March 25



MARCH 25

Kislap Taon 14 Blg. 393, Marso 25, 1976
Tampok sa taklob-pahina sina Nora Aunor, Vilma Santos at Michael Jackson

Events that happened on March 25

1898 – Federico Isabelo Abaya, in the so-called Ikkis ti Candon (Cry of Candon), fought the Spanish colonial government in Candon, Ilocos Sur, and liberated the town.

1945 – Start of amphibious landings of American forces in the Philippines, which is a turning point in the Pacific war during World War II.

1986 – A provisional constitution was put into effect by virtue of Proclamation No. 3 issued by Corazon C. Aquino. She also abolished the Batasang Pambansa (Legislative Assembly).

1990 – The international airport at Laoag City, Ilocos Norte was reopened. It was ordered closed by the Aquino government after the EDSA Revolt to bar any attempt of President Ferdinand Marcos’ return to the Philippines.

Personalities and celebrities born on March 25:

1935 – Gabriel “Flash” Elorde, champion professional boxer, in Bogo, Cebu (d. January 2, 1985).

1938 – Erineo “Ayong” Saquilayan Maliksi, politician – Imus, Cavite.

Ang Nataraja



The 11th century bronze sculpture of Nataraja

(from the national Museum in Madras, India)

on the cover of Time Magazine March 25, 1996

issue, symbolizing the “Transforming India.”

          Sa Hindu mythology, ang Nataraja ay isang paglalarawan ng diyos ng mga Hindu na si Shiva bilang ang cosmic dancer na si Koothan, na nagsasayaw upang gunawin ang walang-bahalang daigdig at ihanda ang paglikha ng punong diyos na si Brahma ng panibagong daigdig.

          Ang katawagan "Nataraja" ay mula sa mga salitang Sanskrit na narta rajan, na ang ibig sabihin ay “panginoon ng sayaw.”

          Alam niyo ba na sa kasalukuyang panahon, pinag-aaralan ng mga physicists gamit ang mga pinakamakabagong teknolohiya at computers ang mga patterns ng cosmic dance -kung anong lihim mayroon ito.

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Arthur Ashe and his bride Jeanne Moutoussamy
(barely a month after they were married)
on the cover of Jet (March 25, 1977).

Picture Trivia

          Arthur Robert Ashe (1943-1993) was the first African-American to be a member of the American Davis Cup team and the first tennis player to win the singles competition in the Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open.

          On February 20, 1977, Ashe married Jeanne Moutoussamy, a photographer, which he first met four months earlier. It was the US ambassador to the United Nations that married them in the UN chapel in New York City.

 

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February 7

 

FEBRUARY 7

Pilipino Komiks Blg. 305, Pebrero 7, 1959

On the Cover: Pablo S. Gomez’s komiks novel “Tanikalang Apoy”

 

Pebrero 7 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Ang petsa nakalagay sa kahuli-hulihang nailimbag na sipi ng payagang Del Superior Govierno, ang kauna-unahang pahayagan sa Pilipinas, ay Pebrero 7, 1812.

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          Noong Pebrero 7, 1945, pumasok sa Manila ang mga tropang Amerikano na pinamumunuan ni General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon mula nang tumakas ang heneral patungong Australia noong gabi ng Marso 12, 1942, sa kasagsagan ng paglusob ng mga Hapon sa Pilipinas.

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          Tumawag ng snap election para sa pangulo at pangalawang pangulo si Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos noong Pebrero 7, 1986 upang patunayan sa foreign media na nasa kaniya pa rin ang tiwala at mandato ng sambayanang-Filipino.

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Personalities and celebrities born on February 7:

1889 – Jose C. Zulueta, bibliographer, lawyer, legislator, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1945), and Senate President (1953) – in Molo, Iloilo City. (d. September 23, 1972)

           Nicanor Abelardo

              on the face of

Philippine postage stamp (1993).

1893 – Nicanor Abelardo, composer, singer, teacher and “Father of the Kundiman” – in San Miguel, Bulacan. (d. March 21, 1934)

1933 – Zenaida Angara Amador, stage and film actress, and director – in Manila.  

1952 – Wyngard Tracy, talent manager – in Quezon City (d. November 16, 2010).

1962 – Elizabeth "Liz" Alindogan, actress  – in Sorsogon.   







Liz Alindogan
on the front inside cover of Wet Vol. 3 No. 37 (c. 1980s)



1974 – Cheryl Kathleen Cosim, newscaster, journalist and television host – in Malolos, Bulacan.

Cheryl Cosim
on the cover of Health Today Philippines (September 2012).





1976 – Alfonso “Chito” Miranda Jr, singer-sonwriter and lead singer of Parokya ni Edgar – in Manila.

1980 – Luis Alandy (Adrian Louis Alandy), actor and model  – in Manila .



1990 – Neil Etheridge (full name Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge), English-Filipino football player – in Enfield, London, England.

Neil Etheridge
on the cover of Men’s Health Philippines (September 2011).





Sina Fernando Poe Jr at Susan Roces
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Kislap
(February 7, 1969).

Larawang Tribiya

          Sina Fernando Poe Jr at Susan Roces ay unang ikinasal sa civil wedding noong December 25, 1968, bago sila ikinasal sa simbahan ng Santuario de San Jose sa Greenhills, San Juan, kung saan naging ninong pa nila sa kasal sina Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos at Unang Ginang Imelda R. Marcos. Naging mag-asawa sila sa loob ng mahigit 37 taon, mula 1967 hanggang sa pagpanaw ni FPJ noong 2004, matapos siyang dayain sa pangpanguluhang halalan. Ito ay bagama’t hindi sila nagkaroon ng biological na anak.

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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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