Taguig City: Metro Manila's ProbinSyudad
by Jhaypee Guia on October 22, 2012The City of Taguig, (formerly spelled as Tagig), is a highly urbanized city located in south-eastern portion of Metro Manila in the Philippines. From a thriving fishing community along the shores of Laguna de Bay, it is now an important residential, commercial and industrial center. The recent construction of the C-5 highway and the acquisition of the Fort Bonifacio Development Area has paved the way for the cityhood of the municipality. It will also be accessed by the future C-6 Road.
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The Historic City of San Juan
by Jhaypee Guia on October 22, 2012The city of San Juan or simply San Juan is a city in Metro Manila in the Philippines. Before the creation of Metro Manila, it was part of Rizal Province. Currently the smallest city in the region and the country in terms of area, San Juan is one of the smallest among the cities and municipalities in the metropolis, second only to Pateros. This was the site of the first battle of the Katipunan, the Filipino revolutionary organization, against the Spanish colonizers.
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Experience the City of Pasig
by Jhaypee Guia on October 19, 2012The city of Pasig is one of the city-municipalities of Metro Manila in the Philippines and was the former capital of the province of Rizal prior to the formation of this grouping of cities designated as the National Capital Region. Located along the eastern border of Metro Manila, Pasig is bordered on the west by Quezon City and Mandaluyong City; to the north by Marikina City; to the south by Makati City, Pateros, and Taguig City; and to the east by Antipolo City, the municipality of Cainta and Taytay in the province of Rizal.
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Feel the Harmony of the Las Piñas Boys Choir
by Jhaypee Guia on October 16, 2012The Las Piñas Boys Choir of Las Piñas City, Philippines, is a boys choir made up of scholarship students at St. Joseph's Academy and performs regularly at the annual International Bamboo Organ Festival and at the Parish of St. Joseph. The choir was founded by a Belgian priest and missionary, the Reverend Father Leo Reinier, CICM, who was an assistant parish priest of St. Joseph's Parish and who believed that the parish’s Bamboo Organ could achieve its full glory if there was a good choir to accompany it. Therefore in September 1969, three months after his arrival in the Parish, Fr. Leo began recruiting young boys between 8 and 12 years from the parochial as well as public schools in Las Piñas.
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Las Piñas: The City of Love and Progress
by Jhaypee Guia on October 16, 2012The City of Las Piñas is one of the cities that can be found in the National Capital Region. The city has many nicknames such as Home of the Bamboo Organ, City of Love and Progress, Salt Center of Metro Manila, and the Lantern Capital of Metro Manila. It only proves that the city is one of the most improved and progressive cities in the region.
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