Source: GMA News.tv
Senate lauded for passing Freedom of Info bill on 2nd reading
Members of the multi-sectoral Right to Know. Right Now! network will march to the Senate on Monday to congratulate and thank the senators for the passage of Senate Bill 3308, or the Freedom of...
Querubin, wife face charges for attacking detained soldier
Detained military Col. Ariel Querubin and his wife Maria Flor are facing charges for allegedly manhandling a fellow detained officer inside the Armed Forces headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo.
Vandals hit Cory, Ninoy streamers in Manila
Unidentified persons on Saturday vandalized a number of streamers bearing the faces of the late President Corazon "Cory" Aquino and her husband, slain Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., in Manila.
Duque still DOH chief, Remonde says
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III would retain his post, Malacañang said on Sunday, following speculations that he had been appointed chairman of the Civil service Commission.
LTFRB, Coast Guard prepare for Christmas exodus
Anticipating the yearly Christmas exodus to the provinces, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Philippine Coast Guard have taken special measures for travelers’ safe...
Remonde: Palace had 1-week timetable for martial law
Now it can be told: Malacañang had a one-week timetable for the imposition of martial law over Maguindanao province, in the wake of last month’s massacre and a supposed rebellion there.
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Universal Records to release TVXQ’s 'Mirotic' in RP
Filipino fans of K-pop boy band TVXQ (aka DBSK or Dong Bang Shin Ki) are excited about the local release of the group’s The 3rd Asia Tour Concert “Mirotic” Live 2-CD album under Universal Record Philippines.
Tanya Garcia shifts to beauty biz
Charming movie star Tanya Garcia was never expected to venture into the beauty business as she has been living comfortably and more than adequately – with her semi-retirement from showbiz.
Rufa Mae hopes to settle down next year
Hailed as Best Comedy Actress (“Bubble Gang”) at the 23rd Star Awards for Television, Rufa Mae Quinto is reaping the fruits of her hard work.
Jay-Z, Susan Boyle linger at number one
Jay-Z continues to lord it atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “Empire State Of Mind.”
Cesar Montano joins fun run, starts next movie
Actor Cesar Montano joined the Mega Sardines Healthy Heart Marathon in Baclayon, Bohol, on Dec. 6 where he finished the five-kilometer run in 22 minutes.
2NE1 voted Best New Artist in online poll
2NE1, the K-pop female quartet with Sandara Park as member, won as Best New Artist for 2009 in an online poll participated in by Filipino fans.
Sigourney Weaver takes us farther away in ‘Avatar’
Sigourney Weaver who has long been regarded as one of the best actresses working today, stars in “Avatar,” a sci-fi breakthrough from filmmaker James Cameron.
Manchester-Papin back-to-back concert cancelled
Viva Entertainment has announced the cancellation of the Melissa Manchester and Imelda Papin concert slated on Dec. 19 at the Philippine International Convention Center.
Aiza, Karylle, Luke, & Renz at MBC National Choral Competition
Aiza Seguerra, Karylle, and Luke Mejares are alternately featured as guest performers when the semifinals of the MBC National Choral Competition get underway on Dec. 15-18 at the Aliw Theater, Star City Complex, Pasay City.
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
SEA Games: 100m record broken, Thailand top
Ferrera takes gold in hammer, Rosie Villarito in javelin; RP takes men’s team tennis
VIENTIANE, Laos - Indonesia's Suryo Agung Wibowo broke his own Southeast Asian Games 100 meters record on the first day of track and field Sunday as Thailand pulled clear at the top of the medals table.
PBA: Beermen halt Giants' streak
MANILA- San Miguel Beer stopped Purefoods Tender Juicy’s four-game winning streak with an 87-80 win Sunday night in the KFC-Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
Klitschko, Darchinyan defend titles
MANILA, Philippines – WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and WBA and WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan successfully defended their titles Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
UP survives five-set thriller over La Salle
UST remains unbeatenMANILA, Philippines – University of the Philippines weathered a late comeback by De La Salle University to fashion out a pulsating 25-18, 25-23, 23-25, 28-30, 15-11 squeaker in the 72nd UAAP men’s volleyball tournament.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal (April 7, 1871–April 18, 1928) was most distinguished as a Filipino historian, intellectual titan, literary critic, jurist, antiquarian and patriot. He was appointed director of the Philippine National Museum and Library by Governor General Leonard Wood in 1925.
Famous Name
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (commonly known as EDSA), the main road through Metro Manila, was named in honor of him. Several schools, streets, a college and even a hospital were also named after him. There is an Epifanio De Los Santos Auditorium in the Philippine National Library.
His name when translated from Spanish means "Epiphany of the saints".
Humble Beginnings
He was born in 1871 in Malabon, Rizal, to an affluent hacendero Escolastico de los Santos of Nueva Ecija and harpist or pianist Antonina Cristóbal of Malabón. He studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he obtained a summa cum laude of Bachelor of Arts degree and at the University of Santo Tomas where he finished his law studies. As a young man he was humbled by the feat of his classmates and study mates of their fluency in Spanish and had grown a liking and desire to learn Spanish though admiration of a novel entitled "Pepita Jimenez" of the Spanish realist, named Juan Valera. According to Agoncillo, "nobody suspected that he would someday become a literary man". His home in Intramuros became the meeting place of the finest and young cultured nationalistic literary clique comprising of Cecilio Apóstol (Catulo), Fernando Ma. Guerrero (Fulvio Gil), Jose Palma, Rafael Palma (Hapon), Jaime C. De Veyra, Macario Pineda, Mariano V. Del Rosario (Tito-Tato), Salvador V. Del Rosario(X. Juan Tagalo) and Jose G. Abreu (Kaibigan). According to Wenceslao E. Retana, most of the men who contribute largely to the most brilliant period or Golden Age in Philippine-Spanish Literature were those same men who gathered every Thursday at Don Panyong's entresuelo.
"When I left the University of Santo Tomas, I had but a smattering of Spanish. My friends made sport of me. What keen mortification did I suffer at my ignorance! One day, no longer able to stand the jeerings of my friends, I made up my mind to learn Spanish. I purchased a dozen good novels and began to read. I did not spend hours over a grammar, but just kept on reading, taking care to remember the idioms. In the meantime my library grew. At the end of three years my knowledge of Spanish and of literature in general was far beyond that of my friends. It was then my turn to laugh!" (Hartendorp, "Don Pañong –Genius ")
Exemplary Service
Aside from his intense passion for the arts and culture, Don Panyong as he was fondly called was short-lived in politics due to his daring independence and popular literary criticisms to officials. Being an all around intellectual his scholarly criticisms whether art, literature and politics were constructive and lively as it gets. He published Rizal's story entitled "Los Animales de Suan," a satire of the political satraps of the time because of the conditions that still persisted among many officials even after the Spanish sovereignty. He has an intellect of the first magnitude and never runs out of humor. He was appointed district attorney of San Isidro, Nueva Ecija. He was later elected as governor of Nueva Ecija in 1902 and 1904. His election victory made him the first democratically elected provincial governor and head of the Federal Party in Nueva Ecija. Being a member of the Philippine Commission, he was immediately considered as one of those worthy Filipino intellectuals to represent the prestigious and controversial Saint Louis World's Fair in 1904. After his stint as governor, he was appointed provincial fiscal of Bulacan and Bataan provinces. He even wrote a controversial treatise on electoral fraud "Electoral Fraud and its Remedies" (Fraudes Electorales y Sus Remedios) in 1907 for the Philippine Assembly. On the side, he devoted his spare time to researches in Philippine history and literature establishing himself as a historian, bibliographer and collector of Filipiniana. Portions of his collections where destroyed when fires hit his house in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija. According to his descendants, he was asked so many times by famous historical figures to run for Presidency but he just never like dirty politics. In 1918, he was appointed by Gov. Gen. Francis Burton Harrison as Technical Director of the Philippine Census. The last and most significant position Delos Santos held was Director of the Philippine National Museum and Library, to which was appointed by Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood in 1925.
An American historian, Austin Craig, says to him:
" When he assumed the position of Director, at the sacrifice of the comfort of his independent means gave him, he abandoned all his collecting and gave the same zeal to the furtherance of the government's interest that had made his own collection in works, paintings, sculpture, furniture, and all other lines of artistic Philippines unrivaled. The Library and Museum profited by his administration more than under any of his predecessors, counting that their work was adding largely known collections by purchases made possible by legislative appropriation."
Title Earned
He died in office on April 18, 1928. The Philippine government paid him a tribute to a stately funeral. Local and foreign scholars lamented to a loss to what has been described by them as the "Great among the Great Filipino Scholars".
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 21:23-27.
When he had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?"Jesus said to them in reply, "I shall ask you one question, and if you answer it for me, then I shall tell you by what authority I do these things.Where was John's baptism from? Was it of heavenly or of human origin?" They discussed this among themselves and said, "If we say 'Of heavenly origin,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'Of human origin,' we fear the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet."So they said to Jesus in reply, "We do not know." He himself said to them, "Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
indefeasible • \in-dih-FEE-zuh-bul\ • adjective
: not capable of being annulled or voided or undone
Example Sentence:
After his father's untimely demise, which reeked of foul play, Prince Nikolai took to the throne as was his indefeasible right as the king's eldest son.
Did you know?
We acquired "indefeasible" in the mid-16th century by combining the English prefix "in-" ("not") with "defeasible," a word borrowed a century earlier from Anglo-French. "Defeasible" itself can be traced to an Old French verb meaning "to undo" or "to destroy." It's no surprise, then, that something indefeasible is essentially "un-undoable" or "indestructible." Another member of this family of words is "feasible," meaning "capable of being done or carried out." Ultimately, all three -- "indefeasible," "defeasible," and "feasible" -- can be traced back to the Latin verb "facere," meaning "to do."
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of life
Know your true value Harish Kumar
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a 500 $ note. In the room of 200 People.
He asked, “Who would like this 500 $ note?”
Hands started going up.
He said, “I am going to give this note to one of you but first let me do this.”
He proceeded to crumple the note up.
He then asked, “Who still wants it?”
Still the hands were up in the air.
“Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?”
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty.
“Now who still wants it?”
Still the hands went into the air.
“My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson.
No matter what I did to the money.
You still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth 500 $/-.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen.
Never lose your value.
You are special. Don’t ever forget it! Never let yesterday’s disappointments overshadow tomorrow’s dreams.
“VALUE HAS A VALUE ONLY IF ITS VALUE IS VALUED”
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Never lie to a woman
A man called home to his wife and said, “Honey I have been asked to go fishing up in Canada with my boss & several of his friends.
We’ll be gone for a week. This is a good opportunity for me to get that promotion I’v been wanting, so could you please pack enough clothes for a week and set out my rod and fishing box, we’re Leaving from the office & i will swing by the house to pick my things up” ” Oh! Please pack my new blue silk pajamas. “The wife thinks this sounds a bit fishy but being the good wife she is, did exactly what her husband asked.
The following weekend he came home a little tired but otherwise looking good.The wife welcomed him home and asked if he caught many fish?
He said, “Yes! lots of salmon, some bluegill, and a few swordfish. But why didn’t you pack my new blue silk pajamas like I asked you to do?
You’ll love the answer…
The wife replied, “I did. They’re in your fishing box …..”
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