Lifted from Project Vinta 31 January 2024 Noong Enero 30, 1924 ipinanganak sa Tondo, Maynila si Liwayway Arceo , isang tanyag na manunulat, kwentista, editor, at scriptwriter. Anak siya sina Gregorio Arceo at Amada Ablaza. Bata pa lamang ay kinakitaan na siya ng talino. Nanguna siya sa kanyang klase sa mga antas na primarya at intermedya at naging mag-aaral na may karangalan sa Mataas na Paaralang Torres. Papasok sana siya sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas nang na may kursong peryodismo ngunit piniling maging manunulat.  Nailathala ang isa niyang maiksing katha sa Taliba noong 1941. Dalawang taon pa lamang matapos nito, nasungkit na niya ang ikalawang parangal para sa kaniyang akdang maikling kwento na ang pamagat ay "Uhaw ang Tigang na Lupa" sa paligsahan na isinagawa ng Liwayway Publications na "25 Pinakamahusay na Maikling Kwento ng 1943".  Nagsimula siyang makilala lalo ng publko nang maging manunulat, tapagpagsalin, at announcer sa himpilang PIAM noong 1943. Nang sum...

Lifted from JV Occena 22 January 2024 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖?  𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 ↦ Largest City in the Philippines 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝘂 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 ↦ Oldest City in the Philippines 𝗧𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗺 ↦ Music Capital of the South 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗹 ↦ Phil. Island Garden City 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 ↦ Banana Capital 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶 ↦ Coconut City of the South 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗼𝘀 ↦ Clay Capital of Mindanao 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮 ↦ Banana Capital of Davao 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻 ↦ City at the foot of Mt Apo 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 ↦ Durian Capital, Cacao Capital 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗹 ↦ Ilonggo City of the South 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 ↦ Tuna Capital  𝗕𝘂𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗼𝗻 ↦ Pineapple Capital 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆 ↦ Summer Capital of the South 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗼 ↦ Fruit Basket and King City of the South 𝗖𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗼 ↦ City of Golden Friendship 𝗜𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻 ↦ Oil Palm Capital of the Philippines 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻 ↦ Island Born of Fire 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗮𝗶, 𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗶 𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗶 ↦ Venice of the South 𝗖𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗼 ↦ Land of Mightiest Mountain 𝗟𝗮𝗻?...

Lifted from Joffre Balce  Shared on FB 29 November 2023 AN ENEMY OF HISTORY If you have always found history boring, you are going to enjoy this .  At about the same time as Hannibal was in Italy (that is, shortly after 220 BC), an emperor was ruling over China who hated history so much that, in 213 bc, he ordered all history books and all old reports and records to be burnt, along with all collections of songs and poems and the writings of Confucius and Lao-tzu - in fact everything he considered to be useless rubbish. The only books he permitted were ones on agriculture and other useful subjects. Anybody found in possession of any other sort of book was to be put to death. This emperor was Shih Huang-ti, the first emperor of all China and one of the greatest warriors there has ever been. He was not born into an imperial family but was the son of one of the princes who ruled the many Chinese provinces. His province was called Ch'in, from which his family took its name, and it ...

16 January 2024 Lifted from FB THE WITCH By: Jun Abines The woman is busy sucking blood Sitting on the throne the man she loves Her name may sound like royalty But her state of mind is still in poverty She loves to swim in wine and whiskey When clean and sober she isn't happy Now that the emperor is her honey She hauls the gold silver and money Her book does not define delicadeza She feels more privileged than Monaliza Her mother-in-law is her role model More rich and famous than the devil Let hundred ten million people suffer Six years is short to fill the coffer She raids all sources of funds to dry And leave the people in the streets to die They're busy flying around the world The whole archipelago is already sold Let the wars erupt in the South China Sea They don't care for all the world to see She is the boss and calls the shots She'll plunder the bank while we watch The King is floating on cloud nine While dogs are being wined and dined Everyone sees all these plu...

15 June 2024 Updated by  JV Occena (6 January 2018) Happy Birthday po Lolo Arturo Dancel.. "FAMILY, like branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.." HON. ARTURO DANCEL Commandant during the Philippine Revolution Malolos Congress Delegate (Founding Fathers) 1st Congressman of Mindoro (1898-1901) Pioneer Member of Partido Federal (1901-07) 2nd Governor of Rizal Province (1904-06) Freemason (33rd Degree-highest) #DancelinPhilippineHistory DON ARTURO DE LA PAZ DANCEL was born on January 6, 1863 from an elite gentry family in the town of Marikina. He was a Judge. He was married to Doña Gertrudis de Jesus who died in 1890 and then married Doña Eufemia Rivera y Alvaro who was born on September 16, 1862 at Aguila St., Tondo, Manila. Doña Eufemia was the daughter of Jose Rivera y Santos & Augustina Alvaro y Buntan. Her siblings were Maria, Casimira, Vicente, Giralda and Petrona Rivera. Don Arturo Dancel died in 1915. Arturo Dancel was ap...