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Bana Sailani
Bana Sailani (October 21, 1937 – 2011) was a Filipino swimmer and swimming instructor. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. Early life and education Sailani who is of Tausūg and Badjao ethnicity was born in Siasi, Sulu. He started to participate in swimming competitions as early as when he was still an elementary student at the Sisangat Siasi Sulu Elementary School. He attended the University of Santo Tomas for his secondary studies following his stint at the 1956 Summer Olympics but stopped studying before his participation at the 1960 Summer Olympics to help his brother Egging enter the University of the Philippines for Egging's collegiate studies. Career Competitive He was encouraged by his grade school principal to participate in swimming competitions and Sailani later won first place twice in regional competitions. Former Olympian Sambiao Basanung scouted him when he was on his sixth grade and brought him to Manila in 1949 to train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siasi, Sulu
Siasi, officially the Municipality of Siasi ( Tausūg: ''Kawman sin Siasi''; ), is a municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 81,689 people. Geography Barangays Siasi is politically subdivided into 50 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. *Bakud *Buan *Bulansing Tara *Bulihkullul *Campo Islam *Duggo *Duhol Tara *East Kungtad *East Sisangat *Ipil *Jambangan *Kabubu *Kong-Kong Laminusa *Kud-kud *Kungtad West *Latung *Luuk Laminusa *Luuk Tara *Manta *Minapan *Nipa-nipa *North Laud *North Manta *North Musu Laud *North Silumpak *Pislong * Poblacion (Campo Baro) *Punungan *Puukan Laminusa *Ratag *Sablay *Sarukot *Siburi *Singko *Siokalan *Siowing *Sipanding *Sisangat *Siundoh *South Musu Laud *South Silumpak *Southwestern Bulikullul *Subah Buaya *Tampakan Laminusa *Tengah Laminusa *Tong Laminusa *Tong-tong *Tonglabah *Tubig Kutah *Tulling Climate Demographics Economy Poverty Inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legaspi, Luzon
Legazpi (, American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), officially the City of Legazpi (; ), is a component city and capital of the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 209,533. Legazpi is the regional center and largest city of the Bicol Region and in Albay, in terms of population."DILG Regional Office No. 5 Directory" . Bicol Region Official website. It is the region's center of tourism, education, health services, commerce and transportation in the Bicol Region. The city is applying for a Highly Urbanized City (HUC). The city is composed of two districts, Legazpi Port and the Old Albay District. |
Swimmers At The 1958 Asian Games
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People From Sulu
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimmers At The 1960 Summer Olympics
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. There are many health benefits to swimming, but it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Swimmers For The Philippines
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Filipino Male Swimmers
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2011 Deaths
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1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: The Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate its leaders. * January 30 – The Moscow Trial initiated on January 23 is concluded. Thirteen of the defendants are Capital punishment, sentenced to death (including Georgy Pyatakov, Nikolay Muralov and Leonid Serebryakov), while the rest, including Karl Radek and Grigory Sokolnikov are sent to Gulag, labor camps and later murdered. They were i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosio Padilla
Ambrosio "Paddy" Bibby Padilla (; December 7, 1910 – August 11, 1996) was a Filipino basketball player, lawyer, and an elected member of the Senate of the Philippines. He was one of the most important figures in Asian basketball development. Early life Padilla was born as the eighth of eleven children of Dr. Nicanor Padilla and Ysabel Bibby. He married Lourdes de las Alas on May 4, 1941, the eldest daughter of Taaleño senator Antonio de las Alas. Padilla fathered 10 children: 6 boys and 4 girls. Athletic career Padilla was born in Lingayen, Pangasinan. He studied at the Ateneo de Manila for his high school and college education. In college, he was the team captain of the 1928 Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles varsity basketball squad that won the 1928 NCAA (Philippines) basketball championship under coach James A. Martin, S.J. Later, he studied law at the University of the Philippines and became a varsity player of the university's baseball team in the early 1930s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
