A 71-year-old page of the Manila Daily Bulletin dated March 30, 1953 is on display at the “Karaang Butang” (old artifacts) display competition, an annual activity as part of the Arts Month celebration in Panglao town, Bohol.
A 71-year-old page of the Manila Daily Bulletin is on display in an exhibit in Panglao, Bohol. (Contributed photo by Jhel Mar Jala)
Ten barangays are participating in the event where they display old or antique items at the old municipal building of Panglao.
Richard Duldulao, author of “Historya of Barrio Libaong” and member of the barangay council of Libaong, disclosed that he found the old Manila Daily Bulletin Page 11 at the back of an old mirror owned by his grandmother.
Duldulao said he decided to include the old newspaper page in the exhibit as he considers it a part of history.
He believes that the presence of the Manila Daily Bulletin page in his grandmother’s house showed that reading newspapers was part of the people's lives back then.
The Manila Daily Bulletin is the forefunner of the Manila Bulletin.