The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
On this day, August 9, we celebrate the 62nd year of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Israel. The Philippines has an Embassy in Tel-Aviv. 1982 On this day, August 9, in 1982, the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on … Read more
On this day, August 7, in 1933, Alberto Romulo, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, was born in Camiling, Tarlac. Romulo served as Foreign Affairs Secretary from August 2004 to February 2011. 1901 On this day, August 7, in 1901, Filipino lawyer Arsenio Cruz Herrera was appointed by Gov. Gen. William Howard Taft as … Read more
On this day, August 6, in 1898, President Emilio Aguinaldo made a plea to governments around the world to recognize the independence of the Philippines from Spain. 1944 On this day, August 6, in 1944, Filipina journalist, entertainment writer, and television host Lourdes Jimenez-Carvajal, more popularly known as Inday Badiday, was born in Balingasag, Misamis … Read more
On this day, August 5, 2019, is the 111th birth anniversary of Jose Garcia Villa, National Artist for Literature. Jose Garcia Villa is considered as one of the finest contemporary poets regardless of race or language. Villa, who lived in Singalong, Manila, introduced the reversed consonance rime scheme, including the comma poems that made full … Read more
On this day, August 4, in 1977, the Second Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to mark the 10th founding anniversary of ASEAN. During the Summit, leaders of ASEAN’s founding members expressed their desire to develop mutually beneficial relations with Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam, and reiterated their … Read more