November 12



NOVEMBER 12

Hiwaga Komiks Taon 42 Blg. 2061, Nobyembre 12, 1992

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang nobelang “Nag-uumpugang Bato” ni Rod Santiago

 

Nobyembre 12 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 12, 1902, ang American-controlled Philippine Commission ay nagpasa ng Anti-Brigandage Act upang supilin ang anti-American at makabayang damdamin ng mamamayang Filipino.

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          Ang Philippine Refugee Processing Center sa Subang, Morong, Bataan, ay itinatatag noong Nobyembre 12, 1979, upang pamahalaan ang pagdating ng mga refugees na nanggagaling sa mga kalapit-bansa na Kampuchea, Laos at Vietnam. Layon nito na magkaroon ng pakikipagsanib-kooperasyon ng pamahalaan sa United Nations High Commission for Refugees.

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Personalities and celebrities born on November 12:

1839 – Mariano Sevilla, writer and editor – in Tondo Manila (d. November 23, 1923).   

1916 – Rogelio dela Rosa (real name Regidor dela Rosa), actor and senator, in Lubao, Pampanga (d. November 26, 1986).





Rogelio dela Rosa (with Cecilia Lopez, for the film Sonny Boy)
on the cover of Literary Song-Movie Magazine (August 1955).

1955 – Imee Marcos (full name Maria Imelda Josefa Romualdez Marcos), public servant, politician and newspaper columnist – in Mandaluyong City.



Ms. Imee Marcos

on the cover of Philippine Tatler (October 2015) and BizNews Asia (November 9-16, 2015).

 

1964 – Anna Marie Gutierrez, actress and model – in Manila.

Anna Marie Gutierrez
on the cover of Sports World (August 13, 1983).

1981 – Rodel Flordeliz (full name Rodelio Pascualito Flordeliz), model, news reporter and television host – in Valenzuela City.

 



Al Pacino, on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (November 12, 1993).

Picture Trivia

         Do you know that it took Al Pacino seven nominations before he won his first Academy Award? Though an excellent actor, he only won his first Academy Award in 1992 for his portrayal of blind U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in the film Scent of a Woman. In that same year, Pacino was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor category for the film Glengarry Gloss Ross (won by Gene Hackman for the film Unforgiven). Pacino is the first actor nominated in two different acting categories for different films on the same year and winning the Best Actor Award.                            o     O     o
 

September 15



SEPTEMBER 15

Pilipino Komiks Taon 19 Blg. 470, Setyembre 15, 1966

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang “Brix Virgo” ni Clodualdo del Mundo na iginuhit ni Jess Jodloman

(Kinunan ng larawan mula sa Atlas Publishing archive)

UNANG LABAS

Ang pahayagang Kastila na La Republica Filipina na sinimulan ni Pedro Paterno ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Setyembre 15, 1898.

 

Ang Filipinas Komiks ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Setyembre 15, 1957. Ito ay inilimbag ng Alding Publications. Tampoks sa unang labas ang “Sa Ngalan ng Bandila” ni Ruben Yandoc na iginuhit ni Tony de Zuñiga na siya ring nasa unang taklob-pahina ng Filipinas Komiks. Ang iba pang laman ng unang isyu ay ang mga sumusunod: “M.D.” at “Alias 45” ni Yandoc, “Iba’t-ibang Kunsumisyon” ni Mads Castrillo, “Buhay Mangmang” ni Emm Villega Ty, “Edwina” ni J.C. Pangilinan, “Dulang Maynila” ni Noly Panaligan, “Ka Teban” nina Mario del Mar at Elmer Esquivias, “Sumpaan” nina Lauro Nunag at Elmo Duque, “Obra Maestra” nina Greg de Dios at Ben Maniclang, “Kaskasero” nina Ricardo Poblete at Nestor Leonidez at ang comic strip na Dok Leng.

Mga kuwentong wakasan ang karaniwang inilalabas ng Filipinas Komiks, ayon na rin sa nakasulat sa ituktok na bahagi ng taklob-pahina nito – “Ang Tanging Babasahing Naglalaman ng Mga Kuwentong Pawang Tapos.”

Setyembre 15 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Nonng Setyembre 15, 1898, pinasinayahan ang Kongreso ng Malolos (Malolos Congress) sa simbahan ng Barasoain kung saan idinaos ng mga Filipino ang kauna-unahang constitutional convention. Habang ito naman ay ginagawa, ang mga kasapi ng American Peace Commission ay patalikod na nakipag-usap sa mga kinatawan ng Espanya sa Paris, France, upang isuko ng mga Kastila sa mga Amerikano ang kanilang kapangyarihan sa mga teritoryong nasasakupan nila kabilang na ang Pilipinas. Nang mapagtibay noong Disyembre 10, 1898, tinawag itong Treaty of Paris.

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          Si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos ay dumating sa Washington D.C. noong Setyembre 15, 1982 para sa isang state visit sa paanyaya ng pamahalaan ng America.

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Personalities and celebrities born on September 15:

1953 – Margarita Moran-Floirendo (birth name Maria Margarita Roxas Moran), Miss Universe 1973.

Miss Universe 1972 Margarita Moran
on the covers of Philippine Today Vol. 2 No. 2 (1973)
and Philippine Tattler (July 2007, 35 years after her coronation).

1960 – Kata Inocencio (full name Katalina Inocencio), broadcast journalist – in Mandaluyong City.

1965 – Dyan Castillejo, tennis player, sports and broadcast journalist.

1988 – Ellen Adarna (full name Ellen Meriam Go Adarna), actress and model – in Cebu City



Ellen Adarna
on the covers of UNO (October 2008), Total Fitness (January 2012), and Speed (March 2012).



Kristin Kreuk (bannered as “Hotter Than Kryptonite”)
on the cover of Femme Fatale (September 2003).

Picture Trivia

          When the cast of the television series Smallville (2001-2009) were being assembled, the talent agent of Eurasian-Canadian actress Kristin Kreuk sent an audition tape for the role of Lana Lang, the teenage girlfriend of Clark Kent (a.k.a. Superman). Kreuk’s audition tape was so impressive that she became the first “approved” cast member of Smallville.

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