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Rogelio Lunasco Ordoñez (born September 24, 1940 [1] [2] - May 19, 2016) also known as Ka Roger, was a multi-awarded Filipino fiction writer, poet, activist, journalist and educator. [3] He was one of the authors of the iconic Tagalog literature anthology Mga Agos sa Disyerto in the 1960s.
The slogan "Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan" (Filipino for "For the nation's progress, discipline is needed") [1] [2] was a political catchphrase created by the administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos after his declaration of martial law, as a justification for his authoritarian rule and in an effort to promote the "new society". [3]
"Naging Mahirap" (lit. ' Became Poor '), also referred to by its opening line "Nakaligo Ka Na Ba sa Dagat ng Basura", [1] [2] [Note 1] is a Filipino-language campaign jingle of Senator Manny Villar's campaign for the 2010 Philippine presidential election.
Lintik is a Tagalog word meaning "lightning", also a mildly profane word used to someone contemptible, being wished to be hit by lightning, such as in "Lintik ka!''. [2] The term is mildly vulgar and an insult, but may be very vulgar in some cases, [ 22 ] especially when mixed with other profanity.
The name roughly translates to "Dumb Filipino", used fondly as a pejorative term. [4] " Although impressed ", Bob Ong notes, " my boss would've fired me had he known I was the one behind it. " When someone contacted him after mistaking him as an actual person named Bob Ong, his famous pseudonym was born. [ 1 ]
Clodualdo del Mundo was born in Santa Cruz, Manila.His parents were Mariano del Mundo, a sculptor from Bocaue, Bulacan; and Remigia Legaspi of Sampaloc, Manila. A graduate of Mapa High School, del Mundo obtained a degree in Associate in Arts from Far Eastern College (now Far Eastern University), and a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from the National Teachers' College.
Kenkoy, through his creators, was the origin of the “pidgin language” [4] that was the mixture of grammatically-incorrect yet effectively comical “Tagalog, Spanish, and English languages” usage contemporarily known as "Carabao English", [5] ("Kenkoy's English"), “Taglish”, and “Spangalog” (a portmanteau, creole of Tagalog and ...
Batu-Bato sa Langit: Ang Tamaa'y Huwag Magagalit (1975) Saan Ka Pupunta, Miss Lutgarda Nicolas? (1975) Hugasan Mo ang Aking Kasalaman (1976) Mrs. Eva Fonda, 16 (1976) Wanted ... Ded or Alayb (1976) May Langit ang Bawat Nilikha (1976) Mga Rosas sa Putikan (1976) Hinog sa Pilit (1976) Malvarosa (1976) Makamandag si Adora (1976) Hagdan-Hagdan ang ...