December 5



DECEMBER 5

Pinoy Komiks Taon 1 Blg. 15, Disyembre 5, 1963
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Captain Barbell”
na likha ni Mars Ravelo at iginuhit ni Jim Fernandez.

 

Disyembre 5 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 5, 1837, ang Manila Post Office, na itinatag noong 1767, ay pormal na kinilala ng bansang Espanya bilang postal district ng Philippine archipelago. Makalipas ang isang taon, ang Manila Post Office ay naging sentro ng postal service sa buong Asia.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

The last illustration done by American-born Swedish artist Haddon “Sunny” Sundblom
(with a Coca-Cola look),
on the cover of Playboy (Gala Christmas issue, December 1972)

 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 5:

1955 – Redford White (real name Cipriano Cemeño II), actor and comedian. (d. July 25, 2010).

1963 – Franz Pumaren, basketball player and politician – in Quezon City.

1974 – Donita Rose (Full name Donita Rose Ramos Cavett), American-Filipino MTV-VJ, actress, model and telavision host – in Utah.

Donita Rose
on the covers of Celebrity World (September 11, 1995), People Asia (Maiden issue, December 1999), 
Mr. & Ms. (May 22, 2001), and FHM Philippines (August 2001).



Kristen Bell on the cover of
Complex (December 2007).

Picture Trivia

          On October 2007, Kristen Bell became part of the television series Heroes as Elle Bishop, a mysterious woman with extreme power. She appeared in 13 episodes of the series. It was also in 2007 when she started as narrator of the TV series Gossip Girl.

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December 2


  

DECEMBER 2

MOD Vol. 37 No. 1780, December 2, 2005

On the Cover: Kristine Hermosa

 

UNANG LABAS

Ang pahayagang tabloid na Bulgar (Boses ng Masa, Mata ng Bayan) ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Disyembre 2, 1991.

Disyembre 2 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 2, 1899, ang mga sundalong Filipino, humigit-kumulang 60 ang bilang, na pinamumunuan ni Heneral Gregorio del Pilar, ay magiting na nakipaglaban sa mahigit 300 kawal-Amerikano sa pamumuno ni Major Peyton March, sa Pasong Tirad, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur. Kung hindi sa tulong ng isang mamamatnubay na katutubo, hindi matatagpuan ang isang lihim na lagusan patungo sa kinaruroonan ng mga sundalong Filipino na naging dahilang ng kanilang pagkalupig. Nasawing lumalaban si Heneral Del Pilar, ang bayani ng tinaguriang “Battle of Tirad Pass.”

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          Ang Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas (KALIBAPI) ay itinatag bilang isang partido politikal sa pakikipagkolaborasyon sa Japaneses military authority sa Manila noong Disyembre 2, 1942. Si Jorge Vargas ang pangulo ng partido samantalang si Benigno S. Aquino Sr naman ang director-general. Ang partidong ito ang pumili kay Jose P. Laurel upang maging pangulo ng Pilipinas sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga Hapon.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

The 18-year-old Sue Lyon (around four years after she made the film Lolita),
on the cover of Gent (December 1964).
Lyon was around 15 years old when the film was shown in theaters in 1962.
For her portrayal, she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female.
When Lyon tried to see the movie, she was not allowed to enter the theater because she was a minor.

Personalities and celebrities born on December 2:

1930 – Jesus T. Tanchanco, marketing expert, businessman, lawmaker, and Minister of Food – in Bulacan (d. April 14, 2014).

Jesus Tanchanco

on the cover of Weekend, April 22, 1984

 1945 – Lualhati Torres Bautista, award-winning novelist and screenwriter – in Tondo, Manila.

1946 – Karl Taneca Comendador, komiks artist and illustrator - in Binondo, Manila.

1975 – Ramon “Dale” Singson, basketball player – in Cebu City.

Ang “Anak ni Zuma”

Ang nobelang-komiks na “Anak ni Zuma”

ni Jim Fernandez na iginuhit ni Ben Maniclang,

tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Aliwan Komiks

(Disyembre 2, 1976).

          Isa sa pinakamahabang serye sa komiks ang “Anak ni Zuma” na tumagal ng humigit-kumulang walong taon. Ito ay likha ni Jim Fernandez at iginuhit ni Ben Maniclang para sa Aliwan Komiks (1976-1984). Ang kuwento ay pagpapatuloy ng naunang serye ni Fernandez na Zuma. Ang mga pangunahing karakter sa kuwentong ito bukod sa taong-ahas na si Zuma ay ang mga anak niya. Si Galema, ang babaeng anak ni Zuma na mayroon ding nakakabit na ahas sa magkabilang panig ng kaniyang leeg. May mabuting kalooban si Galema na taliwas sa kaniyang ama. Ito ay dahil may dugong tao siya, lumaki sa piling ng mga nag-ampon sa kaniyang sina Philip at Isabel, at nagmahal at nagkaasawa, si Morgan. Si Dino, ang lalaking anak ni Zuma na may katawang tao at ulo ng isang malaking ahas. Bukod dito, may isa pang kakambal si Galema, ang puting ahas na sa maraming pagkakataon ay katulong niya.

          Isina-pelikula ang Anak ni Zuma (1987) ng Cine Suerte Inc. bilang sequel ng naunang pelikulang Zuma na ginampanan ni Max Laurel sa ilalim ng direksyon ni Ben S. Yalung. Si Jenny Lyn ang gumanap bilang Galema at si Sonny Erang bilang Dino. Si Laurel pa rin ang gumanap bilang Zuma. Ang iba pang  kasama sa pelikula ay sina Rey PJ Abellana (bilang Morgan), Mark Gil (bilang Philip) at Dang Cecilio (bilang Isabel).

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Jennifer Aniston on the cover of
TV Star (Your Cable Guide)
3rd Anniversary Issue Special
(December 2002).

Picture Trivia

          Who would not know the Hollywood celebrity Jennifer Aniston? Especially when you mentioned the TV series Friends and the films Bruce Almighty (2003) and Break-Up (2006). Do you know that she was also acclaimed for her portrayals in indie films? Among these are She’s the One (1996), Office Space (1999), The Good Girl (2002) and Friends with Money (2006).

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October 10



OCTOBER 10

Aliwan (ng Tahanan) Komiks  Taon 29 Blg. 1670, Oktubre 10, 1991

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang nobela ni Jim Fernandez na “Horus”

 

Oktubre 10 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 10, 1660, ang mga manggagawa sa Pampanga sa pamumuno ni Francisco Maniego ay naghimagsik laban sa mga namamahalang Kastila. Ang Maniego Revolt ay nagwakas matapos mangako ang mga Kastila ng higit na maayos pamamahala at pamumuhay sa mga manggagawa.

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          Sa peace conference sa Patikul, Sulu, 35 mga opisyal at sundalo ng Philippine Army sa pamumuno ni Brigadier General Teodulfo Bautista ang minasaker noong Oktubre 10, 1977.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
on the cover of vintage Screen Guide (October 1942).

Personalities and celebrities born on October 10:


1915 – Francisco “Koko” Trinidad, broadcaster, program director and considered as the “Dean of Filipino Broadcasters” – in Manila (d. January 21, 2001).

1932 – Francisco Jose Y. Elizalde, corporate executive and sports official.

1960 – Santiago “Sonny” Cabatu Sr, basketball player – in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur.

1969 – Francis “Chiz” Escudero (full name Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero), politician and lawmaker – in Manila.

1972 – Jun Lana (full name Rodolfo R. Lana Jr), award-winning playwright and screenwriter – in Makati City.

1977 – Brandon Michael Vera, mixed martial arts competitor known as “The Truth” – in Norfolk, Virginia.

Brandon “The Truth” Vera

on the cover of Real Fighter No. 13 (2007)

 

1982 – Erik Santos (full name Rhoderick Ramos Santos), singer, actor, television host and model – in Malabon City.

Erik Santos (with Sarah Geronimo)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (July 6, 2004)

 

Madonna on the cover of TV Week (October 10, 1987).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that singer Madonna has Keraunophobia? It’s the morbid fear of thunder. It is also called brontophobia.

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August 19

AUGUST 19


Pilipino Komiks Taon 16 Blg. 442, Agosto 19, 1965
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang nobela ni Mars Ravelo na “Kiti-Kiti”
na iginuhit ni Jim Fernandez.

 

UNANG LABAS

Ang Philippine Free Press, isang lingguhang magasin sa wikang English, ay itinatag ng isang Amerikanong hukom na nagngangalang W. A. Kincaid. noong 1906. Sinasabing nabili ito ni Robert McCCulloch Dick (1873-1961) sa halagang isang piso. Muling sinimulan ni McCulloch-Dick ang paglilimbag ng mgazine noong noong Agosto 19, 1908. Sa ikalawang isyu ng magazine na ito (August 26, 1908) unang lumabas ang caricature ni "Juan de La Cruz," na sinasabing sumasagisag sa katauhan ng isang Filipino.  Madaling naubos ang puhunan ni McCulloch-Dick na 8,000 piso, subalit bago nabangkarote ang Philippine Free Press, kinuha niya si Theo S. Rogers na maging business managers.  Ang babasahing ito ay naging isang popular political magazine sa Pilipinas matapos ang World War II.

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Sexy Movie Stars komiks magasin Blg. 1
na lumabas sa noong Agosto 19, 1997.
Tampok si Rosanna Roces bilang
ang una nitong cover girl.

Ang Sexy (Movie) Stars ay isang komiks magazine na unang inilabas sa sirkulasyon ng Atlas Publishing Co., Inc. noong Agosto 19, 1997, sa ilalim ng pamamatnugot ni Antonio S. Tenorio. Ayon na rin sa pagkakapahayag sa mga taklob-pahina nito, ang babasahin ay sinasabing may temang “seksi pero hindi bold.” Ang unang limang cover girls nito ay sina Rosanna Roces, Amanda Page, Ina Raymundo, Rita Magdalena at Ana Capri.

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Agosto 19 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang Dansalan (sa lalawigan ng Lanao del Norte) ay idineklarang isang siyudad (city) noong Agosto 19, 1940, sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 592. Noong 1956, ang pangalang Dansalan ay pinalitan ng Marawi City sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 1552. Sa Marawi City matatagpuan ang main campus ng Mindanao State University.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 19:

1831 – Mariano Alvarez, school teacher, revolutionary general and Katipunan officer – in Noveleta, Cavite (d. August 25, 1924).

1841 – Luis Yangco, nationalist businessman and philanthropist – in Bacoor, Cavite (d. October 16, 1907). 
1878 – Manuel Luis Quezon, statesman and first president of the Philippine Commonwealth – in Baler, Tayabas (now Aurora) (d. August 1, 1944).



President Manuel Luis Quezon on the covers of
Time Vol. XXVI No. 22 (November 25, 1935)
and 1898 Vol. II No. 15 (August 1998)

1902 – Jose Benedicto Luna Reyes, associate justice of the Supreme Courts – in Manila (d. December 27, 1994).

1959 – Maria Isabel Lopez, beauty pageant titlist, model and actress – in Cagayan de Oro City.

1998 – Ella Guevarra (full name Janella Denise Yuson Guevarra), actress – in Quezon City.




Si Maricar Reyes tampok sa taklob-pahina
ng Metro (August 2009)

Larawang Tribiya

          Noong 2009, unang namalas ng madla ang kariktan ni Maricar Reyes sa variety show na ASAP, kung saan ipinakilala siya bilang bagong talent ng Star Magic. Sumunod ay nakasama siya sa pelikulang And I Love You So na pinagbidahan nina Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby at Derek Ramsay at kung saan naging nominado siya sa Star Awards “New Movie Actress of the Year.”

          Nang sumunod na taon, siya ay kasama sa supporting cast ng Angel Locsin-John Lloyd Cruuz TV series na Imortal kung saan ginampanan niya ang papel bilang Samantha Imperial, ang anak ng pinuno ng mga bampira.

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July 18



JULY 18

Hits Vol. 2 No. 99, July 18, 1988
On the cover: American singer and four-time Grammy winner Pat Benatar.

 

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Pinoy Komiks Taon 1 Blg. 5, Hulyo 18, 1963
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang orihinal na “Captain Barbell”
na kinatha ni Mars Ravelo na iginuhit ni Jim Fernandez

 

Events that happened on July 18:

1893 – Rosario Villaroel was accepted as a Mason with the name “Minerva” becoming the first Filipina auxilliary of the Masonic order, La Semilla.

Personalities and celebrities born on July 18:

1875 – Marina Dizon, first woman member admitted to the Katipunan women’s chapter – in Trozo, Manila (d. October 25, 1950).

1977 – Sunshine Cruz, actress and singer – in Manila.

Sunshine Cruz
on the cover of Celebrity World (December 26, 1994)

  

The Star Wars Character C-3PO

The Star Wars droid C-3PO, on the cover

of People Weekly July 18, 1977 issue.

          In the Star Wars universe, C-3PO is a protocol droid constructed to serve people and animals. The droid is an expert in more than six million languages and different means of communication. Its priority task is to aid in the communication, racial interrelation in connection to the tradition and culture of different races of beings and the translation and interpreting of different languages.

          In the first three original Star Wars series and the three prequel series, C-3PO is always accompanied by another droid – R2-D2. The C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (voiced by Kenny Baker) are the only two characters having the same portrayers in the six Star Wars films.

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Angelina Jolie on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (July 18, 2003)

Picture Trivia

          Do you know the title of the film that Angelina Jolie first appeared together with her father Jon Voight? It was in the film Lookin’ to Get Out (1982), when she was just seven years old.

          Jolie’s acting talent was first noticed in the low-budget film Cyborg 2 (1993). She was first included in a major film starring role in Hackers (1995). In the film Girl, Interrupted (1999), she won the Academy Best Supporting Actress Award.

          Jolie zoomed into stardom and became an instant international superstar for her portrayal of a video game heroine, Lara Croft, in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and its sequel Tomb Raider 2: The Craddle of Life (2003), when she became among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood.

          In her relationship with actor Brad Pitt, she gave birth to three children (Shiloh Nouvel and the twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline), and they have three adopted children (Maddox Chivan from Cambodia, Zahara Marley from Ethiopia and Pax Thien from Vietnam).

          Aside from her beauty at seductive lips, Jolie is known for her many tattoos in her body (14 are publicly known), including the geographical coordinates (latitude at longitude) of the places where here children were born.

 

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July 16



JULY 16

Pinoy Komiks Taon 2 Blg. 31, Hulyo 16, 1964

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Captain Barbell Kontra Captain Bakal”

ni Mars Ravelo na iginuhit ni Jim Fernandez

 

 

UNANG LABAS

Ang unang labas ng Tagalog Klasiks
(Hulyo 16, 1949). Tampok sa taklob-pahina
ang “Sanglibo’t Sanggabi sa Arabia.

    Ang Tagalog Klasiks, na unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Hulyo 16, 1949, ay inilimbag ng ACE Publishing. Ito ang panglimang tunay na komiks na lumabas sa sirkulasyon matapos ang Halakhak Komiks (Nobyembre 15, 1946), Pilipino Komiks (Hunyo 14, 1947), Balaghari Komiks (Marso 6, 1948) at Bituin Komiks (Mayo 7, 1949). Tampok sa unang isyu ang kuwentong “Sanglibo’t Sanggabi sa Arabia” (na siya ring nasa taklob-pahina ng unang isyu) na halaw sa klasikong koleksiyon ng mga kuwento na 1,001 Arabian Nights. Mababasa rin dito ang “Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang” ni Severino Reyes, na sa unang labas ay tampok ang maalamat na kuwentong “Maryang Makiling” na iginuhit ni Maning de Leon.

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Events that happened on July 16:

1807 – The Basi Revolt (also known as Ambaristo Revolt) began in Piddig, Ilocos Norte.

1958 – The PAEC was formally constituted when Pres. Carlos P. Garcia appointed Gen. Florencio A. Medina as commissioner and Pedro Afable as deputy commissioner.

1990 – A Magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Luzon destroying many structures including the Hyatt Hotel in Baguio.

Personalities and celebrities born on July 16:

1873 – Carmen de Luna, educator and founder of Centro Escolar University (d. November 4, 1962).

1918 – Bayani Casimiro Sr, dancer, actor and comedian – in San Pablo, Laguna (d. January 27, 1989).

1964 – Mimilanie "Melanie" Laurel Marquez, supermodel, actress, Miss International 1979 and Supermodel of the World first runner-up (1986), in Mabalacat, Pampanga.

Supermodel-actress Melanie Marquez
on the cover of Celebrity World April 3, 1995 issue



Keira Knightley as Guinevere in the film King Arthur,
on the cover of MOD July 16, 2004 issue

Picture Trivia

For her portrayal as Guinevere in the film King Arthur (2004), English actress and model Keira Knightley trained in horseback-riding, boxing, sword fighting and archery. She nearly killed one of the horses used in the film when it was hit by an arrow while she was practicing her archery skill.
Knightley revealed that digital enhancement were made in her breasts in the American promotional movie posters to make them look larger.
 

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