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Bicol Teachers College and High School Trained Good Graduates

During its time the Bicol High School and Teachers College produced good graduates from hundreds of local students. Its presence saved the struggling post world War II parents…

September 29, 2011 / 7 Comments / Read More

Remembering The Bicol High School and Teachers College

Just mention The Bicol High School and The Bicol Teachers College and it will trigger enough interest and talk, and more of an endless poignant memory recall of its surviving…

August 24, 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More

Camarines Sur: The Early Beginnings of the Bicol Province

A short historical background on the beginnings of the first Bicol province established in the southern Luzon peninsula referred to as Bicol.…

August 23, 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More

Antigong Simbahan of Albay

Antigong Simbahan. A presentation by Cbanga360 Production of the mini- documentary by Bem's Angel Production in cooperation with Golden Water Production of the Bicol University (in Legaspi City, Albay) Audio…

May 25, 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More

Siruma: Faded Photographs and Fresh Memories

During a portion of the war years the governor of Camarines Sur was Mariano Villafuerte. Together with wife, Soledad, eldest son Manuel, Japanese military officer named Kwasima, Villafuerte took a…

December 19, 2010 / 4 Comments / Read More

Bench at the Calabanga Plaza is a Mute Witness of Time

Fifty eight years last month, in November 18, 1952, the former mayor of Calabanga town unveiled a donation of a (cement) bench located at the plaza. Now with the…

December 1, 2010 / No Comment / Read More

First Monument to the Filipino Teacher Enshrined in Calabanga

The first ever monument for Filipino teachers in the entire Philippines, and perhaps the only one in the country, was erected and dedicated in the municipality of Calabanga …

November 18, 2010 / No Comment / Read More

A Monument to a Beloved Son

When Emilio entered Philippine politics, he was elected representative of the first district of Camarines Sur from 1949 to 1953. He ran for a second term and got re-elected.…

July 14, 2010 / 2 Comments / Read More

The Fifteen Bicol Martyrs of 1897

The story of the Bicol martys began with the discovery of the Katipunan secret society. And the message sent by then Manila-based Governor-General Blanco to all civil governors precipitated…

January 4, 2010 / 19 Comments / Read More

What has become of Quipayo?

On June 11, 1978 the Philippine national historical commission by virtue of presidential decree 1505 declared the baroque-inspired Quipayo church as a national historical landmark. …

December 14, 2009 / 8 Comments / Read More