The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
The Don Roman building is located along Escolta, Sta Cruz Manila. In front of Plaza Lacson (formerly Plaza Goiti) which leads to directly to Carriedo Street. First built in 1894 and expanded in 1957. You can see this building from afar when you drop by lrt Carriedo station.
Ubi Festival “INDUSTRIYA SA UBI PALAMBUON, KATAMBAYAYONG SA PAG-ABANTE SA MGA BOL-ANON” Despite the heavy rains the past two months, Bohol remains festive, undaunted as January marks the harvest season of its famed and revered root crop, the Ubi or Purple Yam (Dioscorea alata). This year, the Ubi Festival has 14 participating towns from all … Read more
Three Kings Parish (Gapan, Nueva Ecija) The City of Gapan, one of the first towns of Pampanga and now part of the province of Nueva Ecija, celebrates one of its town fiestas on January 6 during the Feast of the Three Kings, the city’s patron saints along with La Virgen Divina Pastora (The Virgin Divine … Read more
Kuraldal Festival (Kuraldal Atlung Ari), Sasmuan, Pampanga, Philippines (January 6-10) The Kuraldal Festival is an annual celebration honoring St. Lucy (Santa Lucia or Apung Lucia), the patron saint of the town of Sasmuan, Pampanga. It starts on Epiphany or the Feast of Three Kings on January 6 and lasts for 5 days until January 10. … Read more
San Nicolas Fire Station (Calle Madrid, San Nicolas) While most areas of nearby Intramuros, Tondo, and Binondo were destroyed during the Battle of Manila in 1945, the core area of San Nicolas was spared and remained relatively intact. Thus preserved was a great multitude of structures from the Spanish colonial period, many of which were … Read more