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List Of Reportedly Haunted Locations In The Philippines
There are several reportedly haunted locations in the Philippines. Reports of such haunted locations are part of ghostlore, which is a form of folklore. The entries are alphabetized. Metro Manila * Ateneo de Manila University: One of the most prestigious educational institutions of the country, ADMU is claimed by believers to be haunted. * Balete Drive: A major residential avenue in the eastern part of New Manila, Quezon City, Balete Drive is noted as the site of several apparitions of a white lady, who is considered by believers to be the ghost of a teenage girl who was raped and killed by a taxi driver in the 1950s. * Capitol Medical Center: A certain elevator of the hospital was reported to be haunted. Eyewitnesses claimed this off-limits elevator brought them to the basement, which once served as a morgue, instead of bringing them to their intended destination. * De La Salle University: Due to its brutal Second World War-era history, DLSU is reportedly haunted. The unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Tomas
Santo Tomás is Spanish for Saint Thomas. Santo Tomas may also refer to: Places Argentina * Santo Tomás, Buenos Aires, Carlos Casares Partido, Buenos Aires Province * Santo Tomás, Neuquén Colombia * Santo Tomás, Atlantico Cuba * Santo Tomás, Cuba, Ciego de Ávila Province El Salvador *Santo Tomás, El Salvador Guatemala *Santo Tomás de Castilla, Izabal Department *Santo Tomás La Unión, Suchitepéquez Department * Volcán Santo Tomás Mexico * Santo Tomas Copper Deposit, Sinaloa, Mexico * Misión Santo Tomás de Aquino, in Baja California * Santo Tomás, Baja California * Santo Tomás de los Plátanos, in Mexico * Santo Tomás Jalieza, in Oaxaca * Santo Tomás Mazaltepec, in Oaxaca * Santo Tomás Ocotepec, in Oaxaca * Santo Tomás Tamazulapan, in Oaxaca * Santo Tomas, Sonora Nicaragua * Santo Tomás, Chontales Panama * Santo Tomás, Chiriquí ** Santo Tomás metro station Peru * Santo Tomás District, Luya, in Luya province, Amazonas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Bonifacio Tenement
The Fort Bonifacio Tenement (FB Tenement), also known as the Diosdado Macapagal Tenement Housing, Western Bicutan Tenement or simply as The Tenement is a residential building in Western Bicutan in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is known for its central basketball court known as Tenement Court which often serves as a medium for murals and exhibitions. History The Tenement in Taguig was a public housing project by the administration of Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal. The building was constructed in 1963 as a response to the influx of migrants moving to the area which would later be known as Metro Manila. Eviction There have been several attempts by the government to have the tenants evicted from the Fort Bonifacio tenement. The National Housing Authority (Philippines) in 2010 declared the building along with the Punta Santa Ana Tenement and Vitas Tenement in Manila as unsafe and likely to collapse in an event of a major earthquake. During the 2010 elections, then Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balete Tree
The balete tree (also known as balite or baliti) are several species of the trees in the Philippines from the genus ''Ficus'' that are broadly referred to as ''balete'' in the local language. A number of these are known as '' strangler figs'' wherein they start upon other trees, later entrapping them entirely and finally killing the host tree. Also called hemiepiphytes, initially, they start as epiphytes or air plants and grow several hanging roots that eventually touch the ground and from then on, encircling and suffocating the host tree. Some of the baletes produce an inferior quality of rubber. The India rubber plant, '' F. elastica'' were earlier cultivated to some extent for rubber. Some of the species like ''tangisang-bayawak'' or '' Ficus variegata'' are large and could probably be utilized for match woods. The woods of species of Ficus are soft, light, and of inferior quality, and the trees usually have ill-formed, short boles.Whitford, H.N., Bureau of Forestry"The For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Philippines (900–1521)
Earliest hominin activity in the Philippine archipelago is dated back to at least 709,000 years ago. ''Homo luzonensis'', a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon at least 67,000 years ago. The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 years. Negrito groups were the first inhabitants to settle in the prehistoric Philippines. By around 3000 BC, seafaring Austronesians, who form the majority of the current population, migrated southward from Taiwan. Scholars generally believe that these ethnic and social groups eventually developed into various settlements or polities with varying degrees of economic specialization, social stratification, and political organization. Some of these settlements (mostly those located on major river deltas) achieved such a scale of social complexity that some scholars believe they should be considered early states. This includes the predecessors of modern-day population centers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automobile mechanic by profession, Magsaysay was appointed military governor of Zambales after his outstanding service as a guerrilla leader during the Pacific War. He then served two terms as Liberal Party congressman for Zambales's at-large district before being appointed Secretary of National Defense by President Elpidio Quirino. He was elected president under the banner of the Nacionalista Party. He was the first Philippine president born in the 20th century and the first to be born after the Spanish colonial era. Biography Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay, of mixed Tagalog, Kapampangan, Ilocano, Spanish, and Chinese descent, was born in Iba, Zambales on August 31, 1907, to Exequiel Magsaysay y de los Santos (April 18, 1874 in San Marcelino, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas (born Manuel Roxas y Acuña; ; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines, who served from 1946 until his death due to heart attacks in 1948. He served briefly as the third and last president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from May 28, 1946, to July 4, 1946, and became the first president of the independent Third Philippine Republic after the United States ceded its sovereignty over the Philippines. Early life and career Roxas was born on January 1, 1892, in Capiz, Capiz (present-day Roxas City) to Gerardo Roxas y Arroyo and Rosario Acuña y Villaruz. He was a posthumous child, as his father died after being mortally wounded by the Spanish Guardia Civil the year before. He and his older brother, Mamerto, were raised by their mother and her father, ''Don'' Eleuterio Acuña. His other siblings from his father included Leopoldo and Margarita, while he also had half sibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Luis Quezón
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, (; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino people, Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines (as opposed to the government of previous Philippine states), and is considered to have been the second president of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom Quezon defeated in the 1935 Philippine presidential election, 1935 presidential election. During his presidency, Quezon tackled the problem of landless peasants in the countryside. His other major decisions include the reorganization of the islands' military defense, approval of a recommendation for government reorganization, the promotion of settlement and development in Mindanao, dealing with the foreign stranglehold on Philippine trade and commerce, proposals for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
