10 Things You Didn’t Know About Jose Rizal One of two self-portraits (the first was lost‚ presumably destroyed during the war). This one shows Rizal at age 26‚ which was given to his friend Ferdinand Blumentritt. Rizal was a penny-pincher. As chronicled in Ambeth Ocampo’s Rizal Without the Overcoat‚ Rizal was once invited to a New Year’s potluck party where he was assigned to bring champagne. He did not like the idea‚ and throughout the merrymaking‚ he lectured everybody and advised against drinking
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Batangas: A world class and eco-friendly tourist destination in this part of Southern Luzon I. VISION Batangas Province: A world – class destination with ecologically balanced and sustainable development‚ state-of-the-art infrastructure‚ home of God-loving and family-centered people‚ governed by dedicated and professional political leadership‚ committed to one vision and shared responsibilities geared towards better quality of life for all Batangueños. II. MISSION Batangas Province is committed
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not attain the independence they have fought for. Sometime in 1901-1902‚ the Brigandage Law was implemented. In the shadows‚ Macario Leon Saka carried on the radicals of the fallen Republic through the establishment of the Tagalog Republic. Sakay and the members of the Tagalog Republic had been branded as bandits or “bandoleros” conspiring against Americans. His final objective in his intrigue was to achieve the independence from the USA’s colonial rule. This group of people‚ these “bandoleros” were
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sportswear‚ and swim wear. The search served as an opportune time for the aspirants to display their talents in front of the feasting eyes of the audience. In the last appearance on the catwalk‚ the candidates were wearing the Filipiana and Barong Tagalog costume. Beauty is nothing if the brain is empty‚ an aphorism that is behind every search for Mr. and Miss‚ hence‚ the question and answer
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Main Article: Filipino folk music Philippine gong music can be divided into two types: the flat gong commonly known as gangsa and played by the groups in the Cordillera region of the bossed gongs played among the Islam and animist groups in the Southern Philippines. Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines‚ along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Different groups have different ways of playing the kulintang. Two major groups seem
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HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE COURT-MARTIAL OF THE BONIFACIO BROTHERS Immediately upon the arrival of the prisoners in Naic‚ the investigation began. Conducted by COL. JOSE LIPANA – judge advocate & COL. JOSE ELISES – fiscal( prosecuting attorney). On the 3rd day (MAY 1)‚ the investigation was transferred to that town on account of the approaching Spanish attack launched by GOVERNOR GENERAL FERNANDO PRIMO DE RIVERA(MARQUES DE ESTELA) successor of GENERAL POLAVIEJA. Judge
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Jose Garcia Villa (August 5‚ 1908 – February 7‚ 1997) was a Filipino poet‚ literary critic‚ short story writer‚ and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973‚ as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken. He is known to have introduced the "reversed consonance rime scheme" in writing poetry‚ as well as the extensive use of punctuation marks—especially commas‚ which made him known as the Comma Poet. He used the penname Doveglion (derived
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origin. A favorite story is thatof Sampaloc Lake - the largest and most beautiful of the seven lakes. Once upon a time there lives in the northern side of San pablo a well-to-do but childless couple. Theyhas a large garden of tamarind (sampaloc in Tagalog) trees which bore the sweetest fruits in all theland. many people from far and wide heard of the tamarind trees. And many of them wanted to tastethe sweet tamarind fruits.The couple felt very proud of their rich possession. They built a fence around
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a cheaper and a skin-friendly prevention for foot odour. Calamansi‚ calamondin‚ Philippine lime – this versatile citrus fruit is the secret ingredient to many mouthwatering Filipino delicacies such as pancit palabok‚ Leyte kinilaw‚ beefsteak Tagalog‚ and arroz caldo. One of the most basic Filipino dipping sauces is made with soy sauce and calamansi juice‚ called toyomansi; and a simple‚ yet flavorful marinade is a blend of soy sauce‚ calamansi juice‚ vinegar‚ pepper‚ and garlic. While many growers
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a college in Manila. His mother‚ who had a good business sense managed some small enterprise‚ also studies at a Manila college. Rizal was a precocious child. At the age of two‚ he could already recite the alphabet and‚ at four write sentences in Tagalog as well as Spanish. Rizal had his first formal education‚ which consisted of Latin and arithmetic‚ with a private tutor. He was about seven when his parents enrolled him at a school in town. But after only a few weeks‚ he told his parents that his
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