Located in Tanay, the picturesqe DARANAK FALLS is one of
the most famous natural attractions of Rizal, and a popular summer destination
for tourists. The word “daranak”, comes from the Tagalog work “danak, meaning
to flow, as in blood flow, or blood being spilled.
Likewise, commercials like the Magnolia Long Life Milk TVC
and this LITTON DENIMS print ad have
also been filmed here. Many magazine pictorials have also used the falls as
backdrop for fashion editorial shoots.
For many Manilans in the 70s decade, Mount Batulao in Nasugbu, and its environs were the go-to places to unwind every weekend. In 1975, these area,and parts of Ternate and Maragondon were designated as tourist zones.
One of its earliest developments was the sprawling Batulao Village Club owned the family of senator Gil Puyat and designed by architect Benjamin Bautista with landscapes by Ildefonso P. Santos Jr. It was the first resort south of Manila to offer the same luxurious amenities as Baguio’s older destinations.
The club’s modern look took inspiration from the terraces of the Mountan Province ( the architect and planner was from Baguio), with touches of environmental sensibility ahead of its time. Natural materials and indigenous patterns and textures were incorporated in the buildigs and cottages, like rattan, Capiz and local woods.
The expansive club boasts of a Gary Player-designed golf course, a main clubhouse, a halfway
house, a village inn, cottages and a sports complex that featured the latest rage in 70s racquet sports – pelota.
Batulao Village Club rose in prominence in the 70s, providing live combo music, and evening events. There were hiking and camping activities at the Gulod sa Batulao, plus lots of swimming and snorkeling for nature lovers.Golf and pelota tournaments were frequently held, as well.
Batulao lost much of its appeal beginning in the 80s as more affordable resorts opened up north, made accessible by the new expressway of North Luzon. Add to that the internal problems of the company. Attempts to redevelop it in the mid 1990s with the addition of another beach resort and the restoration of the golf course did not do much to its dwindling popularity until it fell into disarray and eventual closure completely.
SOURCES:
Batulao, wikimedia entry
Batulao
Summers, https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/modern-living/2004/04/17/246536/batulao-summers
One of the premiere beach resort clubs in the 80s was the the MONTEMAR Beach Club, which was established way back in 1978 in Bagac, Bataan. It has since been operating as a private membership beach resort Club. As a beach resort, Montemar is ideal for rest, recreation, dining, conventions, parties and weddings.
In the 1980s, its facilities and amenities include 64 airconditioned rooms with balconies, tennis, golf, pool, two restaurants, waterfall, and windsurfing. It boasts of a 500 meter-long powdery white sand beach, spacious palm-dotted lawns, just 2.5 hours-drive away from Manila. Back then, MONTEMAR was the go-to place for the rich and famous,
Today,
MONTEMAR is still in operation. According to its website, it now has 89 plantation-inspired rooms spread among the
five Mediterranean-styled inns that provide comfort and space for
relaxation. Ocean View and Garden View
rooms are offered at the Club to provide scenic views for a worthwhile and
memorable experience.
Three swimming pools (Members’ Pool, Pavilion Pool and Garden Pool) are also available at the Club. Various indoor and outdoor activities such as kayaking, jet-skiing, horse-back riding, and fishing are offered at the Club for everyone’s enjoyment.
MONTEMAR
is majority-owned by Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation
(Philcomsat).
SOURCE: Montemar Beach Club website, https://www.montemar.com.ph/
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| TIKI-TIKI MANUEL ZAMORA, Print Ad, 1937 |
One medicine that has a special place in our medical
history is TIKI-TIKI, that was developed in 1909 by chemist-pharmacist MANUEL
ZAMORA ,(1870–1929), of Sta. Cruz,
operating out of his laboratory/pharmacy on R. Hidalgo Street. It was
formulated to cure infantile beriberi (“taun”, in Pilipino) , a
deadly disease that plagued poorly-nourished Filipino children during the
American colonial period, caused by Vitamin B1 deficiency.
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| TIKI-TIKI 'BOUNCING BABY', Print Ad, 1940 |
Made from rice bran extract, it became a crucial public health solution during the American colonial period. The brand name was derived from “tikitiki” a local term for the rice bran from which the liquid medicine was extracted. The bran was a rich source of Vitamin B1 or Thiamine and it was Zamora who successfully extracted a stable version of it, producing it commercially, thus saving thousands of Filipino babies’ lives.
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| TESTIMONIAL AD 'Virginia Dela', Print Ad, 1953 |
Zamora made known TIKI-TIKI’s life-saving impact on Tiki-Tiku print ads that were circulated in dailies and magazines regularly: “The TIKI-TIKI MANUEL ZAMORA extract is a medicine unequalled in quality for the prevention and cure of Infantile Beri-Beri which is a dangerous disease of children…..Within the years that this famous TIKI-TIKI MANUEL ZAMORA has beEn discovered, countless mothers and children have been saved from early death”.
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| TIKI-TIKI 'Health Protection', Print Ad, 1958 |
The success of the ban prompted international pharmaceutical companies like Parke Davis to make lucrative offers to Zamora to buy him out, but he refused to sell the rights to his formula, ensuring it remained accessible to Filipinos. Zamora eventually helped establish the Philippine Pharmaceutical Association.
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| UNITED AMERICAN TIKI-TIKI Print Ad, 1964 |
While originally a specialized medicine, TIKI-TIKI is now manufactured by Unilab as a children's multivitamin brand, originally under the name United American (Tiki-Tiki Drops and Syrup). It became well-known for its memorable jingle that was heard on he raio without fail, every day—“United American, United American, United American TIKI-TIKI ang bilhin!”.
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| UNITED AMERICAN, 'Bring Up Your Babies', Print Ad, 1964 |
Today, TIKI-TIKI is a significant product in the history of Philippine medicine, credited with fighting a national health crisis.
SOURCES:
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_A._Zamora
Ginats in History: Manuel A. Zamora: https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/manuel-zamora