Comments on: Corregidor Island: Araw ng Kagitingan

By: The “Unknown” Clark Cemetery and Death March Marker « VisitPinas.com : Visit the Philippines. Tell the World what's beautiful about Pilipinas

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:39:44 +0000

[...] in Corregidor would fall. The Philippines would commemorate April 9 as an annual holiday – Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor, also known as the Bataan and Corregidor Day. On May 6, 1942, after months of heavy [...]

By: VisitPinas.com » National Regular and Special Holidays for 2008 in the Philippines

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:16:13 +0000

[...] – March 20, 2008 Good Friday – March 21, 2008 Eid’l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan) – Movable date Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataaan and Corregidor Day) – Monday nearest April 9 (April 7, 2008) Labor Day – Monday nearest [...]

By: hill roberts

hill roberts — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:50:44 +0000

Hola, Fred, buenos dias, desde Espana!
I’m so glad you’re open to ideas. There are many inspiring things to be had in our country, countless talented people and there are times when Filipinos need to beat their chest and say, ” We are creative, we are talented, we have geniuses, we have great inventions…”Unfortunately, because we are a shy people, we do not do it with the same farvour and enthusiasm as the “White Knights” from the West or other countries. Still, with internet technology, the power to do it is right on our fingertips.
Fred, I wept quietly when I read a list of our Filipino Inventors. In fact, I’ve been weeping for two days knowing that our kapwa-Pinoy have done a lot to help, save, invent things for the world’s people.
I just found out that a Filipino invented the videophone! Even the karaoke was first conceived of and invented by a Filipino. There is a long list of Inventors from our country and ordinary Pinoys do not have an iota of idea that yes, Filipino inventors reign.
May I then suggest, Fred, that at the bottom of your article, you can include a strip of information regarding our inventors, like the phrase, “Did you know that…”all under “Inventors”. I haven’t stopped weeping after reading the list of our Inventors, Fred. I guess it will take some time to sink in that the great videophone was invented by a kapwa-Pinoy.
Mabuhay, Mabuhay, Mabuhay!!! Indeed, Fred, let’s rejoice!

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:09:22 +0000

Hill, great idea…will implement that every time we feature a sculpture in this site (and look up the sculptors of the works already featured). You should go to Corregidor the next time you’re here. Everybody should.

By: hill roberts

hill roberts — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:47:07 +0000

Hola, Fred, buenos dias desde Espana!
That photograph of two soldiers you featured proves we have great sculptors.
But, who was the sculptor? let’s name them because I have seen so many beautifully-made sculpture and to this day, I am ashamed to say I couldn’t remember even three well-known homegrown Filipino sculptors in our country. Perhaps, the time has come to inform us, Fred, each time you show monuments like this one. Do you know who the sculptor is in that Leyte Landing? What a monumental thing to behold! I still remember posing next to the General in 1975, but I wonder if they’ve made changes, especially its colour? I’ll try to visit Corregidor next time I visit…something I always failed to do in the past.

By: VisitPinas.com » National Museum and Post Office Building (Manila City)

VisitPinas.com » National Museum and Post Office Building (Manila City) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:31:23 +0000

[...] a few miles off the City of Manila, valiantly fought until April 9, 1942 (this date marks the Araw ng Kagitingan, by the [...]

By: 2009 Holidays « Arlene Placido

2009 Holidays « Arlene Placido — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:49:47 +0000

[...] Araw ng Kagitingan [...]

By: VisitPinas.com » Philippine Holidays for 2009

VisitPinas.com » Philippine Holidays for 2009 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:12:22 +0000

[...] Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataaan and Corregidor [...]

By: VisitPinas.com » Time to Travel: Long Vacations and Holidays for 2009

VisitPinas.com » Time to Travel: Long Vacations and Holidays for 2009 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:11:57 +0000

[...] April 4-6 (3 days, Saturday to Monday) : Araw ng Kagitingan [...]

By: VisitPinas.com » Corregidor Island: History in the Ruins

VisitPinas.com » Corregidor Island: History in the Ruins — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:19:24 +0000

[...] Bataan and Corregidor Day, or the Araw ng Kagitingan (a regular national holiday on April 9), is a commemoration of the bravery, courage and heroism of those who fought and perished in Bataan and Corregidor. [...]