December 8 was marked in old calendars as the feast of the Inmaculada Concepcion (not Immaculada) and girls born on this day wer...

December 8 was marked in old calendars as the feast of the Inmaculada Concepcion (not Immaculada) and girls born on this day were often christened Concepcion, sometimes Maria Concepcion hence the Pinoy nickname “Maricon” that refers to a limp-wristed gay man in Spanish macho culture.
The grand staircase of the Ateneo Municipal de Manila in Intramuros was destroyed by fire in 1932, and what was left of the rebuilt campus destroyed again in the 1945 Battle for Manila. The staircase lives on in mem...