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Rommel N. Angara Rommel N. Angara | Born | 20 August 1980
Baler, Aurora, Philippines |
Rommel N. Angara (born August 20, 1980) is a minor contemporary writer in English and Filipino from the town of Baler in the province of Aurora in the Central Luzon region in the Philippines. Some of his literary works are Sipag-Pinoy, the Pambata magazine, and The Modern Teacher. |
Family background
He was born into a lower-class family consisting of five children of whom he is the youngest. His father, Rodolfo R. Angara, Sr., a Tayabeño, is a radio repairman, while his mother, Milagros D. Nazareno, a Bicolana, is a housekeeper. In his early teens, he endured separation from his mother, who had to avoid his father's domestic violence. A victim of a broken family, he resorted to prose and poetry writing, where he found comfort and solace, even in his isolation.
Education
He completed his high school education at Mount Carmel College (Baler, Aurora), where he graduated valedictorian in 1997, receiving a few other meritorious awards. Soon after, he took the Bachelor of Secondary Education course, with English as his major, in the same school, but caught in a dire financial situation, he left the course unfinished until he managed to resume his studies eight years after.
Literary works
Among his works that appeared in publications of national circulation are as follows: * Why Do They Cut Me, Lord? (Pambata magazine, Vol. XX, No. 3, August 1998) - a kiddie poem of protest against indiscriminate tree-cutting * Ituro N'yo sa 'Kin ang Magpakababa (Teach Me to Humble Myself) (Sipag-Pinoy, Vol. IX, No. 3, May 2001) - a prayer poem asking for divine instruction on humility * Ang mga Griego at ang mga Judio Pagdating ng Kristo (The Greeks and the Jews upon the Arrival of the Christ) (Sipag-Pinoy, Vol. X, No. 2, April 2002) - a narrative poem recounting how the Greeks and the Jews anticipated the coming of the Messiah * Ako'y Tunay na Pangahas! (I'm Truly Daring!) (Sipag-Pinoy, Vol. X, No. 3, June 2002) - a narrative poem highlighting the importance of faithful adherence to paternal teachings on moral uprightness * Manuel L. Quezon III Let us focus more on how Former President Manuel Manuel L. Quezon III get involved in the field of Literature. Manuel L. Quzon (born 30 May 1970) is a prominent Philippine journalist, essayist, blogger and political pundit, both on TV and in print. Timeline in the Life of Manuel L. Quezon |
-> The first president (1935 - 1944) of the Philippine Commonwealth
-> known as the Father of the Filipino Language
-> Born on August 19, 1878 in Baler, Tayabas (Now Aurora)
-> Both parents are grade school teachers although his father was a retired soldier
-> Served as second liuetenant and later captain during the Phil-American War
-> Finished Law at UST and passed the Bar in 1903 at fourth place
-> At 27, elected as Governor for Tayabas (Now Quezon) Province
-> At 29, elected to the Philippine Assembly
-> Became Resident Commisioner in Washington from 1909 to 1916
-> At 40, elected as First Senate President in 1918
-> At 57, elected as President under the Commonwealth Government
-> Died of tuberculosis on August 1, 1944 in Saranac Lake, New York |
Manuel L. Qoezon is a well known as the Father of the Philippines independence.” He devoted the greater part of his life in fighting for the freedom of the Philippines. As the first Philippine resident Commisioner in Washington D.C,. he stood for “complete, absolute, immediate independence.” In 1916, he secured the passage of the jones Law creating an elective of all Filipino HOue of Representative and Senate, He became th first President of the Philippine Commonwealth. He subsequently became the first president of the commonwealth. When the Japanese invaded the country, he went to Washington as the leader of the Philippine government-in-exile. He died before the Philippines was Proclaimed am independence Republic. On Spain’s Contribution to the Philippines was a speech he delivered in Manila on January 11, 1936.
Family Background
Quezón, was born in Baler in the district of El Príncipe[1] (which later became Baler, Tayabas, now Baler, Aurora). His Spanish parents were Lucio Quezón and María Dolores Molina. His father was a primary grade school teacher from Paco, Manila, and also a retired Sergeant in the Spanish colonial army, while his mother was a primary grade school teacher in their hometown. In 1898, his father Lucio and his brother Pedro were ambushed and killed by armed men while on their way home to Baler from Nueva Ecija.. In his personal life, he has His grandson, Manuel L. "Manolo" Quezón III (born 1970), a prominent writer.