Monday, November 26, 2018

TRIBUTE for DR. FE DEL MUNDO 



*Google honors maternal and child health icon Dr. Fe del Mundo with doodle (November 27, 2018 Tuesday)

Location: Manila Philippines 
Wayback 1911- 2011

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Fe Villanueva del Mundo - Born November 27, 1911 in Intramuros Manila and she died on August 6, 2011 after suffering Cardiac Arrest in Quezon city
*She was a filipino Pediatrician
*Her pioneering work in pediatrics in the Philippines in an active medical practices that spanned 8 decades
*The first woman admitted as a student of the Harvard Medical School
*She founded the first Pediatric Hospital in the Philippines (The Children’s Medical Center of the philippines in 1957)
*Won her international resignation including the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service in 1977
*In 1980, President Ferdinand Marcos named Fe del Mundo as National Scientist of the Philippines (the first women to be so named)
*In 2010, she was conferred the order of Lakandula
*Del Mundo was also known for having devised an incubator made out of bamboo (designed for use in rural communities without electrical power)
*Google on tuesday pays tribute to the 107th birth anniversary of Dr. Fe del Mundo The philippines first Nationsl Scientist with its signature doodle

Friday, November 23, 2018

 GOLDENBERG MANSION 



THEN AND NOW
Location: Solano St., San Miguel Manila 
Wayback 1930’s 

DID YOU KNOW ?! 
*Built by the Eugster Family from whom it was acquired by the Oidor De La Audencia, Hose Moreno Lacalle
*Occupied by admiral Patricio Montojo of the Spanish Navy in 1897-1898 Later, by the Spanish Royal Navy Club in 1898
*It was Home and Headquarters of U.S Military Governor Arthur MacArthur in 1899 and later he called “Goldenberg Mansion” 
*The First Philippine Senate held its sessions here in 1917
*It was formerly School of Adamson University (former name Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry ASIC) in 1932 
*It was also occupied by Michael Goldenberg (Cosmetics Manufacturer in 1950)
*Eventually bought by the Philippine Government during the Marcos regime in 1966 and is currently part of the Malacañang complex

Thursday, November 22, 2018


ANTIPOLO CATHEDRAL 



THEN AND NOW
Location: Antipolo City, Rizal Province 
Wayback 1898

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Antipolo Cathedral formerly name National Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage 
*The first church is was built by the Society of Jesus under Rev. Juan de Salazar in 1632
*It is also the Immaculate Concepcion Parish and referred by locals as “Simabahan ng Antipolo”
*Dr. Jose Rizal who visited the shrine as a boy with his father Francisco mercardo on June 6, 1868
*During WWII the church was destroyed by allied bombardment meant to liberate the area from the Japanese Imperial control 
*On October 15, 1945 the statue was translated back to its church in Antipolo, where it remains today
*On January 14, 1954 The CBCP declared the New Antipolo Church as declared the National Shrine to Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage 
*The church was elevated to the status of Cathedral on June 25, 1983 upon the canonical erection of the Diocese of Antipolo

Monday, November 19, 2018


CASA REAL DE ILOILO 



THEN AND NOW
Location: General Luna St., cor. Muella Loney St., Iloilo City
Wayback 1930’s

DID YOU KNOW?!
*The old provincial capitol building of iloilo renamed Casa Real de Iloilo 
*In April 11, 1901, the civil government of the province of iloilo established the Iloilo Provincial Capitol 
*The former Casa Real made during the spanish era was made of wood and stone 
*In 1942-1945, the old capitol building was used by Japanese forces during the WWII 
*In 1960’s , some parts of the building were renovated
*It was repaired again after the building burned on November 4, 1998
*the old building capitol considered a National Historical Site by the NHI in October 2016
*Today, a new modern building beside the Casa Real de Iloilo now houses the Iloilo Provincial Government

Thursday, November 15, 2018

BALANGIGA BELLS 



*American survivors of the balangiga massacre pose with a Balangiga Bell in Calbayog Samar in April 1902

THEN AND NOW
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming , U.S.A
Wayback 1902

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Balangiga bells are three church bells taken by the United States Army from the town church of Balangiga, Eastern Samar in the Philippines as War Trophies after reprisals following the balangiga massacre on September 28, 1901 during the Philippine-American War
*One church bell is in the possession of the 9th Infantry Regiment at Camp Red Cloud their base in South Korea
*While two others are on a former base of the 11th Infantry Regiment at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyomming
*Today, United States returns Balangiga bells to Philippines a century after clash
*The bells are expected to arrive in the Philippines in December 2018
 CALLE IZNART 



*calle iznart with old iloilo provincial capitol in the center 

THEN AND NOW
Location: Iznart St., Iloilo City, Iloilo
Wayback 1920’s

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Iznart Street is a busy commercial and educational center in iloilo city
*It is extension of Calle Real (Royal street in Spanish) during the late 19th century and early part of the American Colonial

Wednesday, November 14, 2018


COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN



THEN AND NOW
Location: Intramuros, Manila
Wayback 1880’s

DID YOU KNOW?!
*The college was founded in 1620 by Don Juan Geronimo Guerrero (a retired spanish officer and one of the knights of Malta)
*Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1706) was formerly name Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran (1620) and Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pedro y San Pablo (1633)
*In 1690, letran was declared as an ecclesiastical college 
*The name San Juan de Letran was inspired from the Major Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy -mother of all christian churches 
*In 1937, a three storey building replaced the old structure 
*The Letran was temporarily arrested when the building was bombed in 1941 and then turned into a Garrison by the Japanese Army in 1944
*The building was temporarily housed in the Dominican church and convent of San Juan del Monte 
*After the war in 1946, letran returned to its home in intramuros 
*The oldest College in the Philippines and the oldest Secondary Institution in Asia