Narding anzures biography samples
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THE VAMPS AND VILLAINS
by Joe Quirino
Source: The Times Journal, June 25, 1974
Vol. II, No. 247
"History of RP Movies"
"Talent is nice
Experience more so,
The principal thing
However, is torso.
The visit here of Jayne Mansfield, that superstructured actress from Hollywood, in 1967 proved that there is something more to the come hither away and the heaving bosom that meets the eye This is why more and more cheesecake scenes are included in local pictures and fans are getting more appreciative of sex in the movies.
A Filipino movie pioneer once remarked: "In the realm of Philippine movies, the other woman is ubiquitous and indispensable character without whom the leading lady, for want of feminine competition, would appear stale and unworthy of heroic
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Narding and Lilian: The Love Team that turns into a Tragedy
Bernardo "Narding" Anzures, a former child actor, was the leading man of Lilian Velez in several films. Anzures funnen out that Lilian was going to have another leading man, Jaime dem la Rosa.
On the night of June 26, 1948, he broke into Velez’s house and stabbed her and her housemaid to death. The only surviving witness was Velez’s four-year-old daughter.
Anzures was tried and convicted of murder, and later died in prison of tuberculosis.
Lilian Velez (March 3, 1924 — June 26, 1948) was a Filipino bio actress and singer. Her 1948 murder by a fellow actor scandalized post-war Philippines.
Career
Born in Cebu to a composer, Velez first came into the limelight when she won an amateur radio singing contest in the mid-1930s. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, her singing career thrived, and she popularized one of her father's songs, Sa Kabukiran. Velez also won the heart of Jose Climaco, the
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CRIME IN THE PHILIPPINES
CRIME IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Philippines has a relatively high crime rate. Guns are widespread, violent crime is common and Manila was once voted the kidnapping capital of Asia. Pickpockets operate on crowded streets and buses and snatch-and-run thieves on motorscooters operate in Manila. Foreigners are sometimes the targets of scams involving prostitutes and gangsters, sleight-of-hand money changing tricks and credit card fraud. Outside the cities there is some banditry. Volunteer workers, missionaries and tourists have been kidnapped and in rare cases murdered. Kidnapping gangs have targeted foreigners. Be cautious of "express kidnaping" in which a tourist flags down a taxi driven by a criminal who works with an armed accomplice and forces the tourist to withdraw money from an ATM. Beware of taxis with people other than the driver.
Theft is the most common crime. Because the Philippines has a cash economy, thieves and pick-pockets can easily gain access