President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III recently announced the new Philippine Cabinet Secretaries. The list below is the official Philippines cabinet members : Executive Secretary – Paquito “Jojo” Ochoa Jr. Department of Foreign Affairs – Alberto Romulo Department of Agriculture – Proceso Alcala Department of Budget and Management – Florencio “Butch” Abad Department of Education – [...]
On this day, June 30, 2010, Senator Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino III is inaugurated as the 15th President of the Philippines at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila. He was elected in the country’s first automated polls on May 10, 2010. As mandated by the 1987 Constitution, the new president is be to [...]
On June 29, 1626, Juan Niño de Tabora, the Spanish general and colonial official, served as governor general of the Philippines until his death on July 22, 1632. Notably, De Tabora brought the wooden statue of the Virgin Mary known as Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje (Our Lady of Peace and Good [...]
On June 28, 2008, then 29-year-old Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao made world history by becoming the first Filipino, and first Asian, to hold four concurrent world boxing championship belts in four different boxing weight divisions, by defeating Mexican David Diaz at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Born on December 17, 1978 in [...]
On June 27, 1974, Filipino Chess Master Eugene Torre became Asia’s first grandmaster by drawing with American Grandmaster Robert Byrne at the Nice World Chess Olympics. Born on November 4, 1951 in Iloilo City, Torre had been considered the best chess player the Philippines produced during the period spanning the 1980s through 1990s. The former [...]
On June 26, 1875, a royal decree was issued by the king of Spain authorizing the preparation of a general plan for a railroad in Luzon. Don Eduardo Lopez Navarro, then head of the Public Works Office of the Philippine Islands, submitted a plan which got royal approval on May 11, 1883. The concession for [...]
June 2010 Top 10 Pharmacy Board Passers Heres the list of the Top 10 successful examinees in the recent PRC Pharmacy Board Exam 1 JOYCE ANNE FALCIS VERZOSA, CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY-MALOLOS – 90.75 2 SHERNALYN ADDALINO MUKARAM, OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA – 90.73 3 HANIYA RADIAMODA DIMAOCOR, CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY-MANILA – 90.50 4 SANNIE [...]
Congratulations to our new June 2010 Filipino Pharmacists. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) recently announced that 869 out of 1261 or 68.91% passed the Pharmacy Board Exam given in the cities of Manila, Baguio and Cebu this June 2010. The members of the Board of Pharmacy who facilitated and gave the licensure examination are Mr. [...]
The Old Bilibid Prison, the first national penitentiary in the country, was established in Manila on June 25, 1865 under a Spanish royal decree. It was divided into two sections — the “carcel” section housing 600 inmates, and the “presidio” accommodating 527 prisoners. About seven decades later, due to increasing population and crime rate, Commonwealth [...]
Today is the annual celebration of Araw ng Maynila in commemoration of the proclamation on June 24, 1571 of Manila as the capital of the Spanish colonial administration in the Philippines. Earlier, while in Cebu, Spanish colonizer Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, having heard of the rich resources of Manila, dispatched two of his lieutenant-commanders, Martín [...]
