Newsreel, first Philippine national election, 1935 (by CinecittaLuce)
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It’s almost time for the 2013 midterm elections, and the PML Tumblr Team would like to encourage everyone to go out and vote. Go out and exercise your right, just as our leaders have in the past.
ABOVE: Carlos P. Garcia voting in Tagbilaran, Bohol on November 14, 1961. Running for re-election, he ended up losing to his Vice President, Diosdado Macapagal.
- Some things to keep in mind for the 2013 elections.
- Learn more about the electoral history of the Philippines with the Philippine Electoral Almanac.
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signorcasaubon reblogged isobelgowdie
Constituit eum Dominum domum suae; et principem omnis possessionis suae — He hath made him Lord of His house, and ruler of all His possessions
Repost: San Jose y El Nino Jesus (Saint Joseph and the Christ Child); anonymous artist, late 17th to early 18th century; on display at the Brooklyn Museum
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Yesterday was the 45th Anniversary of the Jabidah Massacre in Corregidor. President Benigno S. Aquino III led a ceremony in remembrance of the tragedy (ABOVE).
Karugtong po ng insidente sa Jabidah ang masalimuot na usapin ukol sa pagmamay-ari ng Sabah. Magsisimula po ang pagresolba nito hindi sa mga ispekulasyon, opinyon, ohaka-haka, kundi sa pagtukoy ng di-maikakailang mga katotohanan. Ang tungkulin ko po: Halughugin ang kasaysayan para sa mga katotohanang ito, at mula roon ay maglatag ng direksyon na tatahakin ng ating bansa ukol sa usapin ng Sabah—isang direksyong sinisiguro ko po sa inyo ay hindi gagamit ng dahas. Inatasan ko na po ang DFA, DOJ, at ang ating Executive Secretary upang magsaliksik at magmungkahi ng isang roadmap tungo sa mapayapang resolusyon ng isyu ng Sabah. [Read President Aquino’s speech here]
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Though the entire nation was in grief, none were more devastated by the news of President Magsaysay’s death than his family—his wife, Luz, his daughters, Mila and Teresita, and his son, Jun, who had been given the daunting task of breaking the news to his mother. As Nick Joaquin narrates:
The moment he entered the room, biting his lips and pale with shock, she knew what he was going to say.
Before he had finished speaking, she flung her hands to her head and uttered a scream that rang through the Palace and froze the blood of all who heard it.
“Monchi-i-ing!” she cried –and fell backward as her son ran to catch her. [Read more]
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signorcasaubon reblogged shortbreadsh
A pietá from an old manuscript in the Dominican church of San Esteban in Salamanca, Spain.
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