Posts from the ‘A bit of Pampanga History’ Category

Holy Week in Pampanga

i have so many pics to post but i don’t know how to start.  just give me some time.

2007 PHILIPPINE BAR EXAMS RESULT

I  made a big mistake! I should have posted the 2007 Philippine Bar Exams Result a long time ago. To remedy this inadvertence, I decided to post them now. Better late than never, so the saying goes. LIST OF SUCCESSFUL EXAMINEES   1. ABALUS, Karen Anne M. 2. ABARDO-ESTRADA, Imee M. 3. ABARQUEZ, Carlo E. [...]

a trip to the Archdiocese of San Fernando Museum and Archives

A month ago, I went to the Museum. The last time I went there was more than 10 years ago. I t was my 3rd visit, actually. It is housed on the chapel building. It occupies the 2nd and 3rd floors of the building. The antiques stored there are priceless! There’s the collection of the currencies [...]

Center for Kapampangan Studies

I am a proud Kapampangan. Obvious ba? Kaya I don’t understand why there are Kapampangans who do not know how to speak the dialect. Kapampangan ba sila nun? Sometime ago, in law school, I met this person who was born and lived in Pampanga all her life but she does not know how to speak the [...]

The Venturas of Bacolor, Pampanga (Part II)

  In one of my visits at the Center for Kapampangan Studies, I read “The Story of my Life” written by the Late Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Gutierrez David (unpublished). In one of his entries there, he mentioned the reason how Don Balbino Ventura died. He said that maybe because of indiscretion of Don Balbino’s two older [...]

The Venturas of Bacolor, Pampanga

Bacolor, Pampanga occupies a special place in my heart. My father was from the town. Before the lahar, it was a very prosperous town. I could still remember the ancestral houses of the old, rich families. Visiting the place was like going back to the Spanish era. I made a research on this family because [...]

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