center sa Subang, Morong, Bataan, ay itinatatag noong Nobyembre 12, 1979, upang pamahalaan ang pagdating ng mga refugees na nanggagaling sa mga kalapit-bansa na Kampuchea, Laos at Vietnam. Layon nito na magkaroon ng pakikipagsanib-kooperasyon ng pamahalaan sa United Nations High Commission for Refugees.

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Personalities and celebrities born on November 12:

1839 – Mariano Sevilla, writer and editor – in Tondo Manila (d. November 23, 1923).   

1916 – Rogelio dela Rosa (real name Regidor dela Rosa), actor and senator, in Lubao, Pampanga (d. November 26, 1986).





Rogelio dela Rosa (with Cecilia Lopez, for the film Sonny Boy)
on the cover of Literary Song-Movie Magazine (August 1955).

1955 – Imee Marcos (full name Maria Imelda Josefa Romualdez Marcos), public servant, politician and newspaper columnist – in Mandaluyong City.



Ms. Imee Marcos

on the cover of Philippine Tatler (October 2015) and BizNews Asia (November 9-16, 2015).

 

1964 – Anna Marie Gutierrez, actress and model – in Manila.

Anna Marie Gutierrez
on the cover of Sports World (August 13, 1983).

1981 – Rodel Flordeliz (full name Rodelio Pascualito Flordeliz), model, news reporter and television host – in Valenzuela City.

 



Al Pacino, on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (November 12, 1993).

Picture Trivia

         Do you know that it took Al Pacino seven nominations before he won his first Academy Award? Though an excellent actor, he only won his first Academy Award in 1992 for his portrayal of blind U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in the film Scent of a Woman. In that same year, Pacino was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor category for the film Glengarry Gloss Ross (won by Gene Hackman for the film Unforgiven). Pacino is the first actor nominated in two different acting categories for different films on the same year and winning the Best Actor Award.                            o     O     o
 

January 14

 

January 14

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 2, January 14-21, 1988
On the cover: Rizza Errea

 



January 14 in Philippine History

1889 – The Associacion Internationale des Philippinistes was established in Paris, France, with Ferdinand Blumentritt (1853-1913) as president and Jose Rizal as secretary.

1954 – A Philippine Airline (PAL) DC-6 on a flight from Madrid to Rome, with seven passengers and nine crew members aboard, crashed at Bogota Nuevo Giodani about six kilometers west of Rome killing everyone on board.

1983 – Filipino statesman and diplomat Carlos P. Romulo retired as Foreign minister, on his 84th birthday.

 

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Nat King Cole (real name Nathaniel Adams Coles, 1919-1965),
on the cover of Jet (January 14, 1965) barely a month before he died.

Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 14:

1899 – Carlos Peña Romulo, journalist, statesman, diplomat, writer National Artist for literature (1982), and first Filipino to become President of the United Nations General Assembly – in Camiling, Tarlac. (d. December 15, 1985).

1954 – Ramon See Ang, mechanical engineer, business tycoon – Manila.

Ramon Ang,
on the cover of BizNews Asia (July 31, 2010).



1969 – Vergel Meneses, professional basketball player, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) “Most Valuable Player” (1998), and national team member – in Malolos, Bulacan. 

1991 – Kristel Moreno, actress, dancer and model.

Kristel Moreno,
on the cover of FHM Philippines (April 2010).

Hayop sa Pang-amoy! 

          Alam niyo ba kung anong hayop ay may pinakamalakas na pang-amoy o sense of smell? Sa maniwala kayo o hindi, ito ay isang species na tangya o moth. Ang lalaking emperor moth (Eudia pavonia) ay kayang maamoy ang sex attractant ng isang virgin female species sa layong 11 kilometro! Ang sex attractant ng babaeng tangya ay isang uri ng bio-chemical alcohol, at bawat isa ay nagtataglay lamang ng 0.0001 milligram!

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          Kaya namang maamoy ng polar bear (Thalarctos maritimus) ang isang seal sa layong tatlong kilometro! Kaya din nitong maamoy ang isang isdang lumalangoy sa ilalim ng tipak ng yelong may kapal na mahigit sa isang metro!

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          Ang isang aso ay may kakayahan namang makilala ang higit pa sa 50,000 iba’t-ibang amoy!

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The young of an African gazelle (specie of antelope),
on the cover of Wild (winter 2011).

Picture Trivia

          Aside from their nose, do you know which other part of an antelope’s anatomy it uses for smelling? It’s unusually peculiar, but antelopes also use their feet for smelling. They have scent detecting glands between their hoofs.

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