Chapter 6 (1st of 6 parts) Liberation January 1, 1945 was the beginning of a glorious year for the Filipinos. The news about the naval victory of American forces at Leyte Gulf, launched on October 26, 1944, and the successful landings of General Douglas MacArthur’s forces on the southwest coast of Mindoro in mid-December 1944 […]
War time By mid-1940, Adolf Hitler of Germany had already overran Europe. The Japanese, on the other side of the globe, joined the Axis powers in September 1940 and by April 1941, was ready to expand her empire further southward after signing a neutrality pact with Soviet Russia. Democratic failure had led to the closing […]
Chapter 4 Married life The Ramon Magsaysay-Luz Banzon courtship lasted for two years, from 1931 until 1933. On June 10, 1933, Ramon and Luz were married at the Lourdes Church of the Capuchin Order located inside the walls of Intramuros. (The church would be the scene of torture, bloodshed and destruction during the Japanese Occupation, […]
Mechanic Ramon started as a mechanic at TRY-TRAN in early 1931 earning P35 a month. He and a couple of others were in charge of the repair and maintenance of all buses and vehicles of the company based in Muelle dela Industria in Azcarraga district, Manila. He plunged into his work with enthusiasm, helping the […]
Get to know the Man of the Masses up close and personal…..Mambo Mambo Magsaysay…. Monching of Zambales Ramón del Fierro Magsaysay was born in Iba. Zambales on August 31, 1907. His parents were Exequiel delos Santos Magsaysay (April 18, 1874 – January 24, 1968), a blacksmith in San Marcelino, Zambales and Perfecta Quimson del […]
Luz Banzon Magsaysay An Unforgettable First Lady Foreword “LUZ BANZON MAGSAYSAY, An Unforgettable First Lady” is an unauthorized biography of the wife of President Ramon F. Magsaysay who administered the affairs of the Philippines from 1954 until 1957. The former Luz Rosauro Banzon was a native of Bataan and the first and only […]
Mariveles Ang Cabcaben Ang nayon ng Cabcaben ay tirahan ng mga Negrito at mga sinaunang Ilokano noon pang bago simulan ng mga Kastila na sakupin ang Pilipinas. Sila pa rin ang mga tribung natagpuan ng mga dayuhan na nakarating sa Bataan. Isang araw, napasyal sa dalampasigan ng Cabcaben ang isang sundalong Kastila. Doon niya inabutan […]
“Alamat” ng Limay Narito ang isang alamat na nagpasalin-salin sa bawat henerasyon ng mga taga-Limay. Ito ay isang halimbawa ng “kuwentong-bayan”: “…Isang gabing umuulan nang tawirin ng limang katao ang kalawakan ng Manila Bay patungo sa Bataan. Dala nila sa ginamit na bangka ang imahe ni San Francisco de Assisi. Sa laot na sila inabot […]
Orion Pinunong lokal Noong panahon ng mga Kastila, ang Orion ay pinamahalaan ng mga naglingkod na gobernadorcillo na sa kalaunan ay tinawag na capitanes municipal, gaya nina: Damian Baluyut, Maximino Salaveria, Pedro Baluyut, Ceferino Baltasar, Procopio Rivera, Francisco Antonio at Vicente Rodriguez. Ang mga naglingkod bilang “tenientes absoluto” ay sina: Pedro Hipolito, Mariano Angeles, Basilio […]
Pilar Imahen ng Birhen Hinango ang pangalan ng Pilar sa katawagan ng Inang Birhen bilang “Our Lady of the Pillar” o “Nuestra Señora del Pilar.” Ito ay itinatag bilang malayang pamayanan noong 1899 (sic). Hindi na matukoy kung sinu-sino ang mga taong nagtulung-tulong para maitatag ang bayan ngunit tiniyak na ang mga ito ay mga […]
