San Francisco Church and Belfry
by Jhaypee Guia on August 31, 2012Constructed in the 17th century, this church’s infirmary and basement served as interrogation and torture halls for Filipinos who were arrested during the peak of the Filipino-Spanish War in 1986. For the colonial masters, the Church was used as a fortress refuging 500 people during the attacks of Filipino revolutionaries Elias Angeles and Felix Plazo in September 1986. Accepting defeat to the Angeles-Plazo forces, it is in this church’s citadels that then Civil Governor of Camarines drafted his letter of surrender consequently offering the Province of Ambos Camarines to the Filipinos.
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Raul S. Roco Library (Naga City Public Library)
by Jhaypee Guia on August 31, 2012Raul S. Roco Library is also known as Naga City Public Library. It is one of the first eight libraries organized in the country. It serves all year levels particularly on high school and college students. It has a designated area both for preschool and elementary.
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Camarines Sur: Rising Sun of the Philippines
by Jhaypee Guia on July 26, 2012If one wishes to find a place where one can live life to the fullest by going on exhilirating hikes, enjoying extreme sports, or just sunning and relaxing one's self by the beach, then Camarines Sur just may have all the ingredients for fun and adventure and more. Camarines Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and Quezon to the north, and Albay to the south. To the east lies the island province of Catanduanes across the Maqueda Channel.
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Naga City Ecology Park - The Country's Garden of Eden
by Kheem Caparas on June 30, 2012Naga City, in partnership with a local private corporation, the Isarog Garden Society Foundation, Inc., ventured to establish the first-of-its-kind "Eden" in the city (Naga City Ecology Park), a garden park where tourists, students, researchers, garden enthusiasts, picnickers, and the like can take a wonderful view of nature at its best.
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Malabsay Falls
by Kheem Caparas on June 30, 2012Malabsay Falls is 40 feet in height and the cascading waters fall on a wide pond. The falls has a strong potential as a tourist attraction in the province. It could compete with the other leading waterfalls in the country, like the Pagsanjan Falls.
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