January 26

  


JANUARY 26

Tagalog Klasiks Blg. 67, Enero 26, 1952
Tampok sa taklob-pahina: “Ang Mahiwagang Alpombra” sa Kuwento ni Lola Basyang
ni Severino Reyes

 

January 26 in Philippine History:

1821 – Governor-General Mariano Fernandez de Folgueras and Archbishop Luis de Arrejola issued instructions for the election of Filipino deputies to the Spanish Cortez.

1967 – Gil J. Puyat became Senate President of the Philippines. He held the position for six years until the Senate was abolished by Martial Law.

1970 – Youth and student demonstration in front of the Philippine Congress calling for a nonpartisan constitutional convention, which led to more protest rallies. Imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism were the main issues of the student movement that came to be called the “First Quarter Storm.”

Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 26:

National Artist Napoleon Abueva,

photo courtesy of www.oblation.com.ph



        1930 – Napoleon Isabelo Veloso Abueva, National Artist for Sculpture (1976) and “Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture” – in Tagbilaran, Bohol.



Imelda Papin’s campaign poster

for the 2010 senatorial election.



  

1956 – Imelda Papin (full name Maria Patricia Imelda A. Papin), singer, jukebox queen and vice-governor – in Presentacion, Camarines Sur.

Laughing Out Loud!

Two of Henry Gapas’s late 1980s editorial caricatures that he did for Times Journal newspaper.
Left: “But we’re only solving our foreign exchange problem!” on US dollar counterfeiting.
Right: “Who’s ahead?” on the problem of carnapping.

Picture Trivia 

Left: Lion on the cover of Wild (Winter 2010).
Right: Tiger on the cover of Wildlife (November 2011)

          Contrary to popular belief, the lion (Panthera leo) is not the largest species of cat existing today, but the tiger (Panthera tigris). Tigers can grow up to 650 pounds while lions are usually in the vicinity of 500 pounds. The liger which is the interbreeding of a male lion and a female tiger can grow even bigger than its parents.



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January 14

 

January 14

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 2, January 14-21, 1988
On the cover: Rizza Errea

 



January 14 in Philippine History

1889 – The Associacion Internationale des Philippinistes was established in Paris, France, with Ferdinand Blumentritt (1853-1913) as president and Jose Rizal as secretary.

1954 – A Philippine Airline (PAL) DC-6 on a flight from Madrid to Rome, with seven passengers and nine crew members aboard, crashed at Bogota Nuevo Giodani about six kilometers west of Rome killing everyone on board.

1983 – Filipino statesman and diplomat Carlos P. Romulo retired as Foreign minister, on his 84th birthday.

 

 

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Nat King Cole (real name Nathaniel Adams Coles, 1919-1965),
on the cover of Jet (January 14, 1965) barely a month before he died.

Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 14:

1899 – Carlos Peña Romulo, journalist, statesman, diplomat, writer National Artist for literature (1982), and first Filipino to become President of the United Nations General Assembly – in Camiling, Tarlac. (d. December 15, 1985).

1954 – Ramon See Ang, mechanical engineer, business tycoon – Manila.

Ramon Ang,
on the cover of BizNews Asia (July 31, 2010).



1969 – Vergel Meneses, professional basketball player, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) “Most Valuable Player” (1998), and national team member – in Malolos, Bulacan. 

1991 – Kristel Moreno, actress, dancer and model.

Kristel Moreno,
on the cover of FHM Philippines (April 2010).

Hayop sa Pang-amoy! 

          Alam niyo ba kung anong hayop ay may pinakamalakas na pang-amoy o sense of smell? Sa maniwala kayo o hindi, ito ay isang species na tangya o moth. Ang lalaking emperor moth (Eudia pavonia) ay kayang maamoy ang sex attractant ng isang virgin female species sa layong 11 kilometro! Ang sex attractant ng babaeng tangya ay isang uri ng bio-chemical alcohol, at bawat isa ay nagtataglay lamang ng 0.0001 milligram!

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          Kaya namang maamoy ng polar bear (Thalarctos maritimus) ang isang seal sa layong tatlong kilometro! Kaya din nitong maamoy ang isang isdang lumalangoy sa ilalim ng tipak ng yelong may kapal na mahigit sa isang metro!

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          Ang isang aso ay may kakayahan namang makilala ang higit pa sa 50,000 iba’t-ibang amoy!

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The young of an African gazelle (specie of antelope),
on the cover of Wild (winter 2011).

Picture Trivia

          Aside from their nose, do you know which other part of an antelope’s anatomy it uses for smelling? It’s unusually peculiar, but antelopes also use their feet for smelling. They have scent detecting glands between their hoofs.

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