to prepare young men for the priesthood. Those funds, and his personal library, became the nucleus for the start of UST and its library. The founding of the University of Santo Tomas followed on April 28, 1611. The original campus was located in Intramuros, the Walled City of Manila. UST was first called Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario, and later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, in memory of the foremost Dominican Theologian, St. Thomas Aquinas. On July 29, 1619 the Colegio was authorized
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were delicious. Mr. Ivan is a fun and entertaining tour guide. Even though he had mic, we werent able to understand some of what he’s saying. He wasn’t able to catch all the attention of the students. Last Sunday, September 27, 2015, we had our Intramuros tour with Mr. Carlos Celdran. The tour last for about 3 hours. It was called a walk tour but there really is not much walking. We went to 4 destinations and sit down to listen to him. The tour was tiring and at the same time interesting. It was
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THE SPANISH COLONIAL TRADITION From 1565 to 1898 the Philippines was a colony of Spain. During this long period, Spanish-influenced architecture appeared, namely, the iglesia or simbahan (church) and its adjoining campanario (bell tower) and convento (residence of the parish priest), the escuela (school), the fuerza or fortaleza (fortification), the civic buildings like the casa real and tribunal, the farola (lighthouses), the bahay na bato (dwellings of wood and stone), and the puente (stone bridges)
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Relationship -friendly employees that can accommodate customers at any age. -Maintaining cleanliness in workplace -brand establishment Distribution Channels -Intramuros stall -Franchises (if any) -Schools (to be able to get in touch with our target market) Customer Segments -for students studying in Manila esp. near Intramuros and U-belt area -for people who impulsively feeling some chocolate cravings - for children Cost Structure -location cost ( PHP 15,000 to PHP 26,000 php) -raw
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Rizal Park (Filipino: Liwasang Rizal) also known as Luneta Park or colloquially Luneta, is a historical urban park located along Roxas Boulevard, City of Manila, Philippines, adjacent to the old walled city of Intramuros. Since the Spanish Colonial Era, Being one of the largest urban park in Asia, It has been a favourite leisure spot, and is frequented on Sundays and national holidays. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the City of Manila. Situated by Manila Bay, Luneta is also an important
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The bank was called El Banco Español Filipino de Isabel 2, in honor of the reigning queen of Spain – Isabella II, daughter of King Ferdinand VII, who passed away in 1830. The Bank's office was located at the Royal Custom house (Aduana) in Intramuros (Intramuros was the original Manila, a European-style city enclosed by formidable stone walls). The first managers of the Bank were Jose Maria Tuason and Fernando Aguirre, who each took turns serving as managing director every year. While the members
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museums and some have been converted into inns. Souvenirs from Vigan and other interesting Filipino products can also be found in this street. Furthermore, Calle Crisologo is one of the streets where we can still ride an actual calesa like here in Intramuros and in Binondo. At night, the street turns into a romantic and lovely place because of the old ambience of the street lamps. It is really a good thing that most historical heritages like the Calle Crisologo still exist
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first US branch in Daly City. Jollibee opened successful milestone stores in the respective years: Its 100th branch in Davao on 1991, its 200th store in Malolos, Bulacan in 1996, its 300th store in Balagtas, Bulacan, in 1998 its 400th store in Intramuros,
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Spanish Expeditions to the Philippines The Magellan Expedition Your Ad Here Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese in the service of the Spanish crown, was looking for a westward route to the to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. On March 16, 1521, Magellan's expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines. He was the first European to reach the islands. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly with Magellan and embraced Christianity, but their enemy, Lapu-Lapu was not. Humabon wanted Magellan to
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inserting the papers, test runs costs and the late submission of reports. This generates additional costs for the corporation and this takes up the time for the distribution of the products. Manila Bulletin’s current plant location is located at Intramuros, which is not as competitive as other companies because it has other plants located at the Visayas and Mindanao region, but its location is already suitable as it is. MBPC is able to provide flexible working time, human resource work environment
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