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During my college years, my bus would always traverse the Quezon Memorial Circle during the long and tedious commute from my house in Parañaque to the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Back then, the park seemed bare, with only the Quezon Memorial breaking the monotony. Since then, in order…
Here in the Philippines, when one mentions locally made shoes, the first word that comes into mind is Marikina. The Shoe Capital of the Philippines, the shoe making industry in this city began in 1887 when Don Laureano “Kapitan Moy” Guevarra served as Marikina’s captain municipal. Historical accounts say that he…
The provincial government of Sorsogon, a rapidly emerging tourism destination in the country, has been in the forefront of a big tourism push with the launch of their new tourism campaign “Beautiful Sorsogon!—Where Beauty is Everywhere.” Part of this campaign was to invite least 40 national and local media practitioners…
One of my regrets was I never got to visit the old Metropolitan Museum of Manila, an art museum that exhibits local and international contemporary art, that was formerly located in a building designed by Gabriel Formoso. Located within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Complex along Roxas Boulevard in the Malate district of Manila, it billed itself…
The second time we joined another free tour of Renacimiento Manila we went around Chinatown for the Binondo Heritage Tour. Leading the tour this time is Stephen John Pamorada, a cultural entrepreneur and Heritage Collective owner. We, my son Jandy and I, were in the distinguished company as joining us were…