The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Today, March 13, 2023, is the 22nd death anniversary (March 13, 2001) of National Scientist Encarnacion Alzona (+), a distinguished historian, feminist, and Rizalist. National Scientist Alzona was a well-known educator and suffragist. She was a leader in the Filipino feminist movement of the 1930s and the first Filipino woman to earn a doctoral degree. … Read more
On this day, March 18, is the birthday of former President Fidel V Ramos (1928). The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014]. On this day in 1974, the five-month oil embargo of OPEC member … Read more
On this day, March 17, in 1957 President Ramon Magsaysay and 25 companions died in a plane crash on Mt. Manunggal, Cebu. The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014]. On this day in 1992, … Read more
The Department of Science and Technology and the Mariano Marcos State University–Main Campus (MMSU) launched on Thursday, January 19, the Philippines’ first Coastal Engineering and Management R&D Center (COASTER). The Research Center is housed in MMSU, Batac, Ilocos Norte in partnership with the Kyoto University of Japan, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute, … Read more
On this day, March 16, in 1521, Ferdinand Magellan spotted the island of Samar. The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014]. On this day in 1968, during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre … Read more