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His boxing prowess has brought him to the limelight. So many things have been written about him - mostly good things but controversy always hounds the famous. He now has his own column "KUMBINASYON" where he can express his thoughts and communicate to the world. October 6, 2007 - I was with my mother, her classmates and my husband in a home in Pasig Green Park where they had a mini reunion. In the midst of their celebration, we watched enthusiastically his bout with Antonio Barrera from a television set in the corner of the party area. In between intermissions, they'd sing and talk, but when the next round came, all eyes would be focused to the screen everyone cheering him on. Manny Pacquiao won by unanimous decision. Truly he is a Filipino that makes us proud to be a Filipino. |
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competed in sports like volleyball etc. What was notable at the LTO Head Office were automobile displays most particularly, the Philippine Air Conditioned JUMBO JEEPNEY equipped with a brand new ISUZU ENGINE, transmission, axle & accessories. Franchising is open nationwide. For more information, visit your nearest LTO/LTFRB Agency. This is one viable project that is worth being considered by the Filipino Entrepreneurs. |
thrust towards awakening the global consciousness to a greener earth is supported by various movements all over the world. The Philippines has joined the energy race. SINAG - is the first Philippines Solar-powered car. It is a showcase of Filipino Engineering ingenuity. It boasts of the highest efficient commercially available solar cell in the world and was conceptualized and built by the dedicated students and faculty of De La Salle University-Manila, with the help and partnership of the Philippine Solar Car Society, Inc. which has in its roster some of the biggest names in local industry: Ford Group Philippines, San Miguel Corporation, Motolite, Shell, SunPower, Philippine Airlines, and Ventus. The Society also counts among its members Aurora, Cabrera Lavadia and Associates, JWT, Creasia, Merritt Partners, Tuason Training School, Gochermann Solar Technology, and Stratworks, Inc. Meantime, in Makati City, two (2) electric-powered jeepneys have been launched in the public service routes of the Business center in a trial run for six (6) months. |
Why the Barong Tagalog is the national dress of the Philippines. During the Spanish occupation of the Philippines (over 300 years the difference between the rich and the poor. He said that the poor who serve the rich must always be in uniform. Take their chauffeurs, maids, and employees as examples. They are in uniform to immediately distinguish them from the employers. When the Spaniards colonized the Filipinos, they had to make it abundantly clear who the boss was through the imposition of a dress code. Men were not allowed to tuck their shirttails in. That was the mark of his inferior status. Second, the cloth material should be transparent so that he could not conceal any weapon that could be used against the masters. Third, as a precaution on thievery, pockets are not allowed on the shirt. By the turn of the century a new middle class began to emerge among the Filipinos. These were known as the principalia. They have mastered Spanish laws and were able to obtain title to lands. They became successful in business and agriculture and sent their sons to be educated abroad. They were privileged to build their houses in the poblacion around the plaza near the seats of power. Only a member of the principalia could be addressed by the title DON, and only they were allowed to vote. They had all the trappings of power and status, but for one undeniable fact: they still had to wear their shirttails out, if only to remind them that they were still Indios. What the Spanish authorities did not smother out was the Filipino's will power and determination to psychological conquer their colonial masters, through improvisation and reinterpretation. The Filipino's stylistic bongga (flashy dresser) was a reaction against the overt discrimination and insensitive oppression of the Spaniards. For example, Filipinos were forbidden to use imported silk and fabrics for their Barong, so they ingeniously used pineapple leaves to weave the pinya jusi cloth of the barong, turning the outfit into such delicate material, of luminous silky rich mixture much finer than silk. And to add insult to injury, they hand- embroidered the front with such exquisite abandon: Calado and hand- work all over. Palgrave, the ethnographer noted, "The capitan's shirt was the native barong, of fine and delicate fiber, embroidered and frilled; it was light and cool and not tucked in the trousers". (Corpuz, 74) The Barong Tagalog gained its power, prestige, and status when President Quezon, the first Filipino president, declared it the National dress. The status of the lowly inferior Barong thus became another symbol of Filipinos' resistance to colonization. After World War II, Philippine presidents began wearing the Barong Tagalog at their installation into office and on every formal state occasion. In contemporary times the Barong Tagalog is the power dress. As an abogado de campanilla, you cannot afford not to wear the Barong Tagalog when arguing a case in Philippine courts. Today, every visitor and foreign dignitary invited to a Malacanang Palace state function must, by necessity, and dictated by protocol, be dressed to the nines in a Barong Tagalog. The invitations specifically say come in "Barong" instead of the traditional "Coat and Tie". Thus, every one invited to dinner at the Presidential Palace and in many Filipino homes will unknowingly and unwittingly have to experience directly, what it feels to have to wear his shirt tails out, to suffer the indignity of having the material of his barong transparent so that he can not conceal any weapon; and horrors, to be accused directly of incipient thievery by having no pockets in his barong to put the silver. So, when El Senor Spanish Ambassador is invited to a state dinner, you can say, "Ah, what sweet revenge!" (buti nga!!! ) Very interesting! Wouldn't you be proud of yourself and your heritage while wearing a Barong Tagalog? |