As the World Grows, Must the Forests Go?

Plus! Vol. 2 No. 15, August 1996

One of those rare instances where my byline was printed as “Ernie” instead of “Ernee.” Well, this is also a rare instance that I’ve written for this magazine. Nonetheless, this article – “As the World Grows, Must the Forests Go?” – talked about the importance of the (rain)forests amid the growing world population.

“For wickedness has become aflame just like a fire; thornbushes and weeds it will eat up. And it will catch fire in the thickets of the forest, and they will be borne aloft as the billowing of smoke.” – Isaiah 9:18, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.

August 6




AUGUST 6

Bagong Babae Magasin Taon 2 Blg. 105, Agosto 6, 1985
Nasa taklob-pahina si Cristina Crisol

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

A portrait of the American actress Doris Kenyon (1897-1979)
Illustrated by Karl van Buskirk,
on the cover of Photoplay (August 1926).

 

Agosto 6 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 6, 1762, inilipat ni Simon de Anda y Salazar (1701-1776), pansamantalang gumaganap bilang Spanish governor, ang pamahalaan sa Bacoor, Pampanga, sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga British sa Manila.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 6:

1875 – Sixto de los Angeles, medico-legal practitioner and Third Philippine legislature representative – inSan Mateo, Rizal (d. December 23, 1945)

1944 – Inday Badiday (Lourdes Jimenez Carvajal), journalist, television host and “Queen of Philippine Showbiz Talk Show” – in Manila (d. September 26, 2003).


1954 – Gary Valenciano (full name Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano), singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and dancer – in Manila

Gary Valenciano
on the cover of Plus! (March 1996).

1983 – Clarisse Mercado (real name Cristina Generoso), actress and model – Cavite.

Clarisse Mercado

on the covers of 10 Magazine (February 2005 and January 2006).

 

1986 – JV Casio (full name Joseph Evans Casio), basketball player – in Makati City.

 

Si Cristine Reyes, tampok sa taklob-pahina
ng Bannawag (Agosto 8, 2011)

Picture Trivia

          Noong 2011, gumanap si Cristine Reyes sa papel na Charmaine dela Costa-Escaler, isang pinagtaksilang asawa, sa pelikulang No Other Woman, kung saan siya ang pangunahing bituin sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, kasama sina Derek Ramsay at Anne Curtis sa direksyon ni Ruben S. Bayani. Ang No Other Woman ay ang “second highest-grossing film” ng 2011 sa Pilipinas. Nang taon ding iyon, napagwagian naman si Reyes ang gawad bilang “Breakthrough Female Artist” ng Yahoo! Philippines OMG! Awards.

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February 25



FEBRUARY 25

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 8, February 25, 1988
On the Cover: Marjorie “Gigi” Isaguirre

Events that happened on February 25

1785 – Spain issued a royal decree ordering all Chinese nationals to live in the Parian, outside Manila.

1986 – Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel was sworn by Justice Claudio Teehankee as president and vice-president at the Club Filipino. Ferdinand Marcos held his own inauguration at Malacañang Palace, officiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Ramon Aquino. Later, U.S. black hawk helicopters attacked the Palace. Marcos fled but was forcibly taken by the Americans to Clark Air Base and then to Guam.

Personalities and celebrities born on February 25:

1852 – Victorino Mapa, lawyer, jurist and the second Filipino Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (July 1, 1920 – October 31, 1921) – in Kalibo, Aklan. (d. April 12, 1927)

1911 – Rita Rica (real name Florence de los Santos Little), American-Filipino actress of the 1930s and 1940s –  in Jolo, Sulu (d. January 22,1997)

1965 – Maricel Soriano (full name Maria Cecilia Dador Soriano), award-winning actress and comedian – in Parañaque, Metro Manila.

Maricel Soriano
on the covers of Mr. & Ms. (with her sons Marron and Sebastien April 28, 1998)
and Good Housekeeping Philippines (December 2006)

 

1966 – Pepsi Paloma (real name Delia Dueñas Smith), Filipino-American dancer and actress – in Manila (d. May 31, 1985).

Pepsi Paloma
on the covers of Sports World (June 23, 1984) and Cartada 9 (May 4, 1987)

   

1970 – Maricel Laxa (full name Maria Cecilia de la Cueva Laxa), actress – in Pasay City.

Maricel Laxa
on the cover of Plus! (May 1996)





40-year-old Elizabeth Taylor on the cover of
Life (January 25, 1972).

Picture Trivia
          Do you know the title of the film where Elizabeth Taylor first appeared? Taylor (full name Elizabeth Rosemond Warmbrodt Taylor, 1932-2011) was first seen in the film There’s One Born Every Minute (1942) when she was around 10 years old. Her rose to fame started after her performance in the film National Velvet (1944). Taylor won the Academy Best Actress Award twice. This was for the films Battlefield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
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