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.

TV Review: Sapul sa Singko - Right on Target!

Atlas TV Guide Vol. 11 No. 138, June 2011
On the cover: Troian Bellisario, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Ashley Benson

A review of the TV5 early morning show Sapul sa Singko (2011).

“Be sure that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to do what is good for each other and for all people. Always be joyful. Pray continually, and give thanks whatever happens. That is what GOD wants for you in Christ Jesus.” – I Thessalonians 5:15-18, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

American Presidents: Film Portrayals of the Most Powerful Man in the World

Atlas TV Guide Vol. 10 No. 125, May 2010
On the cover: Cobie Smulders

Here’s a collected list of “American Presidents: Film Portrayals of the Most Powerful Man in the World” (p. 12).

Also in this May 2010 Atlas TV Guide issue, “TV5’s News and Information Programs Hit Prime time Bull’s-eye!” (p. 16), an assigned reportage about the look of the “Kapatid Network” under its new management.

“An attentive ear, an observant eye, the LORD made them both.” – Proverbs 20:12, The Revised English Bible.

August 9



AUGUST 9

Tagalog Illustrated Stories Taon 54 Blg. 2755, Agosto 9, 2004
Nasa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Immoral” ni Ruben Marcelino na nagsimula sa isyu na ito.

Agosto 9 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas 

The bright red TV5 Logo

          Noong Agosto 9, 2008, ang TV5, na dating ABC-5, ay pormal na inilunsad ng media conglomerate na Associated Broadcasting Company, at tinawag itong “The Kapatid Network.”

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 9:

1876 – Josephine Bracken (full name Maria Josephine Leopoldine Bracken), Irish woman which is historically the wife of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal – in Victoria, Hong Kong (d. March 15, 1902).

Josphine Bracken, on the right of Dr. Jose Rizal.

Rizal has been portrayed as taller than Leonor Rivera and Josephine Bracken.

In truth both women are taller than him. Scaling available photographs,

the comparative heights of Rivera, Rizal and Bracken can be estimated.

Based on Perard’s Anatomical Proportioning, their heights can be scaled as follows:

156.24 ± 1 centimeters (roughly 5 feet 2 inches) for Rivera,

154.22 ± 1 centimeters (about 5 feet 1 inch) for Rizal, and

164.38 ± 1 centimeters (a little over 5 feet 4.5 inches) for Bracken.

(Numbers and photoshopped picture by Ernee Lawagan)

1906 – Roque Ablan, soldier and public servant – Laoag, Ilocos Norte.

1981 – Rodel Mayol (full name Rodel Bryan Generalao Mayol), champion professional boxer – in Mandaue City, Cebu.



Amber Lynn on the cover of
Club (August 1986).

Picture Trivia

          Amber Lynn (real name Laura Lynn Allen) is the youngest child of a retired U.S. Air Force officer. She started in the adult film industry in 1984. She has an older brother who is also a porn actor, Buck Adams (Charles Stephen Allen, 1955-2008). This was not revealed until they were forced by circumstance in 1986, when they were told that they will be doing a sex scene together.
          On September 3, 1992, on her 28th birthday, she helped gather funds for the financial assistance of the Youth Aide Foundation of Los Angeles, a group helping strayed youths. On the August 1992 issue of The Los Angeles Times, she said: “Let’s give them food, clothing and shelter and we’ll worry about role models later.”                             o     O     o