The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Sipan While the Spanish loanword sipílyu is now more commonly used, Kapampángans have an obsolete native word for “toothbrush” that sounds very similar to its word for teeth (ípan)! Here are the words for “toothbrush” in Kapampángan! SÍPAN • (SEE-puhn)toothbrush (obsolete)*Sipílyu is more commonly used.Tagálog (Filipino): sipílyo (both from Spanish cepillo) SIPÍLIU / SIPÍLYU • … Read more
Pangasut Today is National Reconciliation Day which also coincides this year with Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy Week. How do you say “reconciliation” in your language? PÁNGASUT • (PAH-nguh-soot)reconciliation, propitiation, atonementTagálog (Filipino): pagkakásundò, pagpapalúbag-loob Example SentenceRomans 5:11Kapampángan:“…king pámamílatan na ning Ginú tang Jésu-Crísto, a king úlí na kimtan támu ngéni ing pángasut.”Tagálog (Filipino):“…sa … Read more
On this day, April 4, in 1975 former senator Benigno Aquino Jr started a hunger strike to protest the way he was tried. 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 … Read more
On this day, April 3, is the birth of National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Lino Brocka (1939). 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 1946, the death sentence … Read more
On this Day, April 2, is the death of National Artist Levi Celerio (2002). 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 2005, Pope John Paul II died.https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-2 On this day … Read more