Showing posts with label Manny Pacquiao. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

MVP, the Boxer and the Pianist


Atlas TV Guide Vol. 10 No. 130, October 2010
On the cover: Marion Caunter, Kristy Curtis, and Dave Nuku,
With Sharon Cuneta, Manny V. Pangilinan, and Edd China and Mike Brewer (insets)


Two articles, two Mannys (Manny V. Pangilinan and Manny Pacquiao), the “Massive Expansion of TV5” (pp. 8-9), and Lang Lang, a young virtuoso pianist from Liaoning, China, featured in Atlas TV Guide October 2010 issue.




“Wisdom is with aged men, and with length of days, understanding.” – The Book of Job 12:12, Holy Bible, The New King James Version.

Friday, March 3, 2017

What the Bible Say About Homosexuality

Woman Today, February-March 2017
On the cover: Representative Geraldine Roman of  the First District of Bataan
 
My first article published in 2017, in Woman Today, February-March issue. Originally titled "Biblical Abomination." It was written after eight-division world boxing champ Manny Pacquiao's "encounter" with the LGBT community last year, when he supposedly compared members of the so-called "third-sex" to animals. In this article, I expound where Pacquiao (now senator) missed to cite in his arguments. That is, what the "Holy Bible (really) says..." about homosexuality (pp. 60-61).
 

 
 
In Solomon’s wisdom: “People who listen when they are corrected will live, but those who will not admit that they are wrong are lost.” (Proverbs 10:17).
 

Monday, December 17, 2012

December 17



DECEMBER 17
Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 2 No.44, December 17, 1987
On the Covers: Aurora Reyes Sta. Ana
 
Disyembre 17 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 17, 1976, Ang National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) ay itinatag sa pamamagitan ng Presidential Decree Nos. 1003 at 1003-A upang mabigyang pagkilala ang mga mahalaga at katangi-tanging gawa at tagumpay sa larangan ng agham at teknolohiya. Ang NAST ay inaatasang magbigay ng pinakamataas na gawad-parangal bilang “National Scientist” sa mga karapat-dapat na Filipinong siyentista.
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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN
Isang ilustrasyon ni Danny Tolentino na “May Diwa ang Pag-ibig sa Likod ng Pasko”
para sa Rex Komiks (Disyembre 17, 1979).
 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 17:
1856 – Graciano Lopez Jaena, propagandist, orator and first editor of La Solidaridad – in Jaro, Iloilo (d. January 20, 1896).

1954 – Toto Mayo (full name Manolito Tolentino Mayo), cubism artist and sculptor – in in Lipa City, Batangas (d. May 4, 1983).
1969 – Michael V. (real name Beethoven del Valle Bunagan), actor-comedian, singer, composer, director and parodist – in Lamboon, Irosin, Sorsogon. 


1976 – Ethel Booba (real name Ethel Gabison), actress-Comedienne and singer – in General Santos City.


Ethel Booba (together with Paolo Bediones)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (December 28, 2004).


1978 – Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (full name Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao), eight-division world boxing champion and Sarangani congressman, in Kibawe, Bukidnon.
Manny Pacquiao
on the covers of Time Asia Edition (November 14, 2009) and Newsweek (November 7, 2011)
 

1987 – Sassa Jimenez, fashion designer – in Manila.


MANNY “PACMAN” PACQUIAO:
Mga Kaalaman Tungkol sa Pambansang Kamao
          Nagtapos si Pacquiao ng Elemetarya sa Saavedra Saway Elementary School sa General Santos City, pero huminto siya sa pag-aaral ng high school dahil sa lubhang kahirapan. Noong 2007, pinagkalooban siya ng high school diploma ng Department of Education matapos niyang ipinasa ang High School Equivalency Exam.
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          Sa edad na 14 anyos, si Pacquiao ay lumuwas ng Maynila at nagsimulang mag-boxing sa amateur. Nagsimula naman ang professional career niya sa edad na 16 anyos. Siya ay tumitimbang lamang noon ng 104-106 pounds.
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          Alam niyo ba kung sa anong weight division nagsimula ang professional career ni Manny Pacquiao? Ito ay sa Light Flyweight Division noong mid-1990s, sa timbang na 106 pounds. Mula sa timbang na Light Flyweight umakyat na ng mahigit 40 pounds ang timbang ni Pacquiao na huling napagwagian ang titulo sa Super Welterweight (o Light Middleweight) Division sa catch weight na 150 pounds noong Nobyembre 13, 2010.
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          Ang una niyang nakalaban bilang isang professional boxer (January 22, 1995) ay si Edmund “Enting” Ignacio, na kaniyang tinalo sa pamamagitan ng unanimous decision.
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          Ang unang pagkatalo ay tinamo naman ni Pacquiao sa isang kapuwa Filipino – si Rustico Torrecampo – nang siya ay mapatumba nito sa ikatlong round noong Pebrero 9, 1996. Si Torrecampo rin ang masasabing tanging boksingero, maliban kay Juan Manuel Marquez, na naka-knockout kay Pacquiao.
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          Sa Flyweight Division ng WBC nakuha ni Pacquiao ang kaniyang unang world boxing title, nang pabagsakin niya si Chatchai Sasakul sa ikawalong round noong Disyembre 4, 1998. Buhat noon, napagwagian na niya ang titulo sa walong weight division, isang kaganapang hindi na marahil mabubura sa kasaysayan ng boxing. Si Bob Arum ay nagwika na si Pacquiao ay “the greatest boxer that ever lived.”
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          Binansagan siyang “Pacman” dahil sa isa-isa niyang tinatatalo at “inuubos” (katulad ng video game na Pacman) ang mga pinakamagagaling na boksingero ng kaniyang henerasyon kabilang sina Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Hector Velasquez, Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz, Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito at Suga Shane Mosley.
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          Ang boong pangalan ng kaniyang asawang si Jinkee ay Maria Geraldine Jamora Pacquiao. Naka-tattoo sa pagitan ng kaliwang balikat at siko ni Manny Pacquiao ang pangalan ni Jinkee at ng apat na anak nila: Jimuel, Michael, Princess at Queenie. Sa kaliwang braso naman niya, kung saan nanggagaling ang pang-knoutout niyang left hook, ay naka-tattoo ang isang bumubulusok na bulalakaw.
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          Si Pacquiao ang kauna-unahang Filipino athlete na itinampok sa postage stamp ng Pilipinas
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          Unang lumabas si Pacquiao sa pelikulang Di Ko kayang Tanggapin Dong (2000). Nagbida siya sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa pelikulang Lisensyadong Kamao noong December 2005.
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Paris Hilton, Jinkee & Manny Pacquiao
(Clippings taken from Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 18, 2011)
          Noong Mayo 13, 2010, si Pacquiao ay pormal na naitalaga bilang Congressman ng distrito ng Sarangani, at noon namang Mayo 19, 2017, siya ay naihalal bilang isang Senador. Pumang-pito siya sa dami ng nakuhang boto.
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Lindsay Lohan on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (December 17, 2004).
Picture Trivia
          The debut music album of Lindsay Lohan titled Speak, released in 2004, was a certified platinum. It was also in 2004 when she starred in two films: As Elizabeth Cep (a.k.a. Lola) in the Disney teen musical Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, and as Cady Heron in the teen comedy Mean Girls, the first film she did outside of Disney.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

February 8



FEBRUARY 8
Hiwaga Komiks Blg. 140, Pebrero 8, 1979
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang nobelang komiks na “Babalu” ni Pablo S. Gomez

Events that happened on February 8
1898 – Emilio Jacinto and Feliciano Jocson reorganized the Katipunan after the killing of Andres Bonifacio.
1935 – The Philippine Constitution was completed and approved by the Constitutional Convention that started on July 30, 1934, by a vote of 177 to 1.
1945 – Burning of Intramuros by the retreating Japanese forces.
1967 – The Movement for the Advancement of Nationalism (MAN) was established to promote a self-reliant foreign policy, a Filipino-controlled economy, as well as the abrogation of unequal treaties and agreements between the Philippines and the United States.
1986 – U.S. Senator Richard Lugar accused Pres. Ferdinand Marcos of cheating in the snap election.
1987 – The 1986 Constitution, also known as the Cory Constituion, was ratified. It provided for a return to the republican form of government and a bicameral legislature composed of a House of Representatives and a Senate.
1990 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the island of Bohol. The epicenter is located 17 kilometers east of Tagbilaran City. The bridge connecting the towns of Jagna and Duero collapsed. Six fatalities were reported and more than 200 were injured. About 46,000 people were displaced by the event and at least 7,000 among them were rendered homeless. Estimated damage to properties amounted to 154 million pesos.
2011 – Former AFP Chief of Staff and cabinet secretary Angelo Reyes committed suicide at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina, at the height of allegation of corruption in the military.


Personalities and celebrities born on February 8:
1872 – Juan Domingo Abad, printer, journalist and playwright – in Sampaloc, Manila. (d. December 24, 1932)
1890 – Claro Mayo Recto, statesman, writer, constitutionalist, and last associate justice of the Supreme Court appointed by a U.S. president – in Tiaong, Quezon. (d. October 2, 1960)


Nationalist Claro M. Recto
on the cover of Emerenciana Yuvienco Arcellana’s book
The Social and Political Thought of Claro Mayo Recto,
published by the National Research Council of the Philippines (1981).
 

1939 – Jose Maria Canlas Sison, writer, activist and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines – in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur.
Jose Maria Sison
on the cover of The Sunday Times Magazine (March 16, 1986).
 

1960 – Noynoy Aquino (full name Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III), politician and 15th president of the Philippines.
Noynoy Aquino (then president-elect)
on the cover of People Asia (June-July 2010).



 
Manny Pacquiao on the cover of the
The Ring (February 2010).
Larawang Tribiya
          Tatlong beses ng nahihirang bilang Ring Magazine “Fighter of the Year” (2006, 2008 at 2009) si Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao.
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Quote of the Day
          “Ang love ay parang bayad sa jeep, minsan hindi nasusuklian!” – Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, February 8, 2012