The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Belated happy birthday to Academician Rafael D. Guerrero III! (August 7) Dr. Guerrero III is recognized for his scientific and technological contributions to the development of sex reversal and hatchery techniques that led to the commercial production of high-yielding market-size tilapia in the Philippines and other countries. You may want to read: Camilo Roa Evelyn … Read more
Congratulations on the 108th birthday (August 8, 1914 – January 26, 2021} of Manlilikha ng Bayan Yabing Masalon Dulo! Yabing Masalon Dulo Textile WeaverBlaanPolomolok, South Cotabato Yabing Masalon Dulo lived as a youth in a milieu with a density of stimuli that encouraged skill and imagination. When Fu Yabing’s generation took from the forest fibrous … Read more
Happy 80th birthday to Manlilikha ng Bayan Alonzo Saclag! (August 4, 1942) Alonzo SaclagMusician and DancerKalingaLubuagan, Kalinga Alonzo Saclag is a Kalinga master of dance and the performing arts, he has made it his mission to create and nurture a greater consciousness and appreciation of Kalinga culture, among the Kalinga themselves and beyond their borders. … Read more
Happy 95th birthday to Manlilikha ng Bayan Lang Dulay! (August 3, 1927) Lang Dulay Textile WeaverT’boliLake Sebu, South Cotabato This National Women’s Month let’s get to know some of our Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasures) who led in bringing forth and preserving intangible cultural heritage. Lang Dulay, a textile weaver from Lake Sebu, South … Read more
Happy birthday to Academician Edward H.M. Wang! (August 3) Dr. Wang is recognized for his significant contributions as a researcher, clinician, mentor, and scientist specifically for his extensive research in musculoskeletal tumors in the Philippines and for establishing the life-saving treatment and that limb saving is possible in a state-subsidized hospital for bone and tissue … Read more