Dumara
DUMARA • (doo-muh-RA’)Philippine wild duck (Anas luzonica)Tagálog (Filipino): papán Possible EtymologyFrom Sanskrit ढामरा (ḍhāmarā) “goose” You may want to read: Bugok
Copernicus program in the Philippines
With the signing of the agreement, the ESA will implement the Copernicus program in the Philippines, the first country in Southeast Asia with such an agreement and the 2nd in the world. With €10 million in funding from EU bilateral development cooperation, CopPhil will allow for better earth observation activities in areas such as disaster … Read more
Salag
From Tau’t Batu beliefs: “Salag” – Is another evil spirit that causes death to man. He is pictured as a skeleton with a cape and can fly. Tau’t Batu claims that salag is also present in each human being and in the joints of the shoulders, elbows, knees, and hips. This could be the reason … Read more
On this day, February 5
On this day, February 5, in 1899 President Emilio Aguinaldo issued a declaration of war on the US. 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 146 BCE, the Punic Wars … Read more
Bapor Tabo
Here is a digital model and render by Kathryna Lee, showing her artistic interpretation (based on contemporary river ship designs of the late 19th and early 20th century) of the Bapor Tabo in Jose Rizal’s novels, the “El Filibusterismo“. The ship model is rendered in the Pasig River in the midst of the 1930s Prewar … Read more