Palacio del Gobernador
by Jhaypee Guia on September 3, 2012The Palacio del Gobernador is located in Plaza Roma, Gen. Luna St., Intramuros. It was the former house of Manuel Estacio de Venegas, a governor’s aide. The two-storey structure was expropriated and subsequently made the official residence and office of the Spanish governor generals in 1645 until an earthquake brought it down in 1863. It lay in ruins for almost a century until the Land Bank of the Philippines built an 8-storey building on the site in 1978. At the present, the office of the Intramuros Administration is housed here.
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National Library of the Philippines
by Jhaypee Guia on September 3, 2012The National Library of the Philippines, formerly the National Library of the Philippine Islands and abbreviated NLP) is the official national library of the Philippines. The complex is located in Ermita on a portion of Rizal Park facing T.M. Kalaw Avenue, neighboring culturally significant buildings such as the Museum of Philippine Political History and the National Historical Commission. Like its neighbors, it is under the jurisdiction of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The library is notable for being the home of the original copies of the defining works of José Rizal: Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo and Mi último adiós.
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Ayala Alabang: Host of Many Premier Centers
by Jhaypee Guia on September 3, 2012Barangay Alabang, part of the second district of Muntinlupa, has undergone tremendous growth mainly due to a development boom in the late 1990s. The development of two large scale commercial real estate projects namely; the Filinvest Corporate City and Ayala Land's Madrigal Business Park, changed the landscape of Muntinlupa City from what was once vast fields of cow pasture in the late 1980s into a supercity that houses new residential, business, industrial and commercial establishments. It was a transformation reminiscent of Makati City's development boom some 30 years prior.
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Alabang Town Center
by Jhaypee Guia on September 3, 2012Alabang Town Center is a shopping mall owned by the Ayala Malls in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines. It caters to the retail needs of citizens living in southern Metro Manila, particularly those from Las Piñas, Parañaque, and Muntinlupa. Due to its proximity to schools such as Woodrose, Southridge, San Beda College Alabang De La Salle Zobel and MIT International School, it has become a popular destination for young people. It is also a venue for many concerts for popular performers in the local and foreign music industry.
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Repertory Globe Theatre: Home of Notable Artists
by Jane Dacumos on September 3, 2012Formed by five Filipino actors in 1967 and known as the "most professional English-speaking theater company in the country", Repertory Globe Theatre is a non-stock and non-profit professional theater company that aims to create a theater industry in the Philippines that would give venue to actors, directors, designers and other theater workers to use their talents and to earn a living in the work they enjoy. It stages all its productions at Reps's Globe Theater at Onstage in Greenbelt One in Makati.
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