tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78362974610202801652024-08-29T04:34:20.915+08:00Philippine Arts and CultureIncludes Anything and Everything on Philippine Arts and CultureABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-54830902049157927042008-06-29T00:05:00.002+08:002008-06-29T01:28:19.049+08:00THANK YOU VERY MUCHThank you very much for visiting my blog for the past few days. Merci beaucoup pour visiter mon blog pour le passé quelques jours. Muchas gracias por visitar mi blog durante los últimos días.Grazie mille per la visita del mio blog per il passato pochi giorni. ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-44428252784506445372008-06-23T16:55:00.017+08:002008-06-23T23:05:16.742+08:00JUNE 241571June 24 is Araw ng Maynila that marks the anniversary of the foundation of the City of Manila from the old Maynilad, which was ruled by Rajah Soliman.Four hundred thirty-seven years ago, on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist, Governor General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi creates a cabildo or town council that consists of 12 aldermen, a secretary, and a public notary for the City of Manila. A ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-471865530159036882008-06-23T15:40:00.008+08:002008-06-23T17:24:18.956+08:00JUNE 231647Kapampangans defend themselves against Dutch invaders in Abukay, now Abucay, Bataan. Nearly 200 Kapampangans died, while 40 others, together with the Spanish alcalde mayor and two Dominican priests were imprisoned inside Batavia, a ship of the Dutch East India Company.SANTO DOMINGO CHURCH IN ABUCAY, BATAANPhoto By My Visita Iglesia on Flickr1869Two hundred twenty-two years later, Carlos MariaABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-82761072885643809742008-06-23T14:48:00.010+08:002008-06-23T19:35:48.246+08:00JUNE 221759Bishop Miguel Lino de Espeleta of Cebu, son of a Spaniard in the Philippines, is appointed temporary governor general. He served as the governor general of the Philippines until July 9, 1761, when the royal order dated September 26, 1760, designating Archbishop Manuel Rojo del Rio y Vieyra of Manila as the temporary governor general, was received in Manila. CEBU CATHEDRAL IN CEBU, CEBUPhoto ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-79827083822762713212008-06-21T21:18:00.009+08:002008-06-23T17:23:34.236+08:00JUNE 211569King Philip II of Spain orders Miguel Lopez de Legazpi to conquer the entire Philippine archipelago and its islands in the name of Spain. He also orders Legazpi to serve as the first governor general of the islands. Legazpi moves his bedraggled colony to the island of Panay, where better food supply is available and where his settlement would be better protected from attacks.MIAG-AO CHURCH INABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-33612098254386677662008-06-21T20:56:00.011+08:002008-06-23T23:03:10.025+08:00JUNE 201581Fray Domingo de Salazar, OP, who arrived in Manila on July 1, 1581 together with other Jesuits and who erected the episcopal see of Manila, suffragan to Mexico by virtue of the papal bull of Pope Gregory XIII in 1578 calling for the establishment of the episcopal see and the construction of the Manila Cathedral, informs King Philip II of Spain of the hardships being endured by the natives ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-13561844155421117562008-06-21T20:34:00.008+08:002008-06-23T14:41:26.237+08:00JUNE 191662Zamboanga Governor Fernando de Bobadilla receives Governor General Sabiniano Manrique de Lara's order. Governor Bobadilla then order his men in Iligan, Ternate, and Calamianes to abandon their missions and hasten to Manila, where a puny force of 600 men waits for the Chinese attack.ZAMBOANGA SUNSETPhoto By Jovie Naval on FlickrREFERENCE:Totanes, Henry S. "A Timeline of Philippine History." InABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-49675855955599719852008-06-21T19:59:00.009+08:002008-06-23T14:44:48.637+08:00JUNE 181752Sultan Azim un-Din and other prisoners arrive in Manila. A few other prisoners are left behind to be confirmed in a Cavite fort. The sultan and his immediate family are confined in a small hut within the Fort Santiago compound.FORT SANTIAGOPhoto By D2digital on FlickrWho is Sultan Azim un-Din?REFERENCE:Totanes, Henry S. "A Timeline of Philippine History." In Kasaysayan: The Story of the ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-87917417098765242752008-06-21T19:42:00.006+08:002008-06-23T14:39:30.966+08:00JUNE 171724An order commands the importation of larger quantities of Chinese silk for Mexico, a development that improves trade in Manila.CHINESE SILKPhoto By MJM on FlickrREFERENCE:Totanes, Henry S. "A Timeline of Philippine History." In Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People. (Vol. 10). Hong Kong: Asia Publishing Company Limited, 1998.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-90816868717250727222008-06-16T19:51:00.009+08:002008-06-23T14:39:04.795+08:00JUNE 161581In a letter, Governor Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa reports to King Philip II the state of affairs in the newly colonized Philippine islands, particularly the expedition sent, the improving Christianization of native Filipinos, and the financial matters of the new colonial government. He offers suggestions on ways to strengthen Spanish foothold in the island by making the necessary ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-74381331502105029442008-06-12T08:41:00.005+08:002008-06-14T14:29:06.211+08:00FROM XEREX TO DE QUIROS: A DISCOURSE ON THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIPPINESThe colorful print age, touted by Marshall McLuhan, was the forerunner of the industrial revolution. Media scholars and researchers attributed the industrial revolution as the beginning of the modern world, lending social and personal alteration. And, if a modern world then is gaged by the robustness of the newspaper industry and its audience, then the Philippines still remains as a developing ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-84410684732494490782008-06-09T21:58:00.003+08:002008-06-14T20:12:16.299+08:00ANDRES BONIFACIO: THE BETRAYAL OF A HEROAndres Bonifacio y de Castro, the father of Philippine Revolution and Philippine Democracy, was executed to death by firing squad by Gen Lazaro Makapagal and four other soldiers at Mount Nagpatong, Maragondon, Cavite on May 10, 1897. But, who ordered the execution? Read the article and find out.Photo from the Wikimedia CommonsPhoto from the InternetAndres Bonifacio y de Castro, born in Tondo, ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-19990689391915811672008-06-08T21:52:00.001+08:002008-06-12T16:20:35.836+08:00ALIWAN FIESTA 2008 STREET DANCING COMPETITION WINNERSCHAMPION: SINULOG FESTIVALCebu City, Cebu ProvinceFIRST RUNNER UP: DINAGYANG FESTIVALIloilo City, Province of IloiloSECOND RUNNER UP: SINULOG FESTIVALMunicipality of Carmen, Cebu ProvinceRUNNER UP: ALIKARAW FESTIVALMunicipality of Hilongos, Province of LeyteRUNNER UP: BUYUGAN FESTIVALMunicipality of Abuyog, Province of LeyteRUNNER UP: DESPOSORIO FESTIVALHagonoyABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-77827883870043736262008-06-08T21:09:00.001+08:002008-06-12T16:21:23.613+08:00ALIWAN FIESTA 2008FLOAT DESIGN COMPETITION WINNERS CHAMPION: PAMULINAWEN FESTIVAL Laoag City, Province of Ilocos Norte FIRST RUNNER UP: BOLING BOLING FESTIVAL Catanauan, Quezon Province SECOND RUNNER UP: SINULOG FESTIVAL Cebu City, Cebu Province RUNNER UP: GUINAKIT FESTIVAL Parang, Shariff Kabunsuan RUNNER UP: KALILINTAD FESTIVAL Mamasapano, Shariff Kabunsuan ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-5899214001582244842007-12-16T15:10:00.001+08:002008-06-14T14:29:40.721+08:00FOR LOVE OF GOD AND COUNTRY: THE BARASOAIN CHURCH AND THE MALOLOS CONGRESSBy Christine Joy De Sotto CastorPhoto By lsalcedo on FlickrMALOLOS, BULACAN—I visited the Barasoain Church on a Saturday. The sun was at its peak when I arrived. Not allowed to enter because a wedding is being solemnized, I went to the parish office and asked for some information about the church. A kind sacristan gave me some published materials that I read while waiting for the ceremony to end.ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-82766643847654749712007-12-16T14:59:00.002+08:002008-06-14T14:30:19.845+08:00NO GUTS, NO GLORY: CHAIRMAN GENUINO AND HIS JOURNEY TO PERSONHOODText and Interview by Lea Salen Peralta, Kevin Rein Galang Alvia, and Kimberly Cochingco WyHYATT HOTEL—He was not in his office when we arrived. He was attending an urgent meeting with the President and the Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management at the Malacañang Palace. We were almost disappointed, and we thought that our toils to satisfy our intrigues about him turned to dust. ButABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-33695002965573559432007-12-16T14:40:00.002+08:002008-06-14T14:32:20.622+08:00FAUX MADNESS AND THE COMPLEX WORLD OF HAMLET: A REVIEW OF DULAANG UNIBERSIDAD NG PILIPINAS’S HAMLET: REDUXBy Christine Joy De Sotto CastorDownloaded from Arnold Reyes's Multiply AccountUP DILIMAN—Hamlet, a work of art and passion as famous as its writer, Master William Shakespeare, the Bard of Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Flower of the English Renaissance, has found a temporary sanctuary at the Wilfrido Ma Guerrero Theater in the University of the Philippines-Diliman. It is a tragedy transformed into ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-13728101874094776112007-12-02T09:06:00.002+08:002008-06-14T14:33:02.895+08:00CASA MANILA: A JOURNEY BACK IN TIMEPhoto By Roberto Verzo on FlickrINTRAMUROS, MANILA—In a cultural and historical immersion, The Makati Science Vision went to Intramuros, Manila, and visited its famous Casa Manila, a Spanish colonial lifestyle museum. Bounded by Calle Real and General Luna Street, the Casa Manila is a replica of the grand house of Don Severino Mendoza of Calle Jaboneros in San Nicolas, Manila. Built in 1850, it ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-20252141785539896412007-12-02T08:49:00.002+08:002008-06-14T14:42:52.545+08:00JOSEPHINE BRACKEN: JOSE RIZAL’S DULCE ESTRANJERAIN “DESCRIPTIONS OF My Life,” her unpopular autobiography, Josephine Bracken described her parents, her childhood, her heartaches, her disappointments, and her first meeting with Dr Jose Rizal. Josephine’s complete name was Josephine Leopoldine McBride Bracken. She was born in Victoria Barracks in Hong Kong on August 9, 1876, to Cpl James Bracken and Elizabeth McBride. She had four siblings—NellyABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836297461020280165.post-21969023185683242892007-12-02T03:43:00.002+08:002008-06-14T14:43:28.606+08:00CROSSOVERS: MEDIA PRACTITIONERS IN THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINESTHE GROWTH AND development of the print and the broadcast media in the Philippines is perhaps unique in Asia because political development was established before economic advancement (Camagay 7; Doronilla 201, 209). This sequence of developments characterized the print and the broadcast media in their impartiality in politics and in their position in shaping the destiny of the nation (Doronilla ABOUT THE BLOGGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04038468102883203923noreply@blogger.com0