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7
Oct
2007
//October 7, 2007
Classical Edifice for Commerce

Classical Edifice for Commerce

By admin on October 7, 2007 in Heritage Nook History with No Comments

The Prudential Bank and Trust Company building stands behind the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino, at the corner of D. Jakosalem and Magallanes Sts. It was built in the early 1900’s in the middle of what was still the city’s main business district. A vintage photo from the Internet showed the building occupied by Singer [...]

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5
Aug
2007
//August 5, 2007
A nuns’ convent

A nuns’ convent

By admin on August 5, 2007 in Features Heritage Nook History Reviews with No Comments

THE Metropolitan Cathedral Convent is a product of a typical construction from the Spanish Colonial period, that of the bahay na bato. The two-storey building, which stands just beside the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, is made of limestone (for its walls on the ground floor) and timber (for the second floor). Originally, the convent was home [...]

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29
Jul
2007
//July 29, 2007
Creature feature: Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Creature feature: Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

By admin on July 29, 2007 in Creature Feature Features History Science with No Comments

The Short-beaked Echidna is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its prey at a great speed. This animal is also known as the Spiny Anteater because of its diet of ants and termites.  Part of the “monotremes”, the Short-beaked echidna lays eggs! [...]

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11
Jun
2007
//June 11, 2007
Celebrating our independence

Celebrating our independence

By admin on June 11, 2007 in Events Features History with No Comments

THE Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed in the presence of a huge crowd on June 12, 1898 at the ancestral home of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite el Viejo (now Kawit), Cavite. The event saw the unfurling of the national flag, made in Hong Kong by Mrs. Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo and Delfina Herboza, [...]

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20
Feb
2007
//February 20, 2007
A glimpse of Casa Gorordo

A glimpse of Casa Gorordo

By admin on February 20, 2007 in Heritage Nook History Photos Uncategorized with 3 Comments

The Casa Gorordo Museum is probably one of the best preserved and maintained wood-and-stone house typical of Spanish era architecture in the Philippines. Once the home of four generations of the Gorordo family, it showcases mid-19th to early 20th century Philippine lifestyle.

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