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New Urban Cemeteries

New Urban Cemeteries

Jutting conspicuously in the Quezon City skyline near the intersection of Quezon Avenue and Araneta Avenue is this relatively new and unique-looking skyscraper, approximately 15-18 stories high. Called the Sanctuarium, this odd and seemingly ill-situated structure [...]

NLEX-Novaliches Flyover

NLEX-Novaliches Flyover

Aerial photograph of the section of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) near its starting point at the boundary of Quezon City and Caloocan City. This particular section in the photo is where the flyovers to and [...]

Aerial View of SM North EDSA

Aerial View of SM North EDSA

                Photo Details: Location: Metro Manila Date Taken: August 16, 2011 Camera Used: Canon EOS 50D, with a Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5 zoom lens Photographed by: Caloy Llamas   ~oOo~ SOMETIME in mid-August [...]

“Mang Tomas”

“Mang Tomas”

The origin of “Mang Tomas” can be traced to businessman Tomas de los  Reyes  in La Loma, Quezon  City.  In the late 1950s de los Reyes built his business around the Filipino favorite food, “lechon” (roast pig). [...]

Pres. Corazon “Cory” C. Aquino (1933 – 2009)

Pres. Corazon “Cory” C. Aquino (1933 – 2009)

Cory Aquino was the first female President of the Philippines and in the whole of Asia.  She served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. From being a self-proclaimed housewife, Cory Aquino took center [...]

Pres. Sergio Osmeña, Sr. (1878 – 1961)

Pres. Sergio Osmeña, Sr. (1878 – 1961)

Fourth President of the Philippine Republic.  Second President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.  Founder of the Nacionalista Party. Patriarch of the prominent Osmeña family. -o0o- Name: Sergio Suico Osmeña, Sr. Birth: Date: 9 September 1878 Place: Cebu City Death: Date: 1961 Age: 83 Place: Veteran’s Memorial Hospital, Quezon [...]

Other August Festivals in Luzon

Other August Festivals in Luzon

Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption August 15 Boac, Marinduque Pavvu Rulun Festival and Padda Na Lima August 15- August 17 Tuguegarao, Cagayan Coron Festival August 15- August 17 Tiwi, Albay Pilgrimage to Joroan August [...]

MMDA "Number Coding" Clarified

MOTORISTS’ GUIDE TO NUMBER CODING What started as supposedly a Metro Manila-wide vehicle volume reduction scheme has now taken many different versions from one city to the next, creating confusions among many motorists.  And there seems [...]


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