December 21



DECEMBER 21

Mr. & Ms. Magazine Vol. 28 No. 35, December 21, 2004

On the Cover: Diether Ocampo and Kristine Hermosa

 

Disyembre 21 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 21, 1936, ang National Defense Act ay ipinasa bilang Commonwealth Act No. 1. Layon nito ang pagbuo ng Philippine Army kaalinsabay ang pagtatayo ng Philippine Military Academy (PMA). Ito rin ang itinuturing na araw ng pagsisimula ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

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Personalities and celebrities born on December 21:

1746 – Jose de la Cruz (a.k.a. Huseng Sisiw), poet and playwright – in Tondo, Manila (d. March 12, 1829).

1892 – Nicolas Alviar Zafra, educator and historian – in San Fernando, La Union (d. January 7, 1979).

1929 – Alfredo Siojo Lim (Chinese name Lin Wenluo), police officer and politician – in Sampaloc, Manila (d. August 8, 2020).

Alfredo Lim
on the cover of election campaign komiks, Ang Kasaysayan ni Alfredo S. Lim  (2001).

1958 – Cerge Remonde (birth name Glecerio Mamites Remonde), journalist and politician – in Argao, Cebu (d. January 19, 2010).

1986 – Karel Marquez (full name Karla Ysabel Marquez Santos), video jockey, actress, singer, television host and model – in Manila.

Karel Marquez
on the cover of UNO  (January-February 2006).



1987 – Ryza Cenon (full name Rhiza Ann Cenon Simbulan), actress, dancer and model – in Gapan City, Nueva Ecija.

Ryza Cenon
on the cover of FHM Philippines (May 2013).

1987 – Valerie Concepcion (birth name Valerie Noroña Galang), actress, model and television host – in Tondo, Manila.

Valerie Concepcion
on the covers (from left to right): FHM Philippines (July 2006), MOD (March 2008),
and Maxim Philippines (January 2009).

 

Al Pacino on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (December 21, 1990).

Picture Trivia

          The breakthrough role of Hollywood actor Al Pacino is considered to be his portrayal of Michael Corleone in the film Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for the Academy Best Supporting Actor Award. He continued to portray the role in Godfather Part II (1974) and Godfather Part III (1990).

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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 24






OCTOBER 24

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 19 No. 26, October 24, 1996
On the Cover: Donna Cruz, Aga Muhlach, Donita Rose and Vina Morales

Oktubre 24 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 24, 1944, ang Japanese battleship na Musashi Maru, isa sa pinakamalaking barkong pandigma ng mga Hapon noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig ay napalubog sa Sibuyan Sea.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Marilyn Monroe on the cover of vintage Blighty magazine (October 24, 1956).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on October 24:

1853 – Pedro Serrano Laktaw, teacher, writer and lexicographer and author of the Diccionario Hispano-Tagalog (1889) – in Cupang, Bulacan, Bulacan (d. September 22, 1928).

1874 – Rafael Palma, educator, journalist, historian, first editor of El Renacimiento and delegate to the 1934 Constitutional Convention – in Tondo, Manila (d. May 24, 1939).

1880 – Rafael Corpus, lawyer, lawmaker and government official – in San Antonio, Zambales (d. July 21, 1960).

1920 – Rafael Manio Ileto, military officer, ambassador and Secretary of National Defense – San Isidro, Nueva Ecija (d. June 19, 2003).

1927 – Marcelo Briones Fernan, 18th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (July 1, 1988 – December 6, 1991) and Senate President (July 27, 1998 – June 28, 1999) – in Cebu City (d. July 11, 1999).

1956 – Rafael V. Mariano, farmer and politician.

1967 – Juanito Victor Catibayan Remulla Jr, politician – in Manila.

1973 – Pia Guanio-Mago (birth name Liana Pia Coronado Guanio), showbiz newscaster and television host.


Pia Guanio
on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (August 2002),UNO (December 2004-January 2005), 
and Marie Claire Philippines (February 2007).

1974 – Isko Moreno (full name Francisco Moreno Domagoso), actor and politician – in Manila.

1981 – Alfred Vargas (full name Alfredo Paolo Dumlao Vargas III), actor, model and politician – in San Juan City.

 

1984 – Lougee (full name Maria Lourdes Grace Valdivia Basabas), singer, product endorser and vocalist of Delara (formerly Mojofly) – in Alabang, Muntinlupa.



Lougee
on the cover of MOD (September 11, 2006).

 



Linda Ronstadt on the cover of
People Weekly (October 24, 1977).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know which artist dislodged Elvis Presley in the Number 1 spot of Billboard Country Albums Chart in 1977? She was Linda Ronstadt with her album Simple Dreams. It also toppled the long-running Number 1 album of Fleetwood Mac Rumours on Billboard Charts. Included in the album Simple Dreams is Ronstadt’s signature song “Blue Bayou,” which is a certified Platinum.

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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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August 29



AUGUST 29

Modern Komiks Taon 2 Blg. 31, Agosto 29, 1967
Tampok sa taklob-pahina si “Captain Modern” na kathang-isip ni Jul Calixto at iginuhit ni Al Sanchez.

Agosto 29 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 29, 1898, Hinalinhan ni Heneral Elwell Otis si Heneral Wesley Merritt bilang American military governor ng Pilipinas. Si Otis ay nakilala sa kasaysayan sa paggawa ng mga kalupitan at kabuktutan laban sa mga mamamayang Filipino nang panahon ng Philippine-American War.

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          Ika-29 ng Agosto, 1981, nang maging World Junior Lightweight boxing champion si Rolando Navarrete matapos niyang mapatulog ang Ugandan-born na si Coenelius Boza-Edwards.

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          Napasama si Eugene Torre sa grandmaster candidate match sa Mexico noong Agosto 29, 1982. Si Torre ang kauna-unahang Filipino at Asyano na naging grandmaster sa chess.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 29:

1862 – Candido Tirona, revolutionary general, Secretary of War of the Magdalo Council and hero of the Battle of Binakayan – in Kawit, Cavite (d. November 10, 1896).

1930 – Caloy Loyzaga (full name Carlos Matute Loyzaga), basketball player known as the “Big Difference” – in Manila (d. January 27, 2016).

1935 – Luis Robredo Villafuerte Sr, politician – in Camarines Sur.

1954 – Neptali Medina Gonzales II, politician – in Mandaluyong City.

1958 – Chito Loyzaga (full name Joaquin Cuerva Loyzaga), basketball player – in Manila.

1988 – Iwa Moto (real name Aileen Quinodo Iwamoto), actress and model –  in Tagum City Davao del Norte.

Iwa Moto
on the covers of MOD (July 24, 2006), UNO (January 2008),
FHM Philippines (September 2008) and Playboy Philippines (August 2012).



Ang “Bondying”

Ang katha ni Mars Ravelo na “Bondying”
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
Pilipino Komiks Blg. 163 (Agosto 29, 1953)

          Kakaiba sa lahat ng mga karakter sa komiks ang “Bondying” na likhang-isip ni Mars Ravelo. Ito ay kuwento tungkol sa isang taong lumaki na ang pag-iisip at pananalita ay nanatiling sa isang batang paslit, na bagama’t inosente ang pagkukuro ay may natatanging talino at katusuan. Ito ay dahil sa pagpapalaki ng kaniyang lola. Karaniwang tampulan ng katatawanan ang mga pangyayaring pumapalibot sa kapaligiran niya, lalo na ang hawak niyang napakalaking mamador. Datapuwa’t may drama ring aantig sa puso ng mga mambabasa.

          Ayon mismo kay Ginoong Ravelo, isa ang Bondying sa limang pinaka-paborito niyang obra. Maganda ang pagkakasulat ng kuwento na may naiibang kiliti na sinubaybayan ng mga mambabasa. Una itong lumabas sa mga pahina ng Pilipino Komiks Blg. 161 noong Agosto 1, 1954. Ito ay iginuhit ni Elpidio Torres.

          Mula sa panulat ni Ravelo, ilang pelikula rin ang ginawa na kinatampukan ng karakter na si Bondying. Ang una ay ang Bondying (1954) na tinaguriang “Ang Batang Laki sa Nuno.” Ito ay isinapelikula ng Sampaguita Pictures sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Armando Garces at pinagbidahan ni Fred Montilla. Nasundan ito ng Tatay na si Bondying (1955) na si Fred Montilla pa rin ang gumanap sa pangunahing papel. Taong 1973 nang lumabas ang Ato Ti Bondying na pinatnugutan ni Celso Ad. Castillo, kung saan si Jay Ilagan naman ang gumanap na Bondying. Ang huli ay pinagbidahan ni Jimmy Santos – ang Bondying: The Little Boy (1989) – kung saan ang screenplay ay isinulat ni Jose Javier Reyes at ginawa sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Mike Relon Makiling.

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“Rogel Maglaya”


Ang nobelang-komiks na “Rogel Maglaya”
na kathang-isip ni Damy Velasquez
at iginuhit ni Celso Trinidad, tampok sa
Pinoy Komiks Blg. 8 (Agosto 29, 1963).

          Isang masalimuot na kuwento ng iba’t-ibang pakikibaka ang kathang-isip ni Damy Velasquez sa katauhan ng karakter na si “Rogel Maglaya”. Ito ay iginuhit ni Celso Trinidad at unang lumabas kasabay ng unang isyu ng Pinoy Komiks noong Mayo 23, 1963.

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Si Anne Curtis, tampok sa taklob-pahina ng
Gadgets 10th Anniversary issue (August 2010).

Larawang Tribiya

          Si Anne Curtis ay 12-anyos lamang nang siya ay madiskubre na maging artista. Ito ay habang nagbabakasyon siya sa Pilipinas galing ng Australia kung saan sila naninirahan ng kaniyang mga magulang. Si Anne Curtis ay anak ng isang abogadong Australian na nagngangalang James Curtis-Smith at ni Carmen Ojales, isang Filipinang may dugong Kastila.

          Noong 2010, dalawang pelikula ang nilabasan ni Anne Curtis kung saan mga ex-boyfriends niya ang naging katambal niya, si Sam Milby sa pelikulang Babe, I Love You at si Richard Gutierrez sa pelikulang In Your Eyes, kung saan napili siyang Best Supporting Actress sa 29th Luna Awards.

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August 10




AUGUST 10

TSS (Top Special Stories) Vol. 6 No. 156, August 10, 1973
On the Cover: Meng Fei, with inset of Meng Fei and Vilma Santos.

Agosto 10 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 10, 1899, ang puwersa ng mga Amerikano ay lumusob sa lalawigan ng Pampanga, subalit ang mga mandirigmang Filipino ay lumaban ng puspusan sa loob ng tatlong buwan. Ito ang isa sa pinakamatagal na paglalaban sa Digmaang Pilipinas-Amerika (Philippine-American War).

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 10:

1873 – Lorenzo Penoy, lawyer and one of the representatives in the First Philippine Assembly (d. October 5, 1926).

1898 – Lorenzo Martinez Tañada, politician, senator and “Grand Old Man of Philippine Politics” – in Gumaca, Quezon (d. May 28, 1992).

1932 – Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, Roman Catholic cardinal and Archibishop of Manila – in Batangas City, Batangas.


1955 – Mel Tiangco (full name Carmela Tiangco), muliti-awarded broadcast journalist, newscaster and television host –  in Pilar, Bataan.

Mel Tiangco
on the cover of Family Reader (March 2000).

 

1963 – Joey De Venecia (full name Jose Perez De Venecia III), entrepreneur and businessman – in Manila.

1972 – Erwin Teshida Tulfo, newscaster, radio and television commentator and host -

1983 – Mark Bautista, actor, vocalist and commercial model – in Cagayan de Oro City.

1984 – Mariel Rodriguez (real name Maria Erlinda Lucille Suazon Termulo), MTV-VJ, actress, model and television host.

Mariel Rodriguez
on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (April 2007) and Maxim Philippines (June 2007).

 

1986 – Mercedes Cabral (full name Maria Mercedes Porte Cabral), actress and model, in Manila.

 

Mercedes Cabral
on the covers of Sunday Inquirer (April 2014) and UNO (May 2014).

 



Madonna on the cover of
TV Guide (August 10-16, 1985).

Picture Trivia

          The two anagrams of Madonna’s full name, “Madonna Louise Ciccone” are (1) “Occasional nude income” and (2) “One cool dance musician.”
          Do you know the title of Madonna’s first Number 1 single in the Billboard Hot 100? It’s “Like a Virgin” (by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly). In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Steinberg said the song was not written for Madonna, not even for a female singer. The song was inspired by Steinberg’s personal romance experience. But when Madonna heard the demo recording, she liked the contents of the song that is full of “hidden sexual innuendos.”                                       o     O     o