Facts from the Bible

Celebrity World Vol. 4 No. 193, April 17, 1995

On the cover: Charlene Gonzales

The cover story, “Facts from the Bible” (pp. 8-10) of the Lenten issue of Celebrity World (April 17, 1995), supratitled “The Truth is.....” It featured many interesting facts found in the Holy Scriptures.

“Indeed, that is why we also thank GOD incessantly, because when you received GOD’s word, which you heard from us, you accepted it, not as the word of men, but, just as it truthfully is, as the Word of GOD, which is also at work in you believers.” – The First to the Thessalonians 2:13, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.

May 1



ALAM MO BA 'TO?

(Do You Know This?)

Ang Buwan ng Mayo

          Ang buwan ng Mayo na panglimang buwan sa Gregorian Calendar ay tinatawag sa sinaunang Roman Calendar na Maius na hinalaw sa pangalan ni Maia, ang diyosa ng pagsibol at paglago. Bagama’t mayroong nagsasabi na ito ay mula sa salitang Latin na majores na tumutukoy sa mga “nakatatandang tao” kaya ang buwang ito ay sinasabing para sa kanila. Isa pang posibleng pinagmulan ng pangalan ng buwang ito ay ang tawag sa mataas na kapulungan ng Senado sa Roma na tinatawag ding Majores.

          Sa Pilipinas, ang buwan ng Mayo ay karaniwang tinutukoy bilang buwan ng mga piyesta na halaw sa sinaunang kaugalian ng mga katutubo na buwan ng pagpapasalamat sa mga diyos at diyosa o sa mga anito ng kalikasan dahil sa masaganang ani, na nahaluan ng paniniwalang Katoliko.

          Ang agate ang birthstone ng Mayo noong sinaunang panahon at emerald naman sa makabagong panahon, samantalang ang flower of the month ay ang hawthorn.

MAY 1

Extra Komiks Taon 9 Blg. 253, Mayo 1, 1961

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Asuwang” ni Virgo Villa (a.k.a. Mars Ravelo) na iginuhit ni Felipe L. Ilag.

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

English-born Hollywood actress Ida Lupino (1918-1995)
at the height of her popularity,
on the cover of Picturegoer (May 1, 1943).

Events that happened on May 1:

1852 – The first Philippine peso bill originally called Peso Fuetes (‘strong peso”) was printed in the Philippines.

1898 – Battle of Manila Bay, the mock battle between American forces (flagsjip Olympia led Admiral George Dewey) and Spanish forces (flagship Reina Cristina led by Adfmiral Patricio Montojo) prior to the American Occupation of the Philippines.

1903 – First Labor Day celebration in the Philippines.

1913 – The Congreso Obrero de Filipinas, a labor federation, was founded by Hemenegildo Cruz.

1980 – The Kilusang Mayon Uno (KMU) was founded by Felixberto Olalia.

1985 – The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) was founded by political activist Lean Alejandro.

2001 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared the existence of “a state of rebellion,” hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, President Joseph Estrada, stormed towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA IV rebellion.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 1:

1912 – Felipe Padilla de Leon, musician and composer of the first Filipino full-lenth grand opera, Noli Me Tangere (1953) – in Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija (d. December 5, 1992).

1940 – Alex Niño, comic book artist – Tarlac.

1970 – Cristina Malarky Gonzales, actress and politician – Tacloban City.

Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez (and her daughters Sofia and Diana)

on the cover of MOD Mother’s Day issue (May 14, 2004).



1974 – Charlene Gonzales (full name Charlene Mae Gonzales Bonnin), model, actress and beauty queen.

Charlene Gonzales
on the cover of MOD (November 4, 2005) and Marie Claire Philippines (November 2007).

1997 – Miles Ocampo (real name Camille Tan Hojilla), actress, singer and print-ads model – in Quezon City. 

Miles Ocampo
on the cover of Bannawag (February 27, 2012)

Angel Locsin on the cover of
FHM Philippines (May 2010).
This is the year when she won the
second “Sexiest Women in the World” title.

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Angel Locsin ay nahirang na “Sexiest Woman in the World” ng FHM Philippines ng dalawang beses: Noong taong 2005 at 2010.

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April 23




April 23

CRAF Klasix Blg. 7, Abril 23, 1964
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Multo”
Na katha at guhit ni Rosauro Matienzo.

 

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Isang pag-alala sa tatlong namayapang mga bituin ng pinilakang-tabing.
Sa taklob-pahina ng issue ng Orig Showbiz Magazine na may petsang Abril 23, 1983:
Makikita sina Fernando Poe Jr (na namayapa noong December 14, 2004)
at Julie Vega (namayapa noong May 6, 1985),
at sa inset ay si Claudia Zobel (namayapa noong February 10, 1984).



Events that happened on April 23:

1815 – A Spanish royal decree opened the ports of California, Mexico and Peru to the Manila trade, thus ending the monopoly of the Galleon Trade.

1899 – The Battle of Quingua (now Plaridel, Bulacan) where Filipino revolutionary forces led by General Gregorio H. del Pilar defeated the American forces led by J. Franklin Bell.

1905 – The first chapter of the Knights of Columbus in the Philippines was organized by American soldiers led by Richard Campbell. The first Filipinos to become members of the group were Antonio M. Opisso and Anastacio Quijano.

Personalities and celebrities born on April 23:

1850 – Jorge Barlin, first Filipino Catholic bishop (d. September 4, 1909).

1889 – Gerardo Chanco, Tagalog writer and translator (d. October 29, 1922).

1985 – Angel Locsin (real name Angelica Colmenares), film and television actress, commercial model, fashion designer, favorite magazine cover girl, in Sta. Maria, Bulacan.

Angel Locsin, the favorite cover girl of most magazines in the Philippines:
(First row, left to right) FHM Philippines (October 2003), Maxim Philippines (May 2008),

Gadgets Philippines (June 2011), and Cosmopolitan Philippines (Oct0ber 2011).

(Second row) MOD (January 28, 2005, August 12, 2005, and March 3, 2006).
(Third row) MOD Girl (December 30, 2005), Hair Asia (Summer 2009),
Woman Today (June 2012), and Bannawag (July 16, 2012).

 



Husband & wife Aga Muhlach and Charlene Gonzales

on the cover of Mr. & Ms. 26th Anniversary Special

(Vol. 25 No. 51, April 23, 2002)

Larawang Tribiya

           Sina Aga Muhlach (buong pangalan Ariel Aquino Muhlach) at Charlene Gonzales (buong pangalan Charlene Mae Gonzales Bonnin) ay nagpakasal noong May 24, 2001. At noong 2002, nagsilang si Charlene ng kambal, sina Andres at Atasha Bonnin Muhlach.

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