December 18

 

DECEMBER 18




Liwayway, Disyembre 18, 2006
On the Cover: Angel Locsin

 

Disyembre 18 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 18, 1854, lumabas sa sirkulasyon ang kauna-unahang selyo na magagamit sa Pilipinas. Nakalimbag dito ang mukha ni Reyna Isabela II ng Espanya.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Mabuhay Komiks Blg. 8 (Disyembre 18, 1951)

ang kuwentong “Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo” ni Amado C. Yasona

na iginuhit ni Hugo Yonzon Jr (mula sa Hironoki Collection).

Personalities and celebrities born on December 18:

1856 – Graciano Lopez Jaena, propagandist, orator and first editor of La Solidaridad – in Jaro, Iloilo (d. January 20, 1896).

1881 – Graciano Nepomuceno, sculptor and painter – in Binondo, Manila (d. December 30, 1974).

1942 – Sonny Escudero (full name Salvador H. Escudero III), government official and politician – in Casiguran, Sorsogon (d. August 13, 2012).

1945 – Renato Vera Diaz, businessman, economist and politician – in Talavera, Nueva Ecija.


1952 – Nikki Coseteng (full name Anna Dominique Marquez-Lim Coseteng), corporate executive and politician – in Manila.

Senator Nikki Coseteng
on the cover of Celebrity World (December 12, 1994).



1962 – Reynaldo Lapuz, choir member, singer-songwriter and Internet personality – in Manila.

1974 – Reynold Garcia (a.k.a. Pooh), actor-comedian and singer – in Samar.

 





Si Ellen Adarna tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
FHM Philippines (December 2010).

Larawang Tribiya

          Alam niyo ba kung ano ang mga salitang naka-tattoo sa kaliwang tagiliran ng mistisang Filipino-Chinese sexy star na si Ellen Adarna? Ang buong quotation ay “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot changed, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Ito ay mula sa American theologian at intellectual commentator na si Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971).

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A Weekend With Ellen Adarna (Gravure Photobook), 2012
Photography and design by Jay Tablante

December 9



DECEMBER 9

Entertainment Weekly December 9, 2011

On the Cover: Steven Speilberg and 15 of his blockbuster films

 

FIRST ISSUE

The front cover of the “maiden” issue of

Ms. Clavel (December 2008 – January 2009)

featured the bosom of model Cristina Esposito

Conspicuously and conveniently concealed

by Nike “Tiffany Dunk” sneakers.

The unique magazine Ms. Clavel was released into circulation on December 2008. It was dabbed “The Official Sneaker Jump-Off Mag(azine) in the Philippine.” The foremost theme of the magazine is about and anything and everything about “sneakers,” most especially the high-end rubber shoes manufactured by Adidas, New Balance, Nike, Puma, Reebok, etc. People with retifism o shoe fetish would find this magazine to their liking. Its editor-in-chief is Edouard Canlas.

Aside from the collections of handsome sneakers, the magazine also features sexy pictures of women holding or using as props, what else, sneakers. On its first issue, models Che-an Kubota and Cristina Esposito graced the inside pages. The magazine also features fashion accessories and events.

Disyembre 9 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 9, 1811, humarap sa Cortes sa Espanya si Ventura de los Reyes bilang kauna-unahang kinatawang Filipino.

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          Nagsimula ang pananakop ng puwersang Hapones nang dumaong sila sa hilagang dalampasigan ng Luzon noong Disyembre 9, 1941.

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Personalities and celebrities born on December 9:

1900 – Jose Garvida Flores, poet and playwright – in Bangui, Ilocos Norte (d. August 12, 1944).

1934 – Ruben Edera Ecleo, founder of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association – in Cabilan Island, Dinagat, Surigao del Norte (d. December 20, 1987).

1975 – Ina Raymundo (full name Rina Marie Padilla Raymundo), actress, commercial model and singer, in Manila.

Ina Raymundo
on the covers of Celebrity World (November 6, 1995),
Sexy Movie Star komiks magazine (September 2, 1997), and Liwayway (October 19, 1998)

 

1976 – Danilo “Danny” Ildefonso – basketball player known as the “Demolition Man” and PBA-MVP (2000 and 2001) – in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan.

2002 – Timothy Chan, actor and model – in Caloocan City.

 

Supermodel Cindy Crawford on the cover of
Woman Today (December 9, 1998)

Larawang Tribiya

          Alam niyo ba na noong 1998 lumabas sa isang cameo role ang supermodel na si Cindy Crawford? Ito ay sa pelikulang 54 na pinagbidahan nina Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek at Neve Campbell. Gumanap siya bilang isang VIP patron. Taong 1998 din nang lumabas siya sa documentary na Beautopia, isang pagsasalarawan ng mundo ng pagmomodelo.

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November 10



NOVEMBER 10

Life, November 10, 1947
On the Cover: Rita Hayworth



Nobyembre 10 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 10, 1911, ang samahang Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) dito sa Pilipinas ay binuo sa Manila. Si Teodoro Yangco ang una nitong naging pangulo.

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Personalities and celebrities born on November 10:

1871 – Juan Cailles, revolutionary general and politician – in Nasugbu, Batangas (d. June 28, 1951).

1952 – Benjamin “Ben” Villaflor, champion boxer – in Negros Occidental.

1972 – Carlos Cedran (full name John Charles Edward P. Cedran), tour guide-narrator, performing artist and cultural activist - in Makati, Metro Manila.

1988 – Pauleen Luna (full name Marie Pauleen Javier Luna), actress and television host – in Manila.

Pauleen Luna
on the covers of Liwayway (October 30, 2006) and UNO (December 2006).



Alicia Keys, the “Girl on Fire,” on the cover of
Billboard (November 10, 2012).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that singer-songwriter Alicia Keys (real name Alicia Augello Cook) graduated a valedictorian? At the age of 12, she enrolled at the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) in New York City, and after four years graduated with the honor. She started writing song at age 14 while she was still studying.

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October 5



OCTOBER 5

Money Asia Vol. 3 No. 32, October 5, 198
On the Cover: The “Expo Filipino 1998 Centennial Scam”
bared by Senator Nikki Coseteng (inset) as the “Mother of All Scam.”.

 

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN


Ang nobelang “Kaputol na Langit” ni Amado C. Yasona,
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Mabuhay Komiks Blg. 81 na may petsang Oktubre 5, 1954

Oktubre 5 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 5, 1762, binomba ng mga kanyon at nasakop ng puwersa ng mga British ang Manila mula sa mga kamay ng mga Kastila.

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          Ang Instituto de Manila ay itinatag noong Oktubre 5, 1913. Nang lumaon, ito ang naging Pamanatasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of Manila).

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 5:
1938 – Ed Ocampo (full name Edgardo L. Ocampo), basketball player and coach – in Pampanga (d. July 29, 1992).

1957 – Mat Ranillo III (full name Mathias Archibald Sevilla Ranillo), actor – in Manila.

Mat Ranillo III (together with Ms. Susan Roces),
1978 FAMAS Best Actor (for the film Isang Ama, Dalawang Ina)
and Best Actress (for the film Gumising Ka Maruja),
on the cover of Liwayway (July 3, 1978).

 

1958 – Dagul (real name Romeo Pastrana), actor and comedian – Victorias City, Negros Occidental. 

1958 – Rolly Quizon (full name Rolando Quizon), actor – in Manila.
1963 – E.R. Ejercito (a.k.a Jorge Estregan, full name Emilio Ramon Pelayo Ejercito), actor
          and politician – in Pagsajan, Laguna.

 

1964 – Korina Sanchez-Roxas (birth name Korina Maria Baluyot Sanchez), newscaster, broadcast journalist and television host – in Hong Kong.

Korina Sanchez

on the cover of Metro (September 2004).

1978 – Roberto Gomez, professional pocket billiards player – in Zamboanga City.

1985 – Rachelle Anne Cabral, archer – in Tuguegarao, Cagayan Valley.

1986 – Michael Paris, French-Filipino professional wrestler known under the ring name “Zema Ion” – Los Angeles, California.

1988 – Maja Salvador (full name Maja Rose Andres Salvador), actress, dancer and model – in Aparri, Cagayan.

Maja Salvador
on the covers of (from left to right) Cosmopolitan Philippines (December 2009),
Women’s Health Philippines (March 2011), Speed (July 2011) and Meg (October 2011)

 

Sina Fernando Poe Jr at Maricel Soriano
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Weekend Magazine
(October 5, 1986).

Larawang Tribiya

          Alam niyo ba kung saang pelikula nagkasama ang “Diamond Star” na si Maricel Soriano at ang “King of Philippine Movies” na si Fernando Poe Jr? Ito ay sa pelikulang Batang Quiapo (1983) na ginawa ng Regal Films mula sa screenplay ni Jose N. Carreon sa ilalim ng direksyon ni Pablo Santiago.

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September 7




SEPTEMBER 7

Silangan Komiks Taon 1 Blg. 9, Setyembre 7, 1950

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Buntala” na iginuhit ni Francisco V. Coching

(Courtesy of the Hironoki Collection).

Setyembre 7 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Setyembre 7, 1946, ang pangalan ng lalawigan ng Tayabas ay pinalitan ng Quezon sa pamamagitan ng Republic Act No. 14.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 7:

1840 – Regino Baza Garcia, artist, painting instructor, botanist and forester – in Manila (d. July 6, 1916).

1937 – Zacarias Sarian, agriculture and farming expert and Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Agricultural Journalism – in Batac, Ilocos Sur.

1957 – Weng Weng (real name Ernesto de la Cruz), actor and martial artist, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the shortest (33 inches in height) adult actor in a leading role – in Baclaran, Parañaque City (d. August 29, 1992).

1983 – Joseph Henry L. Yeo, basketball player – in Manila.

1990 – Serene Dalrymple (full name Serena Gail Billones Dalrymple), Scottish-Filipino product endorser and actress – in Las Piñas.



Serena Dalrymple
sa taklob-pahina ng Liwayway (Hunyo 7, 1999)



 

WIKApedia

Ang Tyrannosaurus rex o T-rex
(kuha mula sa pelikulang Jurassic Park),
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
Empire (August 1993).

          Alam niyo ba kung saan nagmula ang salitang “Jurassic?” Ang salitang “Jurassic” ay mula sa salitang Pranses na Jurassique na halaw naman sa pangalan ng Jura Mountains sa Switzerland. Sa mga limestone dominated area ng kabundukang ito nakatuklas ang German naturalist at explorer na si Friedrich Alexander von Humboldt ng kakaiba at hiwalay na formation (batay sa geologic era) noong 1792 na tinawag niyang “Jurakalk.” Ang pangalang Jura naman ay nagmula sa Celtic rootword na ‘jor” na ang ibig sabihin ay “gubat.”

          Sa Wikang Filipino, isang bagong euphemism ang salitang “dyurasik” (“Jurassic”) na ang ibig sabihin ay “ubod ng luma” o “ubod ng tanda” bilang pagsasalarawan, halimbawa, ng isang gamit o kasangkapan. Ang pagsasalarawang ito ay naging bahagi ng mainstream literature matapos ang pagpapalabas ng Jurassic Park (1993) at ng mga sequels nito sa Pilipinas.



Ang illustration ng tatlong dinosaurs:
Stegosaurus (buong larawan),

Brontosaurus (ulo at leeg ang makikita),

at Rhamphorynchus (lumilipad),

tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Life
(September 7, 1953).

Larawang Tribiya

          Ang mga dinosaurs (sipatin ang kalakip na larawan) na stegosaurus (“cover lizard”), brontosaurus (“thunder“lizard) at rhamphorynchus (“prow beak”) ay nabibilang sa panahon ng Jurassic Period. Ang Jurassic Period ay ang pangalawang panahon (period) ng Mesozoic Era. Ang una ay ang Triassic Period, at ang sumusunod naman sa Jurassic Period ay ang Cretaceous Period. Ito ang mga panahon kung saan nagsulputan at nabuhay sa daigdig ang mga dinosaurs. Tinatayang ang panahon ng Jurassic Period ay naganap mga 200-145 milyong taon na ang nakakaraan (Basahin ang KARAGDAGANG KAALAMAN sa ibaba).

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KARAGDAGANG KAALAMAN



Si Steven Speilberg na napapalibutan
ng mga Velociraptors, tampok sa
taklob-pahina ng Time (May 19, 1997).

          Alam niyo ba na maraming mali sa pelikulang Jurassic Park at sa dalawang sequel nito? Una sa lahat, ang tyrannosaurus rex o t-rex ay dinosaur na nabuhay sa Cretaceous Period at hindi sa Jurassic Period. Ganoon din ang velociraptor, triceratops, spinosaurus, etc.

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          Ang Jurassic Park ay isang nobelang science fiction na sinulat ni Michael Crichton noong 1990. Ganoon din ang 1995 sequel nito na The Lost World. Ang dalawang nobela ay ginawang pelikula na may mga kaparehong titulo ni Steven Speilberg noong 1993 at 1997. May ikatlong pelikulang nagawa na hiwalay sa mga nobela ni Crichton na dinirehe naman ni Joe Johnston noong 2001. Alam ni Crichton ang mga scientifically questionable details ng kaniyang nobela subalit ito pa rin ang ginamit na batayan sa mga pelikula.

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          Ayon sa mga siyentista, impossible na ma-clone ang mga dinosaurs sa mga paraang binanggit at inilarawan sa mga naturang nobela at pelikula.

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The How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs (1971),
authored by Darlene Geis
and illustrated by Kenyon Shannon.

          Sa Jurassic Park III, naglabanan ang tyrannosaurus rex at spinosaurus. Sa tunay na buhay, imposible itong mangyari, sapagkat magkaiba ang panahon at lugar kung saan nabuhay ang dalawang dinosaur. Bagama’t parehong nabibilang sa Cretaceous Period ang t-rex at spinosaurus, sa magkaibang bahagi ng panahon na ito na milyon-milyong taon ang pagitan sila nabuhay. Bukod dito ang t-rex ay lumaganap sa North America samantalang ang spinosaurus ay sa Africa.

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August 22



AUGUST 22

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 24 No. 16, August 22, 2000
On the cover: Chubi del Rosario and Anne Curtis

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Sophia Loren (real name Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone),
at 20 years old, is Europe’s number 1 cover girl,
on the cover of Life (August 22, 1955).

 

Agosto 22 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 22, 1977, inanunsyo ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos na kaniya ng aalisin ang curfew sa gabi at ang pagbabawal sa paglalakabay bilang unang hakbang upang magkaroon ng kaluwagan sa mga paghihigpit na bunga ng Martial Law.

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          Ang MV Don Juan, isang barkong pampasahero na patungong Bacolod ay bumangga sa tanker na Tacloban City ng Philippine National Oil Corporation (PNOC) malapit sa baybayin ng Tablas Island.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 22:

1861 – Timoteo Paez, revolutionary hero and one of the founders of the La Liga Filipina – in Tondo, Manila (d. September 18, 1939).

1863 – Marcial Calleja, lawyer, delegate to the Malolos Congress and representative to the Philippine Assembly – in Malinao, Albay (d. May 5, 1914).

1921 – Romeo Villalva Tabuena, painter and printmaker – in Iloilo City.  

1937 – Pilita Corrales (real name Pilar Garrido Corrales), singer and actress, known as “Asia’s Queen of Song” – in Lahug, Cebu.



Pilita Corrales
on the cover of Celebrity World (March 20, 1995).



1953 – Phillip Salvador (full name Phillip Mikael Reyes Salvador), award-winning actor.

Phillip Salvador (with Susan Roces)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms (September 12, 1978).






1969 – Jean Garcia (real name Michaela Rosario Maitim), actress – in Angeles City, Pampanga.









Jean Garcia
on the cover of FHM Philippines (October 2008).

 

1979 – Angelu de Leon (full name Maria Luisa Angela Martinez de Leon), actress – in Manila.



Angelu de Leon

on the cover of Savvy (July 14, 1997).

1989 – Chariz Solomon (Full name Charyze Pagotan Solomon), actress, comedian and television host – in Manila.




Ang Pangulong Manuel Luis Quezon,
ang “Ama ng Wikang Pambansa,”
sa taklob-pahina ng magasing Liwayway
na may petsang Agosto 22, 2005,
bilang sagisag ng “Buwan ng Wika.”

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Manuel Luis Quezon (1878-1944) ang kauna-unahang nahalal na Pangulo ng Pilipinas (1935-1944, nang panahon ng Commonwealth). Bago ito, siya rin ang kauna-unahang naging Senate President ng Pilipinas (October 16, 1916 – October 17, 1935). Si Quezon din ang tinaguriang “Ama ng Wikang Pampbansa.”

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