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1922, Queen of the Manila Carnival, VIRGINIA VIDAL LLAMAS 1922 QUEEN OF THE MANILA CARNIVAL. Virginia Vidal Llamas, a student from the progressive Philippine Women's College, beat candidates from exclusive schools for the crown. 1922 saw another banner year for the Manila Carnival, as the annual fair was used by the Americans to emphasize and instill health and sanitation consciousness among the Filipinos. The first “health parade” was witnessed in this year’s edition with hundreds of sanitary workers—from street sweepers, fumigators, health group members and puericulture officers participating. It was also this year that attractive art competitions (Fernando Amorsolo won 1st prize for his painting) and unusual ethnic exhibits (the mummy of 12th c. Benguet demigod Apo Anno was put on display) were put up for public enjoyment. The Queen selected to reign over the fair was a quiet, demure collegian from Pagsanjan, Laguna: Virginia Llamas y Vidal. Born on 1 July 1905, she wa...

QUOTE (trismegistos @ Jul 2 2011, 01:53 AM) The Philippine political leadereship and its Financial managers especially those in the BSP better flexed their political muscle and show some sovereign testicles and instead of being beholden to the Foreign Financial controlling interests led by the Dark cabals. RP wasting $30-billion fund DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 07/01/2011 http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110701com6.html What could be more important than writing about a key bit of information that will make the Filipino people realize they don’t need foreign funds in the national economy anymore to enable them to throw the yoke of economic colonialism immediately? All the BS that cause the inferiority complex and mendicancy of Filipinos (BS such as “we need foreign investors”; “we don’t have the funds”; “we can’t run the country without debt”; or “we can’t escape the debt trap”) will simply have to go down the toilet drain. Several times before, we have written a...

SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION( COPY PASTED FROM THEIR BLOG) SPANISH SAILORS While we understand that the settlement of Alta California required much support by sea until the colony became self-sufficient about 25 years later, only naval historians have studied how this support was arranged and sustained. Actually, as many people were involved in naval support as in the combined presidios, pueblos, and missions. Simultaneously with the settlement, there had to be mapping and exploration of potential harbors, coastal features, sailing hazards, and settlement sites. Just before, during, and after the Revolutionary War period, Spain was in intense rivalry with England, Russia, and other European powers for dominance in the Pacific. Spanish naval officers alternated between exploration and supplying Alta California. (Donald Cutter, "California: Training Ground for Spanish Naval Heroes," California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol 40 (June 1961). In order to begin settling Alta...

Isabella II Date: October 10, 1830 - April 9, 1904 Queen of Spain 1833-1868 Isabella succeeded to the Spanish throne on the death of her father, Ferdinand VII, when Salic Law was set aside. Her uncle, Don Carlos, disputed her right to succeed. This led to the First Carlist War, 1833-1839, while her mother, and then General Baldomero Espartero, served as regents for the underage Isabella. The military established her rule in 1843. In a series of diplomatic turns, called the Affair of the Spanish Marriages, Isabella's marriage and that of her sister to Spanish and French nobles instead of to a relative of Prince Albert of England helped alienate England, empower the conservative faction in Spain and bring Louis-Philippe of France closer to the conservative faction. This helped lead to the liberal uprisings of 1848 and to Louis-Philippe's defeat. Isabella was rumored to have chosen her Bourbon cousin, Francisco de Asis, as husband because he was impotent, and they largely ...