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Ramón Valera
Ramón Valera ''y'' Oswalds (August 31, 1912 – May 25, 1972) was a Filipino-American fashion designer who was bestowed with the National Artist of the Philippines honor in 2006. He is the first Filipino fashion designer to receive this distinction. In 2017, his work was displayed in an exhibit called ''Valera and the Modern: An Exhibit on the Life and Work of National Artist for Fashion Design, Ramon Valera'' which was curated by Gerry Torres at De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, De La Salle-College of St. Benilde’s School of Design and Arts Gallery. Valera's gowns have been worn by notable Filipina women including Gloria Romero (actress), Gloria Romero, Barbara Perez, Bárbara Pérez and Imelda Marcos. Valera was born on August 31, 1912, in Bangued, Abra, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, Philippine Islands to Melecio Valera and Maria del Pilar Oswalds, and finished his education in De La Salle. His siblings include of Carmen Valera-Arellano, Pilar Valera F ...
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Santa Rosa, Laguna
Santa Rosa, officially the City of Santa Rosa (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Laguna (province), Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, its population was 414,812 people. It is the second largest local government unit in Laguna after Calamba, Laguna, Calamba. On August 28, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11395, which separated the city from the Laguna's 1st congressional district, province's first district and granted the city its Santa Rosa's at-large congressional district, own congressional district to elect a representative in 2022 Philippine general election, 2022. The city later gained its own representation in the Laguna Provincial Board to elect two members separately starting in 2025 Laguna local elections, 2025. Santa Rosa is derived from Spanish language, Spanish for Saint Rose of Lima, its patron saint to whom it is consecrated to. The town w ...
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National Artists Of The Philippines
The Order of National Artists of the Philippines (Tagalog language, Tagalog: ''Orden ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas'') is an Order (distinction), order bestowed by the President of the Philippines on Philippine nationality law, Philippine nationals who have made significant contributions to the development of Art of the Philippines, Philippine art. Members of the order are known as National Artists. Originally instituted as an award, it was elevated to the status of an order in 2003. The order is administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines by virtue of President of the Philippines, President Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation No. 1001 of April 2, 1972, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Philippines), National Commission for Culture and the Arts. The first award was posthumously conferred on Filipino painter Fernando Amorsolo. Definition The Order (distinction), order of the highest state Honour, honor is conferred on individuals deemed ...
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Filipino Fashion Designers
Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, a de facto standardized variety of Tagalog, the national language, and one of the two official languages of the Philippines ** Filipinos, people who are natives, citizens and/or nationals of the Philippines, natural-born or naturalized * Filipinos (snack food), a brand cookies manufactured in Europe See also * Filippino (given name) * * * Filipinas (other) Filipinas may refer to: * Women in the Philippines * ''Filipinas, letra para la marcha nacional'', the Spanish poem by José Palma that eventually became the Filipino national anthem. * The original Spanish name, and also used in different P ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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1972 Deaths
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 – The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong's Victoria harbor while undergoing conversion to a floating university. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after s ...
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1912 Births
This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skipping 13 days. Friday, 30 November ''(Julian Calendar)'' immediately turned Saturday, 14 December 1912 ''(in the Gregorian Calendar)''. Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German Geophysics, geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. ** New Mexico becomes the 47th U.S. state. * January 8 – The African National Congress is founded as the South African Native National Congress, at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein, to promote improved rights for Black people, black South Africans, with Joh ...
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Philippine Postal Corporation
The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost; ), also known as the Philippine Post Office, is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President of the Philippines, Office of the President, responsible for providing mail, postal services in the Philippines. PHLPost has in excess of 8,000 employees and runs more than 1,215 post offices nationwide. It is based in the historic Manila Central Post Office, situated at the Liwasang Bonifacio and overlooking the Pasig River, and is currently headed by Postmaster General & CEO Luis D. Carlos. The board of directors is composed of seven members, including the postmaster general, who serves simultaneously as the chief executive officer. Previously an attached agency of the Department of Transportation (Philippines), Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (Philippines), Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT), t ...
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ABS-CBN News And Current Affairs
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, known on-air as ABS-CBN News (formerly known as ''ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs''), is the news and current affairs division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The division is the country's largest international news gathering and broadcast organization, maintaining several foreign news bureaus and offices through ABS-CBN's Global division. The division generates news output for the company's media assets such as radio station DZMM Radyo Patrol 630; the former main ABS-CBN terrestrial television network (including its former free-to-air television and radio stations) and its current ad-interim replacements Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, All TV and PRTV Prime Media; cable television through ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo; international channel TFC; and news websites news.abs-cbn.com and patrol.ph, which the former ranks as the top news website in the country as of November 2021. History News division The oldest of the two ...
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Interior Design
Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. With a keen eye for detail and a Creativity, creative flair, an interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordinates, and manages such enhancement projects. Interior design is a multifaceted profession that includes conceptual development, space planning, site inspections, programming, research, communicating with the stakeholders of a project, construction management, and execution of the design. History and current terms In the past, interiors were put together instinctively as a part of the process of building.Pile, J., 2003, Interior Design, 3rd edn, Pearson, New Jersey, USA The profession of interior design has been a consequence of the development of society and the complex architecture that has resulted from the development of industrial processes. The pursuit of effective use of ...
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Fashion Design
Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has varied over time and place. "A fashion designer creates clothing, including dresses, suits, pants, and skirts, and accessories like shoes and handbags, for consumers. They can specialize in clothing, accessory, or jewelry design, or may work in more than one of these areas." Fashion designers Fashion designers work in a variety of ways when designing their pieces and accessories such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and clothes. Due to the time required to put a garment out on the market, designers must anticipate changes to consumer desires. Fashion designers are responsible for creating looks for individual garments, involving shape, color, fabric, trimming, and more. Fashion designers attempt to design clothes that are functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. They ...
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Sibling
A sibling is a relative that shares at least one parent with the other person. A male sibling is a brother, and a female sibling is a sister. A person with no siblings is an only child. While some circumstances can cause siblings to be raised separately (such as foster care or adoption), most societies have siblings grow up together. This causes the development of strong emotional bonds, with siblinghood considered a unique type of relationship. The emotional bond between siblings is often complicated and is influenced by factors such as parental treatment, birth order, personality, and personal experiences outside the family. Medically, a full-sibling is a first-degree relative and a half-sibling is a second-degree relative as they are related by 50% and 25%, respectively. Definitions The word ''sibling'' was reintroduced in 1903 in an article in '' Biometrika'', as a translation for the German ''Geschwister'', having not been used since Middle English, specifically 142 ...
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Insular Government Of The Philippine Islands
The Philippine Insular GovernmentThis form of the name appeared in the titles of US Supreme Court cases, but was otherwise rarely used. See s:Costas v. Government of the Philippine Islands/Opinion of the Court, Costas v. Government of the Philippine Islands, 221 U.S. 623, 1911. The Administrative Code of the Philippine Islands of 1917' gives the formal name of the state as either "Insular Government" or "Government of the Philippine Islands" (p. 5). () was an unincorporated Territories of the United States, territory of the United States that was established on April 11, 1899 upon ratification of the Treaty of Paris (1898), 1898 Treaty of Paris. It was Tydings–McDuffie Act, reorganized in 1935 in preparation for later independence. The Insular Government was preceded by the Military Government of the Philippine Islands and was followed by the Commonwealth of the Philippines. The Philippines were acquired from Spain by the United States in 1898 following the Spanish–American ...
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