November 27



NOVEMBER 27

Super Fantasy Komiks magasin Taon 1 Blg. 30, Nobyembre 27, 1987
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang ilustrasyon ni Mike Raymundo

 

Nobyembre 27 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 27, 1982, napagwagian ni Lydia de Vega ang gintong medalya sa 100-meter dash sa Asian Games sa New Delhi, India. Si de Vega ang itinuturing na pinakamabilis na mananakbong babae sa Asia noong 1980s.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Bob Crane (as Colonel Robert E. Hogan) and Cynthia Lynn (as Fraulein Helga)
of the popular television series Hogan’s Heroes,
on the cover of TV Guide (November 27 – December 3, 1965).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on November 27:

1911 – Fe del Mundo, pediatrician, first woman admiited to the Harvard Medical School, founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee (1977, for public service), and National Scientist (2010) – in Intramuros, Manila (d. August 6, 2011).


1916 – Fernando Poe Sr (birthname Allan Fernando Reyes Pou), actor, writer, film director and producer – in San Carlos City, Pangasinan (d. October 23, 1951). 

Si Fernando Poe Sr (kasama si Pacita Francisco) para sa pelikulang Kami ang Sugatan,
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng magasin na Ilang-Ilang (Hunyo 22, 1950).

 

1932 – Benigno Simeon Aquino Jr, newspaperman, journalist, intelligence operative, and politician – in Concepcion, Tarlac (d. August 21, 1983). 

1947 – Ronaldo Valdez (real name Ronald James Gibbs), actor – in Manila.

1975 – Marlon Manalo, champion snooker and billiards player – in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila.

1976 – Vinci Montaner (full name Francis Vincent Rosales Montaner), singer and stage actor – in Manila.


1977 – Andrea Marie del Rosario, actress, dancer, model and politician.

Andrea del Rosario

on the covers of Red (Vol. 2 No. 8), and Maxim Philippines (February 2007).



1986 – Steven Joseph Lao Silva, Portuguese-footballer, actor and singer – in Sacramento, California.





Angie Dickinson on the cover of
People Weekly (November 27, 1978).

Picture Trivia

          Many know Angie Dickinson as the actress who portrayed the role of Sergeant Suzanne “Pepper” Anderson in the 1970s television crime series Police Woman. Do you know that before this Dickinson had a sexually provocative role and bare her body in a 1974 film? The title of the film is Big Bad Mama, where she played the role of widow Wilma McClatchie opposite William Shatner and Tom Skerritt.
            It was also in 1974 when Dickinson appeared in an episode of Police Story. Her guest appearance in the series was so popular that she was given her own crime series, the ground-breaking Police Woman. This was the first successful “full hour television dramatic series” where the lead performer is a woman. The series lasted for four seasons (September 13, 1974 – March 29, 1978) and Dickinson was nominated three times for the Emmy Award and four times for the Golden Globe Award. She won the 1975 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
         

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November 25



NOVEMBER 25

MOD Filipina Vol. 21 No. 899, November 25, 1988
On the cover: Lorelei “Lorie” Degala Yumol

Nobyembre 25 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 25, 1910, ang Insular Life Assurance Company, ang kauna-unahang Insurance company na pagmamay-ari ng Filipino, ay itinatag sa Echague, Quiapo, Manila, nina Antonio Ma. Barretto at Leon Mooser.

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          Ang pagsusulit sa kauna-unahang National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) ay sinimulang ay ginanap noong Nobyembre 25, 1973. Ito ay naging isang napakainam na panunutunan ng pagbabatayan ng mga mag-aaral, at maging ng mga educational institution, sa pagkuha ng tamang academic courses. Dahil dito, tumaas ang kalidad ng mga nagtatapos sa mga kolehiyo at pamantasan. Datapuwa’t inalis ito sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 7731 noong Hunyo 1, 1994.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

CRAF Klasix Taon 1 Blg. 20 Nobyembre 25, 1964
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Marko Bandido”
na isinulat nina Francisco V. Coching at Medy Tarnate na iginuhit ni Federico Javinal

Personalities and celebrities born on November 25:

1868 – Moises Salvador, Mason, propagandist and martyr – in San Sebastoan, Manila (d. January 11, 1897).


1928 – Lilia Dizon (real name Claire Carolina Dizon Strauss), Filipino-American actress – in Pampanga.

Lilia Dizon (with Teody Belarmino, for the film Tininti del Barrio)
on the the cover of Ilang-Ilang (June 8, 1950).

1934 – Jose T. Almonte, military man and government official – in Albay.


1970 – Vince Hizon (full name Vicente Paul Bowie Hizon), Filipino-American basketball player, television host and product endorser – in Orange County, California.

Vince Hizon
on the cover of Celebrity World (July 15, 1996).

 

The 10th Anniversary cover (November 25, 1946),
featuring a girl reading the first issue of Life.

Picture Trivia

          The general interest magazine Life was established on January 4, 1883. It was bought by Time magazine founder Henry Luce in 1936. It underwent a change of face when it was re-launched on November 23, 1936. This was the third magazine published by Luce following Time and Fortune.
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October 9



OCTOBER 9

Bagong Babae Magasin Blg. 114 Oktubre 9, 1985

Tampok sa taklob-pahina si Vida Verde

 

Oktubre 9 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 9, 1934, isang lupon na may pitong kasapi (Committee of Seven) kabilang sina Manuel C. Briones, Filemon Sotto, Manuel A. Roxas, Conrado Benitez, Vicente Singson Encarnacion, Miguel Cuadermo, at Norberto Romualdez ang hinirang upang bumuo ng Saligang Batas ng 1935.

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 9:

1877 – Enrique Zobel de Ayala, Entrepreneur and arts patron – in Madrid, Spain.

1915 – Manuel Conde (real name Manuel Pabustan Urbano), actor, director and film producer; his film Genghis Khan (1949) was entered into the 1952 Venice Film Festival and was acclaimed worldwide and translated into 17 languages – in Daet, Camarines Sur (d. August 11, 1985).

Manuel Conde (with Elvira Reyes)
on the cover of Ilang-Ilang (September 21, 1950)

1916 – Mars Ravelo (full name Marcial Custodio Ravelo), komiks writer and creator of numerous characters including Rita Kasinghot, Darna, Lastikman, Captain Barbell, etc., and is considered the most prolific writer in the History of Philippine Komiks  – in Tanza, Cavite (d. September 12, 1988).

Mars Ravelo (extreme left) together with his wife, Lucy, and their children (c. 1950s).

1936 – Mar Amongo, illustrator – in Sta. Criz, Manila (d. August 10, 2005).

1948 – Cayetano Woo Paderanga Jr, economist – in Camiguin.

1993 – Wesley Barbasa So, chess grandmaster (one of the 10 youngest chess player to be a grandmaster) – in Bacoor, Cavite.
1993 – Sarah Alzol Lahbati, Moroccan-Filipina actress – in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sarah Lahbati
on the cover of Bannawag (November 21, 2011).

Ginger Lynn Allen on the cover of
High Society (October 1985).

Picture Trivia

          Ginger Lynn (Allen) is an American actress who appeared both in porno and mainstream films. Do you know how she started in the porno industry? In 1982, while working as a manager in a Musicland Record Store in Redlands, California, she tried to audition as a figure model that paved the way for a Penthouse magazine layout. That started it all. In just four years, Lynn was able to make 69 porno films excluding the re-issues and compilations that made her a “porn legend” at 24 years old.

          In mainstream film, Lynn is part of the cast of the Vice Academy and Wing Commander film series, and she was in a supporting role in Young Guns II (1990).

          Lynn was the first “Vivid Girl” of Vivid Video, a recognition where her foremost rival was Traci Lords.

          The FBI approached and asked Lynn to testify against Traci Lords who appeared in a porno film while she was still a minor. She refused and subsequently was arrested but the Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) for tax evasion. After this, she had a pair of lips tattooed on her right ass cheek. This according to her is so that “the I.R.S. can kiss my ass!”

 

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March 3



MARCH 3

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 9, March 3, 1988
On the Cover: Commercial model and entrepreneur Catherine de Vela

UNANG LABAS

Unang isyu ng True Experience Stories
(Marso 3, 1988), tampok ang
“Kakila-Kilabot na Gabi ng Lagim”
na iginuhit ni Brix Bartolo.

Ang True Experience Stories ay isang babasahing komiks na unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Marso 3, 1988. Inilimbag ito ng Atlas Publishing Co., Inc. sa ilalim ng patnugot ni Antonio S. Tenorio. Naglalaman ito ng mga kuwentong wakasan na ipinadala ng mga mambabasa. Sa mga unang isyu ng komiks na ito ay itinampok ang “Kakila-Kilabot na Gabi ng Lagim” na isinulat mismo ni A. S. Tenorio at iginuhit ni Ferdee Bambico na naglarawan ng mga karanasan ng mga survivors sa naganap na banggaan sa karagatan ng pampasaherong barkong MV Doña Paz at ng oil tanker na MT Vector sa Tablas Strait sa pagitan ng Marinduque at Mindoro noong Disyembre 21, 1987.

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Events that happened on March 3

1815 – Start of the Kailianes (common people) Revolt in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte.

1899 – The first issue of La Justicia, the first Filipino-owned newspaper in Cebu, was released.

1907 – The first issue of Balagtas, a worker’s magazine, was released.

 

Personalities and celebrities born on March 3:

1894 – Paz Marquez Benitez, short story writer in English and educator – in Lucena, Quezon Province (d. 1983).

1917 – Carmen Rosales (real name Januaria Constantino Keller), actress – Carmen, Rosales, Pangasinan (December 11, 1991).

Carmen Rosales
tampok sa mga taklob-pahina ng Ilang-Ilang (Mayo 4, 1946)
at Bulaklak (Hiyas ng Tahanan, Marso 3, 1948)

 

1924 – Lilian Velez, actress and singer – in Cebu City (d. June 26, 1948).

Si Lilian Velez (kasama si Serafin Garcia)
mula sa pelikulang G.I. Fever, My Kano!
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Ilang-Ilang (Disyembre 1, 1946)

1952 – Rudy Fernandez (full name Rodolfo Valentino Padilla Fernandez), award-winning actor – in Manila (d. June 7, 2008).

Si Rudy Fernandez (kasama si Vilma Santos)
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Tagalog Klasiks  (Enero 31, 1971)

1988 – Patricia Marie Gomez Tumulak, actress, TV host and beauty queen – in Quezon City.

1995 – Maine Mendoza (full name Nicomaine Dei Capili Mendoza), actress-comedienne, singer-songwriter, musician, TV and Internet personality – in Sta Maria., Bulacan.

Maine Mendoza
on the cover of Yes! (September 2016)


 

Ang Unang Filipino Ballerina sa Kirov Ballet

Prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
on the cover of MOD (March 3, 2000).

          Si Lisa Teresita Pacheco Macuja ay ang ipinagmamalaking prima ballerina ng Pilipinas. Noong 1984, siya ay naging kauna-unahang Filipina at banyagang soloist na napabilang sa bantog na Kirov Ballet.

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Ang Scientific Name o Pangalang-Agham

          Alam niyo ba kung ano ang scientific name o pangalang-agham? Ang pormal na sistema ng pagbibigay pangalan sa bawat nabubuhay na bagay (living things) ay tinatawag na “binominal nomenclature.” Sa sistemang ito, ang pangalan ng bawat bagay na nabubuhay ay binubuo ng genus name at species name. Bilang halimbawa, ang tao ay nabibilang sa genus na homo at sa species na sapiens, kaya sa binominal nomenclature ang pangalan ng tao ay Homo sapiens. Ito rin ang scientific name ng tao. Ang sistemang ito ay sinimulan ng Swedish botanist na si Carolus Linaeus (1707-1778).

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          Karaniwang ang mga scientific names ay halaw sa mga salitang Latin o mga Latinized na pangalan ng tao o pook. Halimbawa, ang Homo sapiens ay mula sa mga salitang Latin na homo (“tao”) at sapiens (“marunong”). Ang scientific name ng Tamaraw na Bubalus mindorensis ay mula salitang Latin na ang ibig sabihin ay “kalabaw sa Mindoro.”

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          Ang unang letra ng genus name ay laging capitalized, samantalang ang species name ay laging small letters maging ito man ay halaw sa pangalan ng tao o pook. Isang tuntunin din na laging naka-italized ang pagkakasulat ng scientific name. Halimbawa ang species names ng Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), Philippine flying lizard (Draco rizali), ang Waling-Waling (Vanda sanderiana), ang isdang labahita (Acanthurus bleekeri), atbp. ay mula sa pangalan ng tao. Samantalang ang sa African elephant (Loxodontia africana), ang kahoy na kamagong (Dispyros philippinensis), ang prutas na avocado (Persea americana), atbp. ay sa pangalan ng pook.

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Larawang Tribiya

Angel Locsin on the covers of Cosmopolitan (Philippines) and Manual,
both March 2008 issue.

          Si Angel Locsin (tunay na pangalan, Angelica Colmenares) ay nagtapos ng elementary education sa St. James College sa Quezon City at the high school sa University of Santo Tomas High School. Noong 2007 kumuha siya ng short-course sa fashion design sa Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design sa London, England.

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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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