San Juanico Bridge.... is FallingDown!

Celebrity World Vol. 3 No. 167, October 17, 1994

On the cover: Kuh Ledesma

The San Juanico Bridge (also known as the Ferdinand Marcos Bridge) was the longest bridge in Southeast Asia at the time of its completion in 1972. It has an effective lifespan of 50 years if properly maintain. But after a change of administration, because of vindictive politics, maintenance of the bridge was abandoned.

“The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.” – The Book of Proverbs 10:7, Holy Bible, The New King James Version.

Love and Romance According to Jose Rizal

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 20 No. 8, June 25, 1996
On the cover: A rare occasion where Regine Velasquez and Kuh Ledesma
are together in a cover page.
Note: A typographical error on the date makes this magazine “valuable” for collectors.

Although published six days after the 35th anniversary of our National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal’s day of birth, it is always very interesting to recall his love and romances.

“Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these GOD will bring you into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.” – The Book of Ecclesiastes 11:9-10.

March 16



MARCH 16

Espesyal Komiks Blg. 168, Marso 16, 1959

Ang nobelang-komiks ni Pablo S. Gomez na “Esmeralda” na iginuhit ni Petronillo Z. Marcelo

 

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Sina Fernando Poe Jr at Susan Roces (mula sa pelikulang Langit at Lupa, 1967)
tampok sa Literary Song-Movie (March 16, 1967)

 

Events that happened on March 16:

1521 – Ferdinand Magellan (Fernando de Magallanes) reached the shore of the island of Samar.

1946 – Benigno Ramos, founder of the pro-Japanese anti-American Sakdal Movement, was indicted for treason.

1960 – The Araneta Coliseum, considered the biggest in Asia during its time, was inaugurated. Its inaugural presentation was the world boxing championship fight in the junior lightweight division between Harold Gomes and Gabriel “Flasj” Elorde. Elorde won the title by knockout.

1992 – Sarangani province was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 7882.

Personalities and celebrities born on March 16:

1886 – Iñigo Ed Regalado, Tagalog poet and novelist during the American Occupation – in Sampaloc, Manila (d. July 14, 1976).

1955 – Kuh Ledesma (full name Maria Socorro Ledesma), pop and jazz singer, and the Philippines’ “Pop Diva” – in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

Kuh Ledesma
on the covers of Philippine Panorama (June 24, 1984) and Celebrity World  (October 17, 1994).

 

 1966 – Pinky Amador (real name Pilar Cristina Roxas Amador), actress, singer, TV host and model – in Manila.

Pinky Amador (with Hans Montenegro)

on the cover of Celebrity World (June 24, 1996)

 

1964 – Jaclyn Jose (real name Mary Jane Sta. Ana Guck), actress – in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Jaclyn Jose
on the covers of Super Hot Entertainment Weekly No. 29 (January 1987)
and Celebrity World (February 6, 1995).

 

1982 – Aubrey Miles (real name Aubrey Santos Sandel), actress and model – in Caloocan City.

Aubrey Miles
on the covers of FHM Philippines (July 2009) and Playboy Philippines (June 2011)

 









Hilary Duff (for the promotion of her movie
Cheaper by the Dozen), on the cover of
Mr. & Ms. (March 16, 2004)

Picture Trivia

          Hilary Duff is an American actress, recording artist and entrepreneur, first rose to stardom as the lead character in the Disney Channel television series “Lizzie McGuire,” which was later made into a big screen film, The Lizzie McGuire Movie.          
            In 2004, she starred in the film Cheaper by the Dozen and A Cinderella Story, and released her self-titled studio debut album, Hilary Duff, which became a certified triple platinum. She also started her own clothing line “Stuff by Hillary Duff” in March that year. The business venture eventually expanded to include furnitures, perfumes and jewelries, but she stopped in 2008.

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