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Palacio Malacanang: “Where the Filipino Leaders Are”

Sino bang Pinoy ang di nakaka-alam kung saan nakatira ang mga presidente ng Pilipinas? Forgive my harshness but really, who are from the Filipinos doesn't know that the term Malakanyang (Malacanang) is synonymous to power governing the islands? Since the Palacio del Governador in Intramuros (ang original ha, hindi yung high rise na opisina ng COMELEC ngayon) was toppled ...

Going to Where the Republic Stood Still…

Be needing to have a time off from my Sabattical and idle activity, boredom is pushing me to sanity limits...Therefore thinking of another trip tomorrow morning...to where Asia's first republic was born and stood still amidst the tides of imperialist chess players of the early 20th Century...the settlement found north of the Cabisera de las Islas, known for its women ...

Cavite Central: Trece Martires City

The heart of the Province of Cavite's bureaucracy, the city that was built in 1954 and dedicated it to the thirteen martyrs of the province who have sacrificed their lives for the name of freedom from Spanish rule. The City of Trece Martires. Located somewhat 43 kilometers down south of Manila, it is the seat of government of the province of ...

Kahilwayan Festival of Santa Barbara, Iloilo

In the conventional history text books, they would mentioned that when Aguinaldo declared Independence, all of the islands have been independent from the Spanish colonizers. They were dead wrong. After that mock battle between the Americans and the Spaniards in August 1898, the latter transfered their power at Iloilo to make last reforms but they were too late. Given that the ...

Of Diego Bunuel & Ian Wright

Nope, this is not a fan post or anything that is about their programs that has been ingrained in my mentality for years...but these people, their co-hosts and staff, and most especially their programs inspired me to go the extra mile whenever I travel. Since early childhood, I started becoming a jetsetter. As early as several weeks old, I was able ...

Light & Fire: Banaag Festival of Anilao Iloilo

Just by All Saints Day or All Souls Day, while the people went to the cemeteries and lit up some candles for their loved ones, the people of the small town Anilao in the central Philippine province of Iloilo celebrates their town foundation, not only of candles lit in the cemeteries but also a celebration of light and fire, the ...

Cemetery Tour: Cementerio de Janiuay

Perhaps the most notable among all of the cemeteries in central Iloilo would be the cemetery of Janiuay, some 30 kilometers from Iloilo City. This is the town after Cabatuan, so if we started our trip there then its just 15 minutes away. Janiuay town is settled in the foothills of the Panay Cordillera which its fertile valley is irrigated by ...