the history of the philippines, part 15: Presidents

the presidents of the Philippines are:
Emilio Aquinaldo:1899-president of first Republic,the Malolos Republic,Bulacan.
manuel quezon:1907 Speaker of the House,1935 President of the Commenwealth of the PH.
jose laurel: 1943 President ( Japanese occupation),Philippine Republic.
sergio osmena: VP 1935, 1945-1946(?)
manuel roxas: 4 july 1946 President,Third Philippine Republic-1948,he died april 15 .
elpidio quirino:1948-1953
ramon magsaysay:1953-1957,killed in a plane crash
carlos garcia:1957-1961, 1953 VP
Diosdado Macapacal:1961-1965
Ferdinand Marcos:1965-1986,1972 martial law,until 1981,1983 Aquino assassinated,Marcos flown out of the country on February 26, 1986.
Mrs.Corazon Aquino:1986-1992( 1987 and 1989 2 coup attempts against Aquino)
Fidel Ramos:1992-1998, Estrada VP
Joseph Estrada:1998-2001, Arroyo VP,Estrada impeachment,EDSA People Power Revolution
Mrs.Gloria Macapacal Arroyo:2001-2010( may elections).14th President of the PH.

Marcos remains in PH, not Ramos, sorry!the Marcos Museum at tacloban

Marcos remains were brought back to the Philippines, sorry for using the name Ramos.

Mrs.Marcos, the lady welknown of here excentric number of shoes and jewelries, is still alive and restarted shortly here society live in Manila.Here son Marcos jr.is active in the Congress.

Mrs.Marcos has a Museum in Tacloban ,island Leyte,where here roots are.
see pictures.You are allowed , when y visit Tacloban city, to enter the Museum and to take pictures.No problem.Give them a little tip.The ball room is very beautiful as well as the long dinning tables and Delfts BLUE porcelain
The number of bedrooms for them and here children is impressive as well as the number of bathrooms they used.The Museum is almost a Castle.You will notice this inside.
When y take the plane from Manila or from Cebu y will get there in a couple of hours.Tacloban airport is consumer friendly, but not well equiped. Only one landing strip for in/out.
The peoples are very friendly and Tacloban is a nice city, more a big village with a nice harbour were you can take the boat( ferry) to Samar island or the bridge to Samar, but a buss trip is exhaustive and the drivers are and have to be real experts in avoiding bad road parts.It is like a Boom ng Boom in X-mas period.A trip to manila by buss will cost you one full day and a night at least.You need to have a strong stomach.next to Tacloban, nearer to the Airport is Brg.Bay Bay with a beautiful fish restaurant, ask the pedicab driver.When you go further the road down into the Brg. then you will see VICMAR resort to the right and to the left the sea and their restaurant.A Baptisma dinner you can take in the cabins( small open houses) in the restaurant area near to the sea ( where you can swim, private area.) A marriage party next to the sea is to be preferred.The Lapu-Lapu fish is excellent.( just book in advance, not a la carte).
In Tacloban you can take the trycycle or Spider( a small yellow half open-taxicab)
for a sight seeing tour and to visit the landings place of General Mc.Arthur ,the USA commander who defeated the Japanese on four different places with help of Philippines Forces.
Marcos wife Esmalda(?) did a lot for here city Tacloban ,the same as President Mrs.Arroyo is doing for 8 years already with Pampanga, examples are:Tarlac expressway, Clark airport and Clark Zone ( the former USA airport ),SM Mall Clark,New Expressway to northern Luzon, and so on.All economic infrastructure for wealthy peoples and for their cars or USA cars, not for the trycycle or pedycab man and not for the bycycle man or the walker.Walking in this country is really a death of alive matter.Nothing is done by here Government to help the poor who have to walk, and if you are lucky to get older than it is really a drama, you can hardly walk and no place for handicapped peoples.They better stay at home or die.
The differences between poor and rich are disgusting.
Only some Presidents helped these groups, the big majority did not.
By the way ,the belongings of the Marcos family are confiscated to the PH, so the Museum is state-owned,the jewelries and other valuable belongings are sold by the government .Several suitcases are still pending.Several belongings are abroad in Hawaii,USA and Unknown places.
Enough about the Marcos period.
No doubt his son will try to do good things in Congress.
God bless PH.
We wish you all Happy New Year and New Years Eve this coming night.

DR.RIZAL AND PEOPLES MOVEMENTS,part 13

the next episode in the history of the Philippines is the importance of PEOPLES POWER REVOLUTION, first written by Dr.JOSE Rizal, the national Hero of PH(picture) and applied by the peoples in 1986, somewere in 2001, 2009 and maybe in 2010 again....
Marcos has been forced by the Movement to step down and to go abroad.
But only after a serious battle with the PH peoples.
He was finally replaced by the wife of the assassinated Senator Benigno Aquino,Mrs.Corazon C.Aquino, Corry.
But only with help of the peoples, the defense minister, Vice Chief of Staff.febr 22, 1986.
on febr 23 many philippinos came together in Manila in EDSA and formed human barricades.on febr.26 Marcos left PH to go to Hawaii.
Corry issued Proclamation no.3 which embodies the Freedom Constitution, and in 1987 the Constitution was ratified.Two times the Forces coupe attempted to get rid of the President.In 1991 the Ph did not longer accept the extension of stay of the usa bases.
In 1990 Luzon was hit by an earthcake and one year later the Mountain Pinatubo errupted, and in1992 Fidel Ramos and Estrada were appointed P and VP.
Ramos remains were laid to rest in Batac, Ilocos Norte.
In 1998 the peoples elected by popular votes Estrada (P) and Arroyo (VP).In 2000 Estrada was impeached and again a peoples power2 revolution took place.Coming from EDSA shrine (Rizal)50,000 protesters went to the Palace to force Estrada to resign.
In 2001 Arroyo became the 14th President.In 2004 she started here second term.
So 14 Presidents !!During the PGMA PRESIDENCY she became less and less popular, now 61 % of the peoples do trust here not anymore.She is corrupt,she enriched here own family,she promissed to not be reelected in 2004 and she changed here mind just before the election.She supports private armed forces to protect family clans in Mindanao and elswere.She tries to stay in power in 2010 as a Governer and House speaker and she would like to be Prime Minister of a Parliamentary system.Therefore she visited almost every month here congressional seat province Pampanga and in between she spend much PH money abroad with here allies from PH.
She is an Economist by profession, but not really agriculturally interested and not a Climate expert.She is known to be paying here allies with government money.
She will be elected,here popular vote is high, when you pay the peoples.Again I want to be as neutral as possible but i cannot change the reality.In 2009 many peoples say farewell to Corry.

Nevertheless we have to love this country, it is beautiful and the everlasting smile and hospitality is excellent.
God bless PH.

the history of the PH, part12 Marcos Martial Law

the MARCOS episode we will never forget, nowadays his son is back in political scene, and regularly on TV channel(s).
Also Estrada's son is in Senate prominently.

On nov 9, 1965 Ferdinand E.Marcos was elected as the six PRESIDENT of the Third Philippine republic.
In the meantime during a summit in MANILA PH, the creation of ASEAN became a fact!ASEAN you could compare with the European Council in Europe, although the European one is more based on international Law than the ASEAN one and has more european( means law above the States) powers,they do have a European President and a European Foreign Minister( Representative),and a powerful European Commission in Brussels with own Powers and a European Parliament.Anyway you will appreciate it yourself.
1968 the foundation of the New Communist Party of the Philippines.
1969:Marcos reelected.
1971:New Constitution !!
1972, sept.21: PRES. MARCOS ISSUED PROCLAMATION 1081 PLACING THE COUNTRY UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Assassination attempt against Defense Minister :he survived.
Meaning of Law: CONGRESS abolished and creation of semi parliament BATASANG PAMBANSA .
In 1981 the imposition of Martial Law was lifted by the President, so 1972--1981 period was a real dictatorship period.
All efforts to limit the strenghs of Marcos failed.He just killed his opponents.( in other words....)
Example: former Senator Benigno Aquino jr. was assassinated at the MANILA international airport upon his return to the PH after three years of self-exile in the USA.
The funeral procession was joined by more than 2 million peoples.The same impressive figures we have seen recently with the dead of his wife Cory Aquino ( the former President).
Then an impressive Peoples Movement started to get rid of Marcos.
Next time more.

the history of PH, part 11 the recent history with marcos's martial law and assasination of aquino

next time we will describe a turbulant episode in the PH history.

Marcos, dictator and much more.....................

Aquino dead, befor he could take over.....................

mrs Aquino President with peoples support movement.

Ramos and Estrada

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo=PGMA

She is already the 14th president of the Republic.( jan 20, 2001--second term--ends may 2010)

Candidates for Presidency in 2010 are:

Ninoy Aquino the 3rd., with VP Mar Roxas ( and Korina) Ninoy has a girlfriend.

Villar and his as they say in Manila prostitute girl for VP.he is very rich man.

Theodoro,supported by Arroyo team,he is excellent manager

Estrada,the former President and actor of second class movies.

Two of them are definitally supporting the Poor peoples ( Gordon as well, no chances)

they are Ninoy and Estrada ( sometimes anyway)

Sorry i have to be a-political, but i am a bit scinical.

The high corruption levels in this country and the power of far rich peoples /family clans in this country can be a burden and or a hindrance for pure elections.

Together with the private armies of several Clan families around the country, not only in Mindanao, this makes the political scene not very transparent.

Anyway,let us be optimistic.

God save the Philippines.

the history of the philippines, part 10,Japan@postWW2

Part 10 concerns the JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF Philippines territory from december 8, 1941 to august 17, 1945.
The Japanese bombed several places in PH, mainly in Davao city, Baguio, Aparri, Iba, Tarlac, simultaneously , four hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor.
Louis Taruc established the Hukbalahap, the strongest guerilla group unit in Central Luzon, Taruc being the leader of the Communist Party in the PH.
Bataan fell, we discussed more often in this blog, Corregidor island was the last bastion of PH and USA forces.Gen.Masaharu Homma took over the command and he is chief of the Japanese imperial forces.In 1943 the Japanese sponsored the Philipino Republic, Jose Laurel is President.
In 1944 it was General McArthur himself who attacked the Japanese on four different places in PH,together with support of Osmena( President),Romulo ( General),and others.see the picture of the landing in Leyte island,Tacloban in 1944, october 20.( Palo Leyte).october 24-26 big battle between Japanese and PH/USA forces.
In Leyte Gulf, in Surigao street, off Samar, and off Cape Engado.
Finally in 1945, august 15, Japan surrendered unconditionally after two ATOMIC BOMBS on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Sept 2 1945 WW2 in the Pacific ended.( surrender of Japan on board of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay).
Then the Post World War2 period could start, finally after many occupations and a lot of dead peoples from several nationalities.
Parity rights were fixed between USA and Philippines.USA has the right to dispose, of exploit, develop, and utilize Philippine''s natural resources.( 1946).
juli 4 1946: INDEPENDENCE of the PH
President Manuel Roxas, the first President of the Third PH Republic.Roxas is family of Mar Roxas( and Korina), who is the 2010 runner for election of vice President, next to President to be elected Ninoy Aquino,of the Liberal Party PH,mar is very popular,he is senator second Term,got 20 million votes last time!!,and Ninoy and Mar are ahead in the Polls for Elections may 2010.
In 1947 it was decided that the Americans were allowed to continue the military bases and stations for 99 years.( untill 2046).So the Subic naval area and the Clark Zone/airbase near to Angeles City in Luzon island remain important to the USA.( Pampanga province).
The more they have arrangements for southern islands of PH, mainly in Mindanao island, to be able to fight against the enemy of the PH.
1948: outlaw of the Hukbalahap.
april 15, 1948 Roxas died
Quirino new President.
1953:election of President and vice P,
Magsaysay P and Garcia VP, National.Party.
1954: finally the Taruc agreement was cancelled through intervention of Aquino sr.
South East Asia treaty Organization =seato, organished and established,to hinder communism in the area.
1957: the president killed in an airplane accident in Cebu island. Garcia succeeded him.
1961:again another President, this time the Macapagal, first name Diosdado.
Independence day switched to june 12 !!

This ended the post WW2 period.
next time the recent history with Marcos and Martial Law and peoples Movement with Aquino.
God save the PH.

THE HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES,PART9,USA

the usa in the philippines.
1898: the start:defeat of Spain.
THEN THE USA INSTALLED THEIR POLITICAL SYSTEM , A REPUBLIC WITH A President,a Congress,House and Senate.
they introduced american words,american roads,american food,american Jeeps and they supported the PH government in Mindanao, in Luzon in the ports and in the airports.
PH Independence in june 12, 1898.
1907 the first PH assembly with Osmena and Quezon.1913 the first Democratic Governor-General was appointed:FR.Burton Harrison.The Jones Law and Legislative power for Filipinos.
the First PH President elected in nov 15,1935.In 1941 the world changed because of an immense WW 2.Japanese invasionary forces bombed several places, General Mc Arthur declared Manila an Open City,nevertheless it was bombed.Bataan fell in 1944 MacArthur landed in Leyte,battle in three places,finally Japan surrendered unconditionally.After singing the surrender document the basis was led for the Post War Period of the Philippines.1946--1964.
The contemporary history starts somewhere in 1965 with the election of Ferdinand E.Marcos,the six President of the Third Philippine Republic.Tomorrow it is RIZAL day, december 2009, a national holiday in the PH.Rizal is the ch.Dikkens of the Philippines i tend to say.More about these developments next time.
God bless the PH.

the history of the philippines, part 8

this time ,dear reader, writer and follower we will talk about the American episode in PH history.The USA helped the Philippines to gain the battle against the Spanish.In return they asked for participation in the country.In fact the USA became the new power,mainly in Luzon y will notice their presence, is it in Clark Zone and Clark airport ( base) and in the naval base.Is it in the governmental system and in the political system,the House and Senate, the Congress.The presidential organization,a republic.Even some cities are USA influenced, like Angeles City where many Americans do live in bungalows and in House(lot)areas with a lot of security.
Then the language of the Filipinos, they speak American or English or a mixture of Tagalog ( Filipino)and American language with special pronouncement of USA words.

The behavior in public traffic is totally different, the American is disciplined, the Filipino is chaotic.

The USA helped the Philippines in the battle of Bataan against the Japanese,the death march, in the southern islands against infiltrations of peoples and churches.

Sometimes this goes to far.If an American soldier has raped a Philippine woman, then he is sentenced, but goes into an American jail or house/embassy and not in the Manila jail.

General Mc.Arthur has done a lot for this country. I explained this before and i added a picture of the General.( Leyte,Tacloban).

The education is USA based.English is language to be learned.I am no expert in this area, so i leave it here.

Next time i will continue this part of history.
God bless you.

51 still missing in ferry sinking PH; responsabilities?

Yesterday 6 persons were declared dead, 51 missing, 69 survived the tradegy with the vessel, bringing the total number of passengers on 126.The discrepancy in the passenger manifest has been explaned, the MOSD showed only 20 passengers, later a second list with 47 peoples, the socalled supplemental passengers list, and 41 classified as passengers not included in the manifest.whatever no overload could be registered, because the capacity is 284 allowable total capacity.Funny enough i count 127 persons now.The other ferry going from Calapan ( Mindoro) to Batangas had 87 pessengers and 14 crew members,=101
Who is responsable?
the ships owner? the government?the Naval authorities,the coast Guard PCGA, maritime authorities,Industry authority?
The House and Senate for not approving the Philippine Maritime Code? and the Commision?The Coast Guard which has no authority to enforce safety rules?and Regulations ?
(Senate Bill 3389) The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will meet tooday in a hearing session.Did the crew follow the maritime rules?Human error or overloading in one ship?
According to the Red Cross The Philippines is the fourth most accident -prone country in the world. ( with inter island traffic between 7107 islands,...........................)
Other causes are crew-members not qualified, too young or to old, exhaustive working hours,etc.
Another solution:put the country's air and sea defence systems at par with other neighbouring States.A President who presses anew for deregulation of shipping industry ( in a less developed country.........),i personally think that politics and pressure groups will hinder a quick solution.

We need a strong independent President in election-may 2010 period.But even he or she has to cooperate with House and Senate.
God bless the Philippines.

dutchman hero on flight a'dam-detroit

a Dutchman has been the hero on flight NWA Amsterdam to Detroit.He pushed himself through other passengers and jumped onto the Nigerian guy,who was already on fire.He succeeded to stop the fire on the body of the Nigerian and undressed him for eventual more fire sources.he got him on the floor and delivered the guy to the USA police at arrival on Detroit airport.More details on Facebook.com and on Hypes.nl
Remains the question, why is this guy not expelled from the boarding lists worldwide after his father had warned the USA Embassy in Lagos for the behaviour of his son.The guy was supported by a gentleman in excellent dressing, so the Nigerian could remain low profile in Lagos, Amsterdam airport Schiphol and boarding on the airplane.
God bless Obama.

again NWA flight involved in attack????emergency declared.

again a terror attack ? disruptive passenger in airplane going from Amsterdam to Detroit.
28 December 2009
the USA authorities have declared Emergency!
Personally i belief this is a over-reaction of the USA airport authorities.
Do not go to the mens- room on board.if you stay there more than 2 min you are suspect!
as far as the first incident is concerned the USA authorities did know about the passenger!!! His father warned them about the behaviour of his son!!

God bless Obama.

two inter-island fessels sank within three days,PH.

again a catastrophe in PH:
two inter-island ferries sank within one week in December 2009.
we are still waiting for the volcano eruption Mayon and we are confronted with two sunk ferries,the one being hit by a metal fishing boat.the other one just sunk near to Verde island,one of the 7,107 islands !!!!!!of the PH.
And always the authorities do not know the number of passengers on board!!!!officially 26 and in reality maybe 100!!!!!!
see picture of Verde island.( Saint Verde island).Discovered by Spanish sailors,in the 15 century.the second sea disaster in three days!!!!god is saving the philippines.
maraming salamat.

HISTORY OF PHILIPPINES, PART 7

HOW ARE Y?AFTER THE CAKES AND PIE, THE ICE THEA AND RED HORSE BEER FROM SAN MIGUEL PH, WE WILL BRING Y BACK TO THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
PART 7 CONTAINS THE SPANISH EPISODE.WHEN Y TRAVEL THROUGH THE COUNTRY Y WILL SEE A LOT OF INFLUENCES FROM THIS PERIOD.IS IT THE STATUES,THE BUILDINGS,THE WRITINGS OR THE NAMES,OR EVEN PARTS OF A CITY, LIKE THE INTRAMUROS WITHIN THE CAPITAL CITY MANILA. THE FIRST NAME I REMEMBER IS MAGELLAN FROM PORTUGAL/SPAIN.HE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO VISIT NEW COUNTRIES AND TO PRAY ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND TO TRADE his products with SPICES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS.THE MISTAKE HE MADE AFTER HIS ARRIVAL AT CEBU ISLAND HAS BEEN THE INTERFERENCE IN A DISPUTE BETWEEN RIVALS FROM CEBU TERRITORY,BEING LAPU-LAPU ,WHO ULTIMATELY KILLED MAGELLAN.MACTAN ISLAND WITH THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SHOWS Y THE STATUE.THE CAPITAL CITY SHOWS Y THE INTRAMUROS WITH THE FORT WERE PRISONERS WERE KEPT BY THE SPANISH GOVERNOR GENERAL.TO BE COMPARED WITH THE PRESIDENT NOWEDAYS,SHE IN THE PALACE AND THE RIVALS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,SOME PROTECTED WITH WEAPONS, OTHERS WITH SUPPORT OF PARTIES.I TRY TO STAY OUT OF POLITICAL QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH THAT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY.THE SPANISH WERE VERY RUDE NOW AND THEN AND FIGHTED IN HEAVY BATTLES ON SEA.DONOT FORGET THAT NAVEL COUNTRIES LIKE SPAIN,PORTUGAL,ENGLAND,FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS HAD A STRONG VESSEL ARMY, WITH STRONG INTENTIONS TO CONQUER THE WORLD AND TO INTRODUCE BELIEF IN THEIR CHURCHES.EVEN THE NETHERLANDS HAVE FOUGHT IN PH, BUT WERE BEATEN BY THE SPANISH AND FRENCH.IN THE END THE SPANISH KEPT ON STAYING IN POWER UNTIL THEY WERE BEATEN BY FILIPINO ARMY AND USA .THIS WAS THE START OF THE AMERICAN PERIOD.( PART 8 ).
GOD BLESS THE NAVAL COUNTRIES AND THE PH.

merry christmas and happy new year to all of y!

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all my readers,followers and friends
in the Netherlands and in my home country the Philippines.
God bless you all,
Maraming Salamat.
wim.

the history of the philippines,part 6 photos

from left to right:Fort san Pedro, Fort Santiago,manila, rice terrases , by reggie from his photosite , www.reggie.net ,1999 visit to PH, Magellan Cross in Cebu city,1521, and down the Death March Marker,on the way from Bataan to Tarlac.

thks friends,writers and followers,

maraming salamat.

God bless the philippines!

p.s. in search of beauty, by reggie,a photographer from U.K.

the history of the philippines, part 4 photos

General MacArthur(pic),

dr.Jose Rizal,(pic) the Palasyo ng Malakanyang in Manila. (pic).

In the bulacan city Malolos the first Republic was proclamed in 1899, see map.

the Death March Marker,from Bataan to Tarlac and to a concentration camp (map Bataan-San Fernando,60 miles),Marker in Bataan.(pic).

Magellan 1521 in Cebu.( Cross), Fort san Pedro the first Spanish settlement .( no pics added).

Fort santiago,Manila,Jose Rizal's execution in 1896.(litterature and artisticity( carving) since he was 3-5 years old. http://www.joserizal.info/

Palasyo ng Malakanyang ( palace of President and Spanish governors(on top)

General MacArthur in the Leyte battle with japanese army.( on top)

the history of the philippines, part 3

Jose Rizal the national hero,was born in Calamba,Laguna,1861. heavy fights were taking place with the Spanish army.The newspaper la Solidaridad became the famous organ of the Propaganda Movement.Rizal wrote his novel El Filibusterismo in Gent BE,and he founded La Liga Filipina in Tondo,Manila,In 1892 he was exciled and sent to Fort Santiago.He was executed in 1896.( the Rizal Park).In the famous battle of Manila bay the American naval fleet destroyed the Spanish flotilla.( 1898).the philippines are independent since 1898.( General Aguinaldo).
In 1941 the Japanese invasionary forces bombed several places,just after the attack on pearl harbor.In 1942 Bataan fell and many soldiers had to march to their death from Bataan to San Fernando,Pampanga,a province N. from manila.( the socalled Death March of 78,000 defenders.)This distance going by bus is almost 2 hours!!In 1944 macArthur in the battle of Leyte gulf,the greatest naval battle in history ,fought in three places ,resulted in capitulation of Japan(1945),mainly after the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
the fourth period is the Post World WarII .
First President Roxas,of the 3rd Republic,then in 1965 Marcos with his martial Law and peoples power movement,followed by Mrs.Aquino,who's husband was executed by Marcos peoples and finally in 2002-2010 Mrs Arroyo.( Mr.Aquino's name is given to the international airport of manila,the place were he was executed.)

You will find historical seats in Bulacan in Malolos,1899 proclamation of the First Republic, in Tarlac, Luzon, the Death March Marker,the Fall of Bataan; the Lapu-Lapu monument in Cebu (Magellan),1521, the MacArthurpark in Leyte,Vysayas,,1944, The first Spanish Settlement in Cebu,Fort San Pedro, the Rizal Monument, the Malacanang palace of the President,both in Manila, the Mindanao massacre( 57-62) in Maguindanao,2009, South Philippines island, the Basilan island prison escape of Muslim and fighting clans prisoners(31) in december 2009.(west of the island Mindanao).
You,dear reader,follower and writer will have noticed an impressive number of events, far too much to be added to this post.i can only say :visit the philippines,visit the Filipinos,the third biggest english speaking population, visit the historical places, be impressed by the beauty of this country with 7,107 beaches or more,by the smile of 90 +million peoples.
thank you,maramat.

the history of the philippines, part 2

PART 2 OF THE HISTORY INCLUDES SOME FAMOUS NAMES AND LOCATIONS, A SHORT HISTORICAL PARAGRAPH, AND IMPORTANT DATES IN THE HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES.THE COUNTRY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF TAIWAN AND NORTH OF BORNEO AND HAS MORE THAN 90,8 MILLION INHABITANTS.It is a republic with a congress and a president,mrs.arroyo. The country independance dates from june 12, 1898 in Kawit,Cavite,Fort Santiago: Aguinaldo's Shrine.

The history starts in 1BC when ancient Filipinos built the rice terraces in N.Luzon. In 1380 the Islam was introduced in Sulu,West from Mindanao island.In 1521 Magellan from Portugal landed in the philippines and was killed by the Lapu-Lapu near to Cebu capital on april 27.Cebu has the second biggest airport of the country.The history is dominated by the Spanish recovery ( Magellan)1521, by the usa, 1898, and by the japanese 1941,WWII. In 1946 the postwar period started with the 3rd Republic,president Roxas,in 1965 with president Marcos and in 2002 Arroyo-until elections in 2010. Dr.Jose Rizal is the national hero,see his RIZAL Monument in Manila,where is remains were buried.(19th century).he is the author of famous books and novels and pamphlets(Propaganda Movement,La Liga Filipina,he wrote part of it in Belgium and Zwitserland.)

the history of the philippines,part 1a,pictures

Magallanas,from portugal ( Visayas)

the Cross at Mt.Samat ,near to Bataan( Luzon)

General MacArthur USA,1945 the philippines ,Statue Leyte island(Visayas) ,

Intramuros Walls in Manila,The Spanish area in the capital city ( Luzon,capital region).
Maguindanao sultanat (and Sulu) on the island of Mindanao,the place of the Massacre in nov 2009.
( Mindanao island).

the history of the philippines,part 1

this post of quillaume202blog concerns the history of the philippines.
If you start looking on Wikipedia or on Wikiphilipino, then you ,dear friend,follower and writer,will notice that this beautiful country in the tropical zone with 7,107 islands and as many historical events as the number of islands,is worth to be studied.The peoples are very friendly, always laughing, very helpful and religious.From the Roman Catholics until the Moslims in the Southern Province of Mindanao,with Maguindanao and Sulu the Moslims Sultans areas/provinces since centuries.
in the history of the philippines you will read about the fifth republic ,reason the country has been occupied by Spanish recovery people, by North American people and by the Japanese occupying forces.Three times (before) the philippinos tried to establish a Republic.
Important names and events in this respect are:
Maghalhan,the Portugese recovery person,see picture,the Wall Intramuros in Manila,occupied territory by Spanish people,and the Bataan death march,wereby many soldiers during W.W.II died ( american and philippinos)through Japanese occupation.The Bataan battle:the big white Monumental Cross in the mountains near Bataan is a prove of this event.
The seat of the President or Governer has not ever been in Manila,in the Palace of nowadays President Mrs.Arroyo (P.M.G.A.).Before the seat was in Cebu,Vysayas,in Bulacan,Central Luzon,and so on.
We hope our readers will visit the philippines one day.

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MONKS OF O.L.V-PHOTOS,part 5

Trappist Monks live around the world in silent communities,outside the cities in rural or hillery areas.they own their acres for cattle,crop,vegetables,trees,fish,breweries,breadfactories.They try to earn more than the costs of their undertakings.

The communities consist of 17 to 35 men,Monks and candidates.It takes several years before you are accepted,the entryfees so to say are high.You need to give yourself 100% to God,in a celibate relationship.Details can be found i part 1 and 2. A more scientific approach can be found in- The Cisterciencers -book.(Cistercian Order). Saint Bernard of Clairvaux,1090-1153, Thomas Menton, 1915-1968, Saint Benedict,founder of the Western Monasticism, 480- 547 AD , and the socalled Desert Fathers,somewhere in between 251 - 356, have contributed to the Monk/Monasteryo Rules and Laws.

Other contributions came from The AssumptionAbbey.org, Ava,Missouri,USA,more esp.for the Asian monks.

The Rule of Benedict underlines the Monks deep desire to seek God in the community life of a monastery.

Clairvaux,i the 11th and 12 th centuries, developed the Cistercian Order into a Trappist Order in the 17th century.it is highly recommended to study these writers.

i finally add photos.

God bless our Monks.

sources:

http://www.koningshoeven.nl

http://www.ourladyofnewhelfta.com/OLP

http://www.AssumptionAbbey.org

La Trappe

olpabbey@CatholicWeb.com

info@koningshoeven.nl

http://quillaume202.blogspot.com

http://www.blogger.com

Trappist Monks,in NL and PH,one rule ,part 1

Trappist Monks.........................................,part 2

Photos Trappist Monks/Monasteryos...,part 3

Photos.........................................................,part 4

TRAPPIST MONKS/PHOTOS, PART4

i succeeded to get some photos from OUR LADY OF THE PHILIPPINES,THE ONLY(men) TRAPPIST ABBEY,CISTERCIAN ORDER, in this country.

Located at the island of Guimaras,streat of sulu sea.Abbot is Filomeno Cinco.i show you the buildings,the retreat houses,the Abbot,and i give to you the website of the AssumptionAbbey.org in Ava,Missouri near Springfield.

i read: quote:the monk leaves all else,devoting his life to entering ,more fully into the mistery of a growing union with GOD ,and to spreading Christ's Kingdom through intercessory prayer and sacrifice. unquote

The remaining photos are from the Abbey o.l.v .Koningshoeven in the Netherlands.Abbot Bernardus.

God bless our monks.

quillaume202

photos TRAPPIST MONKS/MONASTERYOS,part3

Guimaras island,monks in the Netherlands,

abbot BERNARDUS PEETERS,Berkel-Enschot,NL

prior@koningshoeven.nl

Unfortunately i did not succeed to dowload photos from the PH website.

http://www.ourladyofnewhelfta.com/OLP

The beer is from the Dutch Abbey,the only Dutch Trappist brewery since 1884.

The other beer is introduced on the occasion of 125 years celebration(2009),

and has been given the name of the first brewer who learned the brewing process in W.Germany.(Europe).

ISIDór trappist .

Abbot Filomeno Cinco,of the Our Lady Of New Helfta told us there are some 35 monks i the community.

TRAPPIST MONKS,in NL and PH, part 2

The Guimaras based PH Abbey is the only men's monastery of the Order in the Philippines,the nuns are on the island of Midanao.
you can visit the Abbey when y take a plane or boat to Iloilo ( see map).(Panay).the island Guimaras is located in the Sulu sea,in between Panay and Negros islands.The next airport is Cebu.You need several transportations:jeeps,trycycles,boat.
see website: http://www.ourladyofnewhelfta.com/OLP
the site has no recent updates,but is interesting because of its simplicity.
It has a map and transport ideas.

The Dutch based Trappist Abbey Towers have formed a significant element in the landscape east of the city Tilburg for more than a century.More monasteries are located in Echt,Tegelen,Diepenveen,Zundert.It exist 100 houses of Monks O.C.S.O. of which 50% in Europe.OCSO is now faster growing in Asia,Africa,Latin America .
see websites:
http://www.koningshoeven.nl
http://www.ocso.org
http://www.osb.org
osb means :order of saint benedict
if you are interested to visit an Abbey , donot hesitate,you can taste the beer,you can stay there within the spirit of the House,you can even apply for a function,a monk maybe?or a nun?
It is not easy,i tell you,but it gives so much satisfaction and spirit.And Saint Benedict is watching you!
in Part 3 i will send you some photos.
God bless you and NL and PH.
quote:
a simple, silent ,prayerful friendliness communicates something that goes beyond words.unquote.

I wish the ABBOTS of both Houses ,Abt Berardus Peeters and Abbot Filomeno Cinco a lot of blessing and wisdom and more monks and nuns( in the affiliates).

TRAPPIST MONKS IN NL AND PH, ONE RULE

trappist monks and trappistine nuns belong to the monastic family following Christ according to the Rule of Saint Benedict.They have the deep desire to seek God in the community life of a monastery.There way of life:austerity,sincerity,silence,chastity(celibate life-style).The Trappist nickname is from a reform movement in France,17th century.The official name is Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance(O.C.S.O.). Bernard of Clervaux developed the Order.The other important contributor is Thomas Merton,1915-1968)from the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani,Kentucky,USA.

I said before,the atmosphere is silence,speaking is allowed :functional,spiritual,spontaneous during special occasions.The spirit of Christ calls the monks to a life of simplicity,hiddenness,work,prayer,service,hospitality.

therefore you will find them outside the city in rural areas to make an income.
two examples:
Abbey of Our Lady of Koningshoeven in The Netherlands(Holland,NL) and Abbey of Our Lady of New Helfta/O.L.P. in The Philippines,resp.1884 and 1972 founded.

The koningshoeven NL,(meaning the Kings farmhouses)owns the only Dutch Trappist brewery,with the famous La Trappe beer ( i the USA/Canada called:Koningshoeven Trappist Ale.)

The Guimaras based Abbey ,PH, produces rice,vegetables,jam,mango slices,guava,coconut,pineapple,bread,cookies. It is the only men''s monastery of the Order in the PH.

PAC-MAN FEVER: WORLDCHAMPION

pacman beats cotto, the philippines fever,

sensational t.k.o. i round 12

7 worldtitles!

next opponent:mayweater?we will see.pachaven website is halleluja,what a sentational boxer,during the match you see his body growing..........more muskels,a tiger waiting and hunting,following his opponent.I have never seen such a talented fighter,even better than Cassius or Mohammed.

the philippines have a big hero,hopefully he is not going into politics.

Save him from the corrupt world.

He and his mother have been very poor,they know the poverty side of life,they will be careful i think.

God bless Manny.

manny boxing or influenza or ex-hot-girl

hello blog guys,
tooday i am not sure what to tackle, is it the manny pakman boxing fight at Las Vegas,against a guy from puerto rico, or is it the alarm phase 1 in my home country for influenza H1N1 virus or is it the weight control problem of my ex-hot-girl the photografer,she is peeing and pooing but is above weight.
Manny will no doubt box a heroic fight sundaymorning local time PH, and nobody is hesitating about the outcome,even Secr.Hillary Clinton is convinced,Pakman will win.
The fight against the virus is more uncertain,people are panicking,younger people die.
If you donot have a lung problem a doctor said then do not panic.If it were that easy.The soccer players and football Association fear for competition falsification,who got the injection and who got not.
So shall we talk about our ex-hot-girl,here weightproblem is a human problem on a small scale.Although many women talk about their weight,just look in the blogs/newspapers,weeklys.
You know, i go to bed and i will watch toomorrow morning the fight.
God bless Manny,he is a peoples hero,the whole nation will watch!!
He is a movieactor,he is a singer,he is asked to be senator.
He has no flu, the story about a girl friend is false.He loves his wife and mother.
have a nice day.

CHRISTMAS eve 2009: 43 days to GO!!

I am looking forward to X-MAS 2009, only 43 days to go. In the Philippines they donot celebrate santa clause on dec 6, so already beginning november the X-mas songs and articles can be heard and seen.It is the start of a colourful period,in the shops,on the streets and on TV.

I like X-mas,families are getting happier, they expect presents,they decorate rooms,staircases,gates and even their houses outside.Big or small Trees are bought or taken.

And no doubt a period of praying,asking for blessings.please God bless our families,bless our country.Lucky enough we are very serious in visiting the churches,attending the Holy Mass,asking for devotions.

We are prepairing presents for the family,for the parents,for lolo ad lola,for sisters and brothers.Sure they expect us to bring a small Tree with coloured balls.

You ask me what we eat and drink? In pricipal the same as with All Saints day.And drinks,we like to drink,cold water,red wine,beer,red horse San Miguel beer,Vodka(bar),coke,ice- tea,normally we like to mix many drinks ,adding water is not expensive.........

And we will bring the dancing padd for the kids,you know,connect to the TV and follow the instructions,where to push your feet.Forward,left,right,backward.The music will keep you in the rythm.we wish you all A MERRY X-MAS,MASAYA-PASKO NG NABIDAD.... HESUS........in advance.

BEAUTIFUL YES,NO,MAYBE,ADD.........PICS....

TROPICAL RAIN IN PAMPANGA,MAINLY DURING RAIN SEASON( june-november)

BEAUTIFUL SCENERY I THE PH.( dec- june)(summer)

7000 + ISLANDS,90 MILLION PEOPLES. @PH

THIS FISHERMAN IS BEAUTIFUL,HE IS FROM LEYTE ISLAND.HE SELLS LAPU LAPU FISH,PURE FRESH,EXCELLENT.

U.S.GENERAL MC.ARTHUR,FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE PHILIPPINES,BEAUTIFUL.

LOLA WALKING I PINKY COLOURS,BEAUTIFUL,THIS IS ALSO THE PHILIPPINES.

THE UMBRELLA PROTECTS HERE FOR THE SUN.

THE GIRLS FROM MANILA AND PAMPANGA, BEAUTIFUL. MORE BEAUTIFUL? yes,sure go to island of CEBU,Malaspascua island, go to Samar island,Catbalogan ad Daraam.

More,sure, all ph women are by nature beautiful, the most beautiful one,yes sure my wife,hehe

have a nice day and donot forget most of this beauty is inside.................................

God bless us and the philippines especially.

quillaume.(le taciturne).

addendum

source: mentioned i my blog on BEAUTIFUL.........................
http://www.margarita-station.com/newsletter
about beauties and adresses where you can stay and eat.
area:pampanga province,PH

WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL?who is it?where y find them?

do you know what the word BEAUTIFUL means?does it refers to the soul,to the heart,to the body of guys and girls,has it an objective or a personal meaning?

whatever,i know for sure that the girls in the philippines are BEAUTIFUL,why, because of their smiles,their beautiful skins,their black long hairs,their black or brown eyes,the way they pronounciate the english words,the way they walk,their traditional attention for their families and friends, and their fundametal belief in the philippines.This altogether is BEAUTIFUL!

How to demonstrate this?i thought i collect some photos and show the beauty of this country,mainly i persons,but for sure we should not forget the nature of the country,the many islands,more than 7000, the mountains, the immense capital city Manila,the beautiful traditions, the processions, the MacArthur's Park, island Leyte, Fort Santiago Manila, Magellan"s Cross, Cebu city,island Cebu, Pampanga"s beautiful girls.( For more information contact Marguerita Station,on their website.),the spectacular rice terraces at N.Luzon, the Death March Marker at Tarlac,commemorating the fall of Bataan;the Lapu-Lapu monument ,Mactan Island,Cebu ( 1521).And do also visit Mindanao,the most Southern Island.

in other words,the beauty of this country cannot only be explained with photos or with events or nature.You know, just go and visit the philippines and experience what i have tried to explain.

We wish y a BEAUTIFUL visit, and donot forget the diving resorts and our fish.

God bless you and The Philippines.


i thank my friends for using their photos,you are beautiful!!