GOV. FABIAN SALES PUGEDA - the American Regime Governor

the 8th Governor of the province of Cavite served office from 1925-1931 

SCOUT ANTONIO TORILLO

The photo was taken in 1963 before the 11th World Jamboree in Greece.                                         Photo - Unang Pahina/google

Our Boy Scouts never made it to Greece. Their plane went down over the Indian Ocean. The 22 Boy Scouts are commemorated in 23 streets in Quezon City. Albano, Bayoran, Borromeo, Castor, Chuatoco, de Guia, Delgado, Fernandez, Fuentebella, Gandia, Limbaga, Lozano, Madriñan, Magbanua, Ojeda, Rallos, Reyes, Santiago, Tobias, Torillo, Tuazon and Ybardolaza. The 23rd street to commemorate the Boy Scouts is named 11th Jamboree near GMA 7. Credit- Unang Pahina.

 

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Eagle Scout Antonio Torillo was born to Rios-Torillo clan of Rosario, Cavite. He is the brother of Valentino Rios Torillo aka Lady Valerie. A street in Quezon City was named in honor of him. Click here http://www.mabuhayradio.com/obituary-memorial-park/remembering-the-boy-scout-filipino-tragedy-of-july-28-1963

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    "His parents, Col. And Mrs. Alfonso Torillo, were unaware of their son’s tragedy until they heard about it flashed over the Chronicle Broadcasting Network Sunday afternoon in Rosario, Cavite." -  Manila Chronicle – July 30, 1963
By Sylvia Mayuga of the Chronicle Staff                 http://wanderfoolme.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/remembering-the-scouts/

  a statue in memory of the 23 Filipino boy scouts who perished in the crash                                     photo from i heart manila

 In remembrance of its 48th anniversary,  the honor and tragedy of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines among them  a Rosarian, Scout Antonio Torillo, our delegation to the 11th World Scout Jamboree held in Marathon, Greece, our contingents that never made it to the event. To know more of the story click                                  http://adenu1980.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html

DR. NEMESIO PRUDENTE - Ama Ng Mga Iskolar Ng Bayan

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Former President of PUP Manila, human rights advocate, co-founder of PUP-Maragondon Campus in Cavite, Rosarian

Beyond The Music - LADY VALERIE and her Orchestra

                                                     Lady Valerie dancing the La Cumbia - EEZY DANCING ABC5 1997 

Valentino "Valerie" Torillo 

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one of the best songs made by LV and her Orchestra is "Beyond the Sea" featuring one of the bands ' best voices,  Jerry Basco, check out this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Fa4QcRFIE

Si Lady Valerie ay isang magaling at kilalang manunugtog na Pilipino sa piano at electronic organ sa ballroom dancing sa Pilipinas. Ang tunay niyang pangalan ay Valentino Rios Torillo at siya ay pinanganak at lumaki sa Rosario, Cavite noong decada 50. Ang kanyang kapatid na lalaki ay si Eagle Scout Antonio Torillo na isa sa mga Boy Scouts na nasawi sa pagsabog ng KLM Airlines sa gawing bahagi ng Indian Ocean noong decada 60.Ang kalsadang Scout Torillo sa Quezon city ay ipinangalan sa kanya.Si Lady Valerie ay may mga recordings sa tape at cd na mabibili sa mga record stores. Wiki

NOON PO SA AMIN - Back To Innocence

photo credit - I. B. Villena

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street parade

photo credit - C. V. Abad

Photo credit-J.A.Castaneda

                                          

photo credit - D. Trias

photo credit - A. Luna

..         For old times' sake- old school for you! A collection of images of bygone era when most of us still spell innocence. Photos taken from FB friends and FB friends' friends. Enjoy the pix!

PHYLLIS ZABALLERO - Magnificence of Things Called Art

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         this one must be dedicated to her birthplace entitled "Rosario, Cavite" 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Phyllis Zaballero was born in Rosario, Cavite but raised in the US and Europe. She graduated her primary and secondary educations at Notre Dame Academy in Boston, and Ecole Internationale de Geneva in Switzerland. Phyllis graduated in University of the Philippines twice, Bachelor of Arts in  Economics (1964)  and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting (1978) Magna Cum Laude and was also named as one of the CCP 13 Artists Awardee the same year. She is now married to a banker and has three sons. To see more of her works click http://phylliszaballero.com/index.php/portfolio/exhibit/spirit_of_place/. Photos and info credits go to phylliszaballero.com.

AKO ANG DAIGDIG ni Alejandro G. Abadilla

Alejandro G. Abadilla  Father of Modern Tagalog poetry Photo credit -  Ms. Lorraine Abadilla Ustaris http://akoangdaidigakoangtula.wikispaces.com/                                              Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906–August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist and fiction writer.He was born to an average Filipino family on March 10, 1906, in Salinas, Rosario, Cavite. He finished elementary school at Sapa Barrio School, then continued for high school education in Cavite City. After graduation, he worked for abroad into a small printing shop in Seattle, Washington. He edited several section of the Philippine Digest, Philippines-American Review and established Kapisanang Balagtas (Balagtas' Organization). In 1934, he returned to the Philippines where he finished AB Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas. Until 1934, he became municipal councilor of Salinas before shifting to insurance selling job. He had eight children with wife Cristina Zingalava. He died on August 26, 1969. His works influenced Virgilio S. Almario, Pedro I. Ricarte and Rolando S. Tinio. (Wikipedia) To know more of AGA click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_G._Abadilla  

Roxanne Bosch Guinoo - Epitomizing A Modern Beauty

photo credit - Beautiful Ladies

http://beautifulxlady.blogspot.com/2009/09/roxanne-guinoo-bikini-pictures.html

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qu'une belle femme - THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF ROSARIO

Catherine Illo-Sanga

Lisa Barra-Wong

Christine Mata-Flores

Starstruck's Ailyn Luna 

Hazel Closas-Pabico, the first ever Ms. DLSU-EAC

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Vivian Concepcion-Espallardo

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Emily Prodigalidad-Bautista

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Ella Grace Pulido. Ms. DLSU-SJAS 2008

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Arlyn Buendia-Landi. 3rd Runner-up Ms. Philippines USA 198?. Photo credit - Totie Buendia

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Camille Sarrosa Luna. Mutya ng Rosario 2006

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Jobie Suasa Ranara. a Runner-up in Mutya ng Rosario 1994

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Roxanne Bosch Guinoo-Yap. Photo credit-Wiki.

       Rosario's loveliest women then and now. Roxanne Bosch Guinoo, Ella Grace Pulido, Jobie Suasa Ranara, Camillle Sarrosa Luna, Hazel Morabe Closas-Pabico, Emily Prodigalidad-Bautista, Christine Mata-Flores, Catherine Illo-Sanga, the Concepcion sisters Vivian, Rea and Mia, Sharon Cupino, Arlene Moya,  Mutya Lorenzo, Cathy Veloso-Santillan, Cecille Ruiz-Batalla, Maricel Fortuno, the Lupisan sisters, Encarnita Compuesto-Nocon, Rose Villaflor , Ella Castro Afable, Ailyn Luna and the list goes on.

ART NEO - Of Colors And Emotions

TOTIE BUENDIA (Ireneo Buendia) Born: April 27 Rosario, Cavite. He is an avant garde artist known for his artistic and fashionable airbrush paintings. He used to work in Playgirl and other fashion magazines in the US. His previous works now hang in houses and businesses of famous celebrities and businessmen like James Cooper, Maricel Soriano, Fanny Serrano and Edwin Samot, as well as imprinted on the gowns and barong tagalogs of Ole Morabe, Adrian Rios, Digo Dones and other fashion designers. The sixth among seven children, Neo "Totie" has been interested in drawings since he was eight. He was just nine when his teachers noticed his rare artistic abilities. At an early age, he did renditions of a wide variety of subjects, including Vargas girls, Tarzan and mermaids. Since arts is his ambition, he decided to enroll in commercial art at the University of Santo Tomas and PWU both prestigious art schools in Manila. After four years of studies, he went to US for more opportunities and to widen his horizon in commercial arts. He likes to work in pencil, acrylic, airbrush and paints. His assignments included artworks for the Broadway Dept. Stores in Los Angeles, Calif wherein his works then were usually being featured in Los Angeles Times. He did some illustrations for various magazines like Playgirl, The Advocate, Blueboy, Torso and Village News. Some of his projects included Hollywood star Zsazsa Gabor's ad for Xmas promo card, Vidal Sassoon's catalogue, LA Disneyland's ads for disco opening.  Other paintings were featured in some Pinoy movies like The Dolzura Cortes Story(Vilma Santos), Dyesebel (Alice Dixon) and comedy film Tanga and Chos (Joey deLeon and Jon Santos) His not so recent works were exhibited in art galleries and venues like Island Cove and diff. hotels in Manila. To see more of his works, check out Totie Buendia's FB account, click http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.102684859764477.6264.100000688912152 

Remembering a father, a newspaperman, former publisher of Bulletin Today, a Rosarian- APOLONIO BATALLA

credit- "Remembering My Father" -from Budge Batalla's blog myinsanities

http://budge.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/remembering-my-father/

Dugong Kabitenyo, Dugong Pilipino

      Here' s a video/song from YouTube, Michael Copon's, "Love Should Be A Crime". Click here for another video of him - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65nUt45rlK0&feature=related.

photo credit - pinoy-ofw.com

          another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TuAVeqdCoE&NR=1 from One True Media.com

      Michael Copon - American actor, model, producer and singer                                       Copon was born in Chesapeake, Virginia to a Filipino father and a German-American mother. His roots came from Rosario, Cavite, Philippines.  For more info. about him click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Copon or http://www.pinoy-ofw.com/news/8460-filam-actorsinger-retracing-roots.html