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18/07/2024

Ang WOWOWIN SSB2 AY PUMALIT SA PROGRAMA NA NILABAS NOONG JUNE 2023 ANG THE NEW EAT BULAGA SSB2.
ITO ANG PROGRAMA NG BAWAT PILIPINO!
NAGBIBIGAY NG SAYA'T LIGAYA!

02/06/2024

02/06/2024

NEW HEAT RECORD

State weather bureau PAGASA said the highest heat index in the country was recorded in Guiuan, Eastern Samar on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 55ºC.

This broke the record made in Iba, Zambales on April 28 at 53ºC. Heat indexes at 52ºC and up are already considered at “extreme danger level,” which means heat stroke is imminent, PAGASA said.

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02/06/2024

Happy National Flag Days 🇵🇭
May 28 - June 12
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02/06/2024

Saint Erasmus of Formia
Died c.303
Feast Day: June 2
Patronage: sailors, colic in children, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and pains of women in labor, cattle pest, Gaeta and Formia, Italy

Saint Erasmus was the Bishop of Formia in Italy who was martyred during the Diocletian persecution. Legend is that when a blue light (a glow from atmospheric electricity known as St. Elmo’s fire) appears on a masthead of a ship before and after a storm, St. Erasmus was protecting the sailors. He is the patron of intestinal and stomach pains because he was tortured by iron hooks that pulled out his intestines. He is one of the 14 Holy Helpers.

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02/06/2024

On June 2, 1823, Captain Andres Novales of the King's Regiment gathered 800 soldiers to launch a mutiny aimed to take over Manila and declare an independent Philippines. His followers, led by Lieutenant Ruiz and Sergeant Mateo, pronounced Novales as the Emperor of the Philippines, likely patterned after the Mexican example where Agustin de Iturbide assumed the imperial throne the year prior.

Novales's speech prior to their offensive may have been one of the first instances of appealing to the concept of Filipino as hijos del pais (sons of the country, anak ng bayan), contextualized in the perspective of independence. As they marched the city at midnight, they were supposedly met with cheering and waving of banners by residents. In a matter of hours, they managed to occupy key buildings of Intramuros, with Fort Santiago the remaining installation holding out.

Novales believed it was fortuitous that his brother, Lieutenant Mariano Novales, commanded the fort at the time, but he did not yield the fort, offering instead supplies in exchange for sparing Fort Santiago. Meanwhile, the Spanish rushed reinforcements to the city, with Governor General Juan Antonio Martinez leading the forces. Martinez was not present in the city when Novales attacked, as he had earlier ordered for Novales to be sent to Mindanao on the same day, the mutineers resorting instead to executing the previous governor, Mariano Fernandez de Folgueras, among the ranking officers they also killed.

In the afternoon of June 3, 1823, Novales, Ruiz, and 21 other subordinates were executed. The captain's last words were cut short by drum music as the governor feared his words on freedom may inspire another revolt. The troubles of Martinez, however, did not end with Novales's demise. Lieutenant Colonel Jose Santa Romana, in a September 1823 manifesto, attempted to demolish Martinez's claims that he singlehandedly defeated what was perhaps the most serious threat to the colonial capital at the time. Santa Romana cited how it was he who gathered the loyalist troops to fight the mutineers for five hours, the governor returning only from his country house when the tide of the battle turned to their favor.

Mariano Novales, meanwhile, was also meant to be executed even as his actions saved Fort Santiago from falling to the mutineers. When the crowds appealed for his life, he was spared and given his pension. However, it was said that Mariano went mad after the incident.

Learn more about the Novales Revolt and how it had influenced Filipino history: https://history-ph.blogspot.com/2015/06/mutiny-philippines-andres-novales-and.html

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02/06/2024

Facts About History! 📖

On June 2, 1935, General Emilio Aguinaldo became the first among three presidential candidates for the Commonwealth to begin his campaign. Carried by the National Socialist Party, he battles it out with Bishop Gregorio Aglipay and Senator Manuel Quezon for the next five months. How was the party formed and what did Aguinaldo campaign for? Know more about Aguinaldo's bid for the presidency: https://history-ph.blogspot.com/2014/11/alternative-parties-in-philippines_12.html

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29/05/2024

29/05/2024

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬.

Each color tells a story - of courage in the face of struggle, unwavering hope, and the enduring spirit of peace and unity. Every Filipino, wherever they may be, carries a piece of these symbols within them.

Maligayang Araw ng Watawat! 🇵🇭

29/05/2024

How did the current flag of the Philippines evolve through national history?

In accordance to Republic Act No. 8491, May 28 of every year is designated as the National Flag Day. The Filipino flag is defined by law as follows: "The flag of the Philippines shall be blue, white and red with an eight-rayed golden-yellow sun and three five-pointed stars, as consecrated and honored by the people."

Below is an infographic courtesy of Presidential Communications Office which features a brief chronology on the dynamism of the flag of the Philippines throughout the years.

Note on the 1985 "light blue" flag: There was no official change to the flag colors at this time. As per Executive Order No. 1010, s. 1985, it called for "necessary steps to restore the original color of the First Philippine Flag," but did not specify the shade of blue implemented.

Learn more about Filipino history: https://history-ph.blogspot.com/

29/05/2024

May 29 | Saint of the Day

➕ SAINT POPE PAUL VI

Saint Paul VI’s Story

Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. His father, Giorgio, was a lawyer, editor, and eventually a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. His mother, Giuditta, was very involved in Catholic Action.

After ordination in 1920, Giovanni did graduate studies in literature, philosophy, and canon law in Rome before he joined the Vatican Secretariat of State in 1924, where he worked for 30 years. He was also chaplain to the Federation of Italian Catholic University Students, where he met and became a very good friend of Aldo Moro, who eventually became prime minister. Moro was kidnapped by the Red Brigade in March 1978, and murdered two months later. A devastated Pope Paul VI presided at his funeral.

In 1954, Fr. Montini was named archbishop of Milan, where he sought to win disaffected workers back to the Catholic Church. He called himself the “archbishop of the workers” and visited factories regularly while overseeing the rebuilding of a local Church tremendously disrupted by World War II.

In 1958, Montini was the first of 23 cardinals named by Pope John XXIII, two months after the latter’s election as pope. Cardinal Montini helped in preparing Vatican II and participated enthusiastically in its first sessions. When he was elected pope in June 1963, he immediately decided to continue that Council, which had another three sessions before its conclusion on December 8, 1965. The day before Vatican II concluded, Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras revoked the excommunications that their predecessors had made in 1054. The pope worked very hard to ensure that bishops would approve the Council’s 16 documents by overwhelming majorities.

Paul VI had stunned the world by visiting the Holy Land in January 1964, and meeting Athenagoras, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in person. The pope made eight more international trips, including one in 1965, to visit New York City and speak on behalf of peace before the United Nations General Assembly. He also visited India, Columbia, Uganda, and seven Asian countries during a 10-day tour in 1970.

Also in 1965, he instituted the World Synod of Bishops, and the next year decreed that bishops must offer their resignations on reaching age 75. In 1970, he decided that cardinals over 80 would no longer vote in papal conclaves or head the Holy See’s major offices. He had increased the number of cardinals significantly, giving many countries their first cardinal. Eventually establishing diplomatic relations between the Holy See and 40 countries, he also instituted a permanent observer mission at the United Nations in 1964. Paul VI wrote seven encyclicals; his last one in 1968 on human life—Humanae Vitae—prohibited artificial birth control.

Pope Paul VI died at Castel Gandolfo on August 6, 1978, and was buried in St. Peter’s Basilica. He was beatified on October 19, 2014, and canonized on October 14, 2018. Since 2019 his liturgical feast has been celebrated on May 29.

Reflection

Pope Saint Paul’s greatest accomplishment was the completion and implementation of Vatican II. Its decisions about liturgy were the first ones noticed by most Catholics, but its other documents—especially the ones about ecumenism, interfaith relations, divine revelation, religious liberty, the Church’s self-understanding and the Church’s work with the entire human family—have become the Catholic Church’s road map since 1965.

Saint Pope Paul VI, Pray for us!

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29/05/2024

Blessed Rolando Rivi
1931-1945
Feast Day: May 29

Blessed Rolando Rivi was a young seminarian from a strong Catholic farming family in Italy. He was martyred by the Communist partisans after he refused to stop wearing his cassock. He is a role model for seminarians and youth because of his determination to stay true to the faith in the face of persecution and danger. “I belong to Jesus.” was his mantra. He’s a martyr for Catholic identity.

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29/05/2024

Saint Bona of Pisa
1156 - 1207
Feast Day: May 29
Patronage: flight attendants, travelers, pilgrims and travel guides

Saint Bona was born in Pisa, Italy. A child of a single mother, she experienced many visions and dedicated herself to God at the age of ten, becoming an Augustinian tertiary. At fourteen she went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to find her father who was fighting in the Crusades. On the way home she was captured by Muslim pirates and imprisoned and later rescued. She made many pilgrimages to the Holy Land. She had a great devotion to St. James and made the pilgrimage of St. James (Santiago de Compostela) nine times. On the tenth trip she returned home due to illness and died.

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29/05/2024

Sugatan ang isang madreng 75-taong-gulang matapos pagbabarilin sa kaniyang dormitoryo sa Kawayan, Biliran, ayon sa ulat ng Unang Balita nitong Miyerkoles.

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27/05/2024

May 27 | Saint of the Day

➕ SAINT AUGUSTINE of Canterbury

Also known as
• Apostle to the Anglo-Saxons
• Apostle to the English
• Austin of Canterbury

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Monk and abbot of Saint Andrew's abbey in Rome, Italy. Sent by Pope Saint Gregory the Great with 40 brother monks, including Saint Lawrence of Canterbury to evangelize the British Isles in 597. Before he reached the islands, terrifying tales of the Celts sent him back to Rome in fear, but Gregory told him he had no choice, and so he went. He established and spread the faith throughout England; one of his earliest converts was King AEthelberht who brought 10,000 of his people into the Church. Ordained as a bishop in Gaul (modern France) by the archbishop of Arles. First Archbishop of Canterbury, England. Helped re-establish contact between the Celtic and Latin churches, though he could not establish his desired uniformity of liturgy and practices between them. Worked with Saint Justus of Canterbury. Anglican Archbishops of Canterbury are still referred to as occupying the Chair of Augustine.

Born
at Rome, Italy

Died
• 26 May 605 in Canterbury, England of natural causes
• relics interred outside the church of Saints Peter and Paul, Canterbury, a building project he had started

Patronage
England

Representation
bishop baptizing a king

Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Pray for us!
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Saint Melangell
Died: c. 590
Feast Day: May 27
Patronage: hares, rabbits, small animals, and the natural environment

Saint Melangell was a Welsh virgin who pursued a solitude life of prayer as a hermit. Legend has it that a Scottish prince of Powys was hunting with his dogs in hot pursuit of a rabbit. It hid placidly in the clothing of St. Melangell, which greatly surprised the prince. The dogs cowered and fled. At this miracle, the prince gave St. Melangell land where she established a community of women religious. Pilgrims today travel to this site called Pennant Melangell.

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24/05/2024

The Philippine peso ended the week at 58-per-dollar level.

The local currency shed six centavos to close at P58.19:$1 on Friday from P58.13:$1 on Thursday.

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24/05/2024

24/05/2024

METRO MANILA: Bahagyang huhupa na ang init at alinsangan sa weekend dahil sa inaasahang maulang panahon dulot ng bagyong .

🌡️Forecast Max Temp Tomorrow: 36°C
🥵Forecast Max Heat Index Tomorrow: 42°C

24/05/2024

MORNING PRAYER

Lord, You have saved me, delivered me, redeemed me, and changed me. My entire life is marked by Your supernatural goodness and mercy!

24/05/2024

Saint Julia of Corsica
Died: 5th century
Feast day: May 23
Patronage: torture victims, pathologies of the hands and the feet, Corsica, France, Brescia and Livorno, Italy

Saint Julia Corsica, also known as Saint Julia of Carthage, was born in Carthage to a noble family. In 616, the city was conquered by the Vandals and she was captured and sold as a slave to the pagan merchant, Eusebius. St. Julia’s beauty, her faithfulness, and abilities as a hard worker proved her worth to her master. In 620, while traveling to France, Eusebius stopped at a pagan festival. The Governor tried to make Julia sacrifice to their gods but she refused. He even offered to buy her from Eusebius. "No,” Eusebius replied, "All you own will not buy her. I would willingly lose the most valuable thing in the world rather than lose her.” So while Eusebius slept, the governor kidnapped, tortured and crucified Julia. Her relics are in Brescia, Italy at a Benedictine Abby.

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24/05/2024

On May 24, 1570, the Battle of Manila began. The Spanish led by Master-of-camp Martin de Goiti, accompanied by allied warriors from the Visayas who they called "pintados" (painted), charted the waters of Mindoro and Batangas before finally reaching what is now Manila Bay, which coast Goiti saw was ruled by at least two leaders, Lakandula (Lacandola) of Tondo and Rajah Sulayman (Soliman) of Manila. Eventually, Goiti was informed that at least 40 towns were situated by the shore alone.

Initially, the Spanish sought to discuss peace with who they perceived as "Moros" (Moor), and conducted a sanduguan (blood compact) with them. The pintados served as interpreters. The Spanish did not demand tribute at this time, but both sides apparently doubted each other's motives right from the start.

Some of the Chinese came to the side of the Spanish with gifts and asked for their protection. A number of Japanese were also found in Manila. One of them claimed to be a Christian, but was labelled by his companions as one of the Moro artillerymen. Nonetheless, their concern seemed to be uniform - they all professed that Sulayman was a menace, complaining that the ruler of Manila took away their merchandise without proper payment. Lakandula, meanwhile, had another way of dealing with Chinese merchants - buying their wares and then selling them inland for a profit.

Some of the Moros from the other neighboring towns also conferred with Goiti and raised their dissatisfaction with Sulayman, who supposedly raided them. Whether or not these grievances were proven, the possibility of Sulayman's enemies taking advantage of the Spanish arrival as leverage may not be discounted. After all, Sulayman was vocal against the abuses of the Spanish, which might have reached Goiti's attention as well.

On the other side of the negotiating table, Rajah Sulayman and Lakandula had been assembling massive forces. One account even claimed that by the time of the battle, there were a hundred Moro troops for every one Spaniard. Besides this land force, the local navy was also immense, numbering more than 500 ships. Despite Lakandula's friendly facade when they met with the Spanish, he was eager to strike first and asked for Sulayman's aid. The latter, however, was said to have chosen to wait for the fall of rain, which he believed would have nullified the fi****ms of the Spanish.

Meanwhile, a reconnaissance mission gone wrong persuaded Goiti to fire a cannon to recall his troops from the coast. Perhaps seeing this as a signal for attack, the Moros jumped into action and fired their own guns without waiting for Sulayman's hope for rain. Estimated to have at least 13 pieces of artillery, the Spanish immediately seized the enemy guns before burning Manila. The Moros did not take any chances as they retreated inland. Some 100 deaths were reported by the Spanish in the aftermath, with 80 more taken as prisoners.

The awaited rain came after the battle, pouring over the town engulfed in flames.

Witnesses who claim to have seen Sulayman's former residence estimate that its furniture alone cost over 5,000 ducats, an amount greater than the loan provided in William Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. They also claim that there were more cannons inside, some still being crafted, but were eventually melted by the ravaging fire.

Goiti waited for two days to reestablish communications with the locals, perhaps to seek further exploration of the Tagalog areas upstream, but upon being advised by their Visayas allies to set sail to avoid being caught by the habagat (southwest monsoon), the Spanish eventually left with the Chinese traders who offered their friendship. Promising to return at about the same time next year, the Chinese sought to trade with the Spanish.

Although the Spanish may want to claim victory in Manila, much of Sulayman's and Lakandula's forces were preserved. They were able to retain their hold in their realms, at least until the return of the Spanish the following year, 1571. Learn more about Manila at the time of the Spanish arrival in the Philippines: https://history-ph.blogspot.com/2017/03/fire-power.html

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