Quirino Grandstand: Host of Many Significant Events
by Jhaypee Guia on September 4, 2012In 1949, a permanent grandstand, a replica of the Independence Grandstand, was completed along Manila Bay situated near Rizal Park. It is a place where President Elpidio Quirino was sworn in after winning the presidential election. Since then, newly-elected Presidents of the Philippines traditionally take their oath of office and deliver their inaugural address to the nation in the grandstand, which was later renamed after President Quirino. Joseph Estrada and Benigno"Noynoy" Aquino III are some of the presidents who took their oath at Quirino Granstand.
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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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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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Golden Mosque (Masjid Al-Dahab)
by Jhaypee Guia on September 1, 2012Masjid al-Dahab, The Golden Mosque, is situated in the predominantly Muslim section of the Quiapo district in Manila, Philippines, and is considered the largest mosque in Metro Manila. The Golden Mosque is so-named because of its dome is painted in shining gold. Under the supervision of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, it was constructed in 1976 for the visit of Libya's President Muammar al-Gaddafi, although his visit was cancelled. It now serves many in Manila's Muslim community, and is especially full during Jumuah prayers on a Friday.
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