1823 history of municipalities written by a former governor of Camarines‚ Antonio de Siguenza‚ claimed that it was adopted from the name of of one of Juan de Salcedo’s captains. This theory could easily be dismissed since no officer of that expedition bore such name. Others thought that it was derived from the Bicol term ribong‚ which means‚ to loose one’s sense of direction or to be puzzled‚ to be disoriented. Others claimed that it came from libon which
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LEGAZPI CITY Quick Facts on Legazpi City LAND AREA: 153.70 km2 (59.34 sq mi) POPULATION: 182‚201 (As of 2010) NO. OF BARANGAYS: 70 MAJOR INDUSTRY: Trading and Commercial Activities Brief History Legazpi was originally a fishing settlement called Sawangan that occupied what is now the Legazpi Port‚ whose inhabitants were mostly fishermen and farmers. In 1587‚ Franciscan friars of the Doctrina de Cagsawa began to convert the area’s population to Christianity and in 1616‚ founded a separate
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CANAMAN‚ CAMARINES SUR BARANGAY PROFILE Baras | Barangay Baras is among urban barangays of Canaman. It is situated on the easternmost and highest part of the municipality and is located on the east of Dinaga. Baras is composed of seven (7) purok or zones. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Magarao‚ on the east by the city of Naga‚ on the south by barangay San Agustin and on the northwest by Sta. Cruz. Together with barangay San Agustin and Haring‚ it is located along the Philippine
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the first provincial capital. Captain Juan de Salcedo with a band of one hundred Spanish-Mexican soldiers and many Bisayan allies conquered the province and its surrounding regions for Spain in 1571. Seven years later‚ two Franciscan friars started the work of Christianization. In 1577‚ the Franciscan missionaries arrived in Manila‚ and in 1578 they started evangelizing Laguna‚ Morong (now Rizal)‚ Tayabas (now Quezon) and the Bicol Peninsula. Fathers Juan de Placencia and Diego de Orepesa were
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GRADUATE TRACER STUDY (GTS 2012) About: A research study of the College of Education of the De La Salle University-Manila with a grant-in-aid from the Commission on Higher Education. Its main component is an online survey that seeks to examine the employability of Philippine college graduates from batch 2006 to 2010 from 837 colleges/universities. Survey link: www.knowledgecommunity.ph Duration: Survey will run from July 13 to October 31‚ 2012 Target respondents: The target respondents
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much-needed soldiers from Mexico as well. Later two more galleons from Mexico arrived in Cebu on August 20‚ 1567‚ bringing additional reinforcements and supplies. They were commanded by two young grandsons of Legaspi’s–Felipe de Salcedo‚ 20 years old‚ and Juan de Salcedo‚ 18. With these reinforcements‚ Legaspi sent out various explorations to the neighboring islands for the purpose of
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comprised of a wonderful family and great friends. My name is Vanessa Anne San Juan Ko‚ the middle child in our family. I have an older brother and an eldest sister‚ namely‚ Rodney and Nika. My Kuya Rodney has a family now and my sister nika is still studying and live with my mother‚ Vittoria in Cavite. I started school when I was five-years-old. I went to kindergarten in Hope Christian High School in Bicol and on the sixth grade at Masville Elementary School in Sucat . Then I attended Sta
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Management of Public Elementary School Heads and Teachers of San Narciso‚ Quezon” (Unpublished Master Thesis‚ University ESTEVE‚ CELESTINA S. 2001 “Leadership Style‚ Motivational Pattern and Job Performance of Municipal Agriculture Officers in the Bicol Region (Unpublished Dissertation‚ University of Northeastern Philippines‚ Iriga City) FERRER‚ DANILO M
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this time had a religious feel or bias to them. There have been several books that have been made during the Spanish period. -The first one is the “Ang Doctrina Christiana”. It is the first book printed in the Philippines in 1953‚ written by Fr. Juan de Placencia and Fr. Domingo Nieva‚ both in Tagalog and Spanish. It contained various prayers‚ The Ten Commandments‚ Seven Mortal Sins‚ How to Confess and the Cathecism. -The second book that was printed in the Philippines is the Nuestra Señora del
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