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5 days ago · INQUIRER.net US Bureau / 06:45 AM August 18, 2024. Manuel L. Quezon / Library of Congress. The first president of the Philippine Commonwealth was born on August 19, 1878, in Baler, Aurora Province. He was born into modest and humble means, but his parents stressed the importance of a rigorous education. He excelled in school, especially in math.
2 days ago · Nueva Ecija borders, from the south clockwise, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya and Aurora. The province is nationally known as the Rice Granary of the Philippines, producing the largest rice yield in the country.
3 days ago · At 4:19 AM (local time) on August 02, 1968 an earthquake with an intensity of VIII in the Rossi-Forel Intensity Scale rocked the town of Casiguran, Aurora. This was considered the most severe and destructive earthquake experienced in the Philippines during the last 20 years.
1 day ago · Quezon del Norte and Quezon del Sur (2007) – The act dividing the province of Quezon into two, Republic Act No. 9495, [153] lapsed into law without the President's signature on September 7, 2007. Quezon del Norte (which would be renamed from Quezon) was to be composed of the first and second congressional districts of the province, with Lucena as its capital.
3 days ago · At 4:19 AM (local time) on August 02, 1968 an earthquake with an intensity of VIII in the Rossi-Forel Intensity Scale rocked the town of Casiguran, Aurora. This was considered the most severe and destructive earthquake experienced in the Philippines during the last 20 years.
11 hours ago · “The bank he organized served the farmers and merchants also in the neighboring towns of San Luis, Maria Aurora, Dipaculao, and Casiguran.” “[He was] one of the most prosperous immigrants of Baler [who during his lifetime] [was] reportedly second in financial standing to a Chinese logging magnate” (Weekly Graphic, Sept. 25, 1963).
3 days ago · Ang Quezon Day o Agosto 19 ng bawat taon ay idineklarang special working holiday sa buong bansa at special non-working public holiday naman sa lalawigan ng Quezon, lalawigan ng Aurora at lungsod ...
