Ang pintor na lumikha ng Spolarium, si Juan Luna

Ang sumusunod ay ang maikling talambuhay ni juan luna na sinulat sa salitang tagalog:

Buhay ni Juan luna

Si Juan Luna y Novicio o mas kilala sa pangalang Juan Luna ay pinanganak sa Badoc, Ilocos Norte noong Oktubre 23, 1857. Ang kanyang mga magulang ay sina Joaquin Luna at Laureena Novicio.

Nakilala si Juan Luna sa ipininta niyang larawan na Spolarium. Siya ay namatay sa Hong Kong dahil sa atake sa puso noong Disyembre 7, 1899 .

The chords of Pilipinas kong Mahal is often played during Philippine Independence Day. Filipino students also usually sing Pilipinas Kong Mahal (or My Beloved Philippines in English) during flag retreat.

Lyrics of Pilipinas Kong Mahal Filipino

Ang bayan ko’y tanging ikaw
Pilipinas Kong Mahal
Ang puso ko at buhay man
Sa iyo’y ibibigay

Tungkulin kong gagampanan
na lagi kang paglingkuran
Ang laya mo’y babantayan
Pilipinas kong Hirang…

Lyrics of pilipinas kong mahal english version

I love my own native land
Philippines, my Philippines
To thee I give my heart and hand
Philippines, my Philippines.
the trees that crown thy mountains grand,
the seas that beat upon thy strand
Awake my heart to thy command,
Philippines, my Philippines

Fake and bogus five hundred peso bills are proliferating these days. To save yourself from the hassle of getting paid with this fake money, make sure that you know how to spot a fake 500 peso bill. Watch this video from GMA:

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Going to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) offices in major cities like Manila and Davao can be very costly and tedious for people residing in provincial areas. I remember one of my cousins living in Tacurong who still have to go to Davao City and stay with us for a day so she can personally process her passport at the DFA Davao office.

Hopefully though, this burden can be alleviated soon as six new regional offices are expected to be operational in the country. According to Executive Order no 748, six new regional consular offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs shall be opened in the following cities:

Bacolod City
Puerto Prinsesa
Butuan City
Cotabato City
General Santos City and
Baguio City

I hope these new regional DFA branches can help shorten the long queus in existing DFA offices.

The Philippine DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) already announced the e-passport Philippines but how does it differ from the regular machine-readable passport (MRP) passport? An epassport is a high tech passport with a built in microchip that stores information / data about the passport holder. It generally has the same features as a regular passport but identification and biometric data are being stored in a small RFID computer chip which makes the document less susceptible to tampering. E passports are also said to have an additional page intended to contain the passport’s microchip.

How to Apply for an E-passport

The Philippine inquirer reports that issuance of e passport will be available for Filipino diplomats and officials starting October but regular Filipino travelers can apply for the e passport by December this year. Because of the technology used and its more promising security features, application for an e passport in the Philippines is more expensive than applying for a regular passport.

The e passport international logo: This logo is usually printed on the cover of passports that use biometric systems of identification.