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  Bulacan Information
Bordering Bulacan are the provinces of Pampanga to the west, Nueva Ecija to the north, Aurora and Quezon to the east, and Rizal to the south.
Tagalog is the predominant language of Bulacan because of its proximity to Manila.
Bulacan was one of the eight provinces, which rallied behind the Katipunan's call for an all-out insurrection against the Spanish tyranny in the late 19t h century.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Bulacan   (992 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Things to Do   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
(Angat, Bulacan) One of the most beautiful churches in the Philippines and also one of the oldest, estimated to be 400 years old.
Bulacan is close to the pristine mountains of Sierra Madre that extends its natural beauty to its eastern towns.
Bulacan is a haven of colorful festivals, religious traditions, and artistic excellence.
www.wowphilippines.com.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=10   (2346 words)

  
 Engr. Armando M. Balajadia Went to Bulacan Province, Philippines
This is North Espressway in Taal, Bocaue, Bulacan.
This is North Expressway in Burol, Balagtas, Bulacan.
Angat River is very clean and it is connected to Angat Dam in Angat, Bulacan.
www.angelfire.com /ab7/armandobalajadia25/bulacan1.html   (532 words)

  
 Bulacan at AllExperts
However, Bulacan is most noted for being the capital of the first Philippine Republic in the now city of Malolos as well as its Malolos Constitution.
The area is drained by the Angat and Pampanga rivers.
Angat Lake, which was formed by the Angat Dam is located in that area.
en.allexperts.com /e/b/bu/bulacan.htm   (1046 words)

  
 Trip to Bulacan Province, Philippines
Bulacan Province is located north of Rizal Province and Manila, west of Quezon Province, and south of Pampanga Province.
A: Yes, I went to the Province of Bulacan twice, on November 24, 2002 and November 30, 2002.
My visit to Bulacan Province is so memorable and I wish that I can visit to my grandparents and relatives again if I have a time to take a vacation to Philippines again within two to five years.
www.angelfire.com /ab7/armandobalajadia23/bulacan.html   (1156 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Bulacan
Bulacan is the land of Tagalog Bards, whose prosperous towns and rich
Bulacan is next door to Metro Manila and is a natural catch basin for spill over development.
Bulacan has attracted small and medium scale businesses to its favorable location outside Metro Manila and along the major road networks to establish garments, light industrial, chemical, food processing and handicraft industries.
www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/bulacan.htm   (1709 words)

  
 The Growing Thirst
Angat has always been used to supply water to Metro Manila and to irrigate the 27,000 hectares of farmland in Bulacan.
But rainfall in 1998 was expected to decrease by 60 percent, and the water level at the dam was predicted to fall to critically low levels.
There was no way that the water from the Angat Dam could be enough for both the Metro Manilans and the farmers of Bulacan.
www.pcij.org /imag/latest/thirst.html   (866 words)

  
 Asian Journal Online
Rodrigo Doronal, one of the leaders of the tribe, said that since the lakes in Angat had dried up, there was less fish to catch.
Mendel Garcia, head of the Angat watershed reservation, said the reservoir's average level ranged from 200 cubic meters to its spilling level of 214 cubic meters.
Officials are expecting the water level to drop further because of the absence of rain in the watershed and reservoir area.
www.asianjournal.com /cgi-bin/view_info.cgi?code=00003139&category=EV   (678 words)

  
 GlobalPinoy, Travel - Bulacan
Bulacan province is included at the Central Plain of Luzon; the western part is generally flat and is drained by the Angat and Pampanga Rivers.
It is located North of Metro Manila and surrounded by Nueva Ecija on the North and Northeast, Quezon on the East, Rizal on the south, Manila Bay on the South and Southwest and Pampanga on the West.
Bulacan’s principal products are rice, corn, sugarcane, watermelon, bamboo, mangoes and various vegetables.
www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/bulacan.php   (488 words)

  
 www.Angat.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This fact was due most probably to the situation of the Angat River, which directly connects the town of Quingwa, a community then located in the center of vast lands, covering plains and mountains alike.
There had been so many stories on how the town got its name, but the legend nearest to the truth is that Angat got its name after the Tagalog word angat, meaning a high piece of land or a community living in a promontory during the Spanish regime.
The towns of San Rafael and Bustos bound the town of Angat on the North; on the East by the vast Sierra Madre mountain ranges, to its south by the towns of Norzagaray and Sta.
angat.net   (555 words)

  
 :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
ANGAT, Bulacan — Communist rebels operating in this province own the ambush-killing of the police chief of this town last Monday morning, a statement from the New People’s Army (NPA) said.
The troops, composed of members of the 306th Police Provincial Mobile Group and the 56th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, seized firearms, ammunition, subversive documents, a mobile phone and several other materials, the police reported.
Policeman of the Angat police station led by De Armas served as blocking force and inflicted casualties on the fleeing insurgents.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/06/09/PROV2004060911480.html   (330 words)

  
 Bulacan, Philippines: Municipality of Pandi, Bulacan: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The present site of the Municipal building was then enclosed with high and massive walls similar to the famous Walls of Intramuros, which served as the center of power and activities of the Spanish friars who owned and administered the haciendas.
It was in Kakarong de Sili, which about 6,000 Katipuneros from various towns of Bulacan headed by General Eusebio Roque, better known as "Maestrong Sebio" that the "Kakarong Republic" was organized shortly after the cry of Balintawak.
History and researchers, as well as records of the National Historical Commission, tell that the "Kakarong Republic" was the first and truly organized Revolutionary Government established in the country to overthrow the Spaniards antedating event the famous "Malolos" and the "Biak-na-Bato Republic".
www.bulacan.gov.ph /pandi/history.asp   (417 words)

  
 Manila Water Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Angat Reservoir and Dam are located at the Angat River in San Lorenzo, Norzagaray, Bulacan.
The Angat Watershed has a moderate to intensive forest cover and has a drainage area of about 568 square kilometers, which receives an average annual rainfall of about 4,200 millimeters.
The Angat Dam is a rockfill dam with a spillway equipped with three gates at a spilling level of 219 meters.
www.manilawater.com /au_watersupply.cfm   (1270 words)

  
 news_bulacan
Significantly, the province also possesses the honor and distinction of having three of the country's only baker's dozen water districts that have already achieved 100 percent coverage of their service area, meaning to say water districts that have installed service lines in all barangays, sitios, streets and passageways in their declared area of responsibility.
Per LWUA records, practically every water district in Bulacan had already underwent at least the initial phase of their improvement or expansion projects with the financial and technical support of LWUA.
The provincial government is reportedly mulling over tapping the downstream overflow of the Angat River with a proposed water treatment plant to be set up in Calumpit's Labangan Channel, the area where the waters of Angat and the Pampanga River meet.
www.lwua.gov.ph /news/news_archive/News_bulacan.htm   (644 words)

  
 LAO
Confirming the appointment of Rolando C. Lao as Municipal Budget Officer of Angat, Bulacan stating therein that after ascertaining that he has all the qualification appurtenant to the position of Budget Officer.
Prior to the issuance of the appointment of Lao, the proposal to appoint him was presented to the members of the Sangguniang Bayan of Angat, Bulacan, on August 4, 2003 for their concurrence.
Hence, taking into account the declaration of the two (2) Barangay Captains of the barangays where Lao resided, it is clearly shown that he actually resided in Angat, Bulacan, for more or less fifteen (15) months from April 2002 to August 5, 2003, which is the actual date of issuance of his appointment.
www.csc.gov.ph /mread04/res-041075.html   (1774 words)

  
 Angat Dam supply not enough for Metro by 2010 - February 24, 2007   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tabios raised the NIA option as the domestic water demand in the country's capital is expected to reach as much as 60 to 65 cubic meters per second (cms) in five years.
The rest, as well as the volume from the MWSS and the NIA, is allocated to the National Power Corp. The dam supplies 5 percent of electricity needs to Luzon.
Thousands of farmers are expected to suffer the brunt should NIA decide to give up its share, Tabios said, adding that the NIA move would only be possible if farmers stop tilling irrigated lands.
beta.inquirer.net /common/print.php?index=1&story_id=45638&site_id=34   (265 words)

  
 OCA vs PAscual : MTJ-93-783 : July 29, 1996 : J Hermosisima Jr. : First Division
Reynaldo Suarez of the Office of the Court Administrator of the Supreme Court, charging that irregularities and corruption were being committed by the respondent Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court of Angat, Bulacan.
On March 10, 1993, the letter was referred to the National Bureau of Investigation in order that an investigation on the alleged illegal and corrupt practices of the respondent may be conducted.
In the afternoon of March 25, 1993, the NBI, along with Candido Cruz, proceeded to the municipal building of Angat, Bulacan, where the accused judge was holding office.
www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/1996/jul1996/mtj_93_783.htm   (3553 words)

  
 Manila Standard: The Future is Ours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Assailants fatally shot police chief Tomas de Armas of Angat, Bulacan while he was driving to work yesterday.
The nine unidentified attackers, in civilian clothes and riding two tricycles, fled towards Norzagaray, Bulacan after shooting De Armas, who was driving his Honda Civic ((CRC-743) along the Angat-Pandi national road at 6:10 a.m., investigators said.
Communist rebels are known to have a presence in the mountainous town.
www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=police03_june08_2004   (130 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > ‘Tilapia’ now grown in seawater
ANGAT, Bulacan: Tilapia, a fish specie commonly grown in freshwater, is now grown in seawater, a local tilapia-hatchery operator here said on Tuesday.
She said that saline tilapia can also be used to grow prawns, because tilapia is good in preventing luminous bacteria that destroys prawn fries.
Saline tilapia breeders were first raised by Mercado Farm on the San Juanico Strait between Samar and Leyte, but its fry is now available in Bulacan.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/jan/19/yehey/prov/20060119pro1.html   (347 words)

  
 ABS-CBN Interactive
Rosal claimed that the military could be torturing the suspects, which is why officials cannot present them to media.
The CPP spokesman, meanwhile, denied that Delfin de Guzman, an alleged NPA hitman presented by the military to media on Monday, was a member of the NPA provincial secretariat in Bulacan.
He was also tagged in the July 7, 2004 slay of Superintendent Thomas de Armas, police chief of Angat, Bulacan.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=39688   (302 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Bulacan: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Land and Peasants in Central Luzon: Socio-Economic Structure of a Bulacan Village.
Report on a geological reconnoissance of the iron region of Angat, Bulacan (Philippine Islands.
A decade of agrarian reform: The socio-economic status of Plaridel (Bulacan) farmers in 1962-63 and 1974-75 by Josephine C Angsico (Unknown Binding - 1976)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Bulacan&tag=impulsepcrepair&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1   (291 words)

  
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The said activity also forms part of the eight-point agenda that the government is working on under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s administration that includes the revitalization of the agriculture and mining industry.
These clay reserves are located in San IIdefonso, Angat and the San Rafael-Bustos area in Bulacan.
The dark-colored kaolinitic clay present in Angat, Bulacan is also used in stoneware, terracotta and face bricks.
www.mgb.gov.ph /news/clay.htm   (420 words)

  
 Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Welcome to the Bulacan Business Network!
Indiscriminate mining operations have led to the desecration of the Historical Shrine and destruction of the environment that may cause more landslides and flash floods, which could pose grave danger to many innocent individuals.
The Provincial Government of Bulacan recently signed a memorandum of agreement with a premier group of businessmen in Italy for possible funding by the European Union (EU) of two major projects in the province, Governor Josefina Mendoza Dela Cruz announces after a seven-day trade mission in Italy.
Molina said that poultry and ducks raised within the 3 kilometer quarantine area imposed by the bureau and the provincial government of Bulacan "are safe to eat when properly cooked." Besides, the virus dies at high temperature.
www.bulacan.net   (932 words)

  
 Philippine Center for Policy Studies - PCPS
The Ateneo de Davao University, Bulacan State University-Malolos Campus, University of Regina Carmelli in Bulacan and University of Immaculate Conception in Davao City have also assisted various field-level activities.
The GOFORDEV Index is adopted in 2003 in 41 cities and municipalities in Bulacan, Davao del Norte, Samar, Leyte, Biliran, Bohol, Negros Oriental, Cebu, Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga del Norte.
Although only 20 areas were initially targeted for expansion, the number of implementers of the Index only suggests that indeed more people see the necessity to improve the quality of local governance and actually do something concrete to achieve local development.
www.e-works.com.ph /pcps/gofordev.asp   (2898 words)

  
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FACED with low-water levels in the Angat Dam, the National Water Resources Board is considering a yearly seeding of clouds over the reservoir that supplies 97 percent of Metro Manila’s water.
Ramon Alikpala, NWRB executive director, said the cloud seeding could be done in the last quarter every year to mitigate the expected decline in the Angat water supply during the first few months of the year.
The Chemtrad Aviation Company carried out this year’s cloud seeding, sending a small plane over Angat, Bulacan, and Sitio Ipo, Barangay San Mateo, Norzagaray, Bulacan, where the Ipo Dam is situated.
my.reset.jp /~adachihayao/040703H.htm   (293 words)

  
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Pacifico Dimla, head of the 28,000-strong Angat Maasim River Irrigation System (AMRIS) Confederation of Farmers Irrigators, told The Manila Times that Bulacan and Pampanga farmers used to get an allocation of 36 cubic meter a second allocation (cms) from Angat Dam on dry seasons and that allowed them to have two harvests a year.
Meanwhile, the water elevation at the Angat Dam finally breached the 200 meters level on November 8 when the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Office (PDCO) recorded 200.40 meters.
The days that followed saw Angat’s water elevation climbing steadily until Friday when the PDCO recorded it at 201.20 meters.
my.reset.jp /~adachihayao/041116N.htm   (391 words)

  
 Operation Blessing, Philippines
Picking up from their Pangasinan trip in the north, a new batch of Operation Blessing volunteers set-up for another medical mission.
Traveling this time to the north-east of Manila, Angat Bulacan was their next destination.
The Angat Dam is located in this town.
www.obphil.com /program/health_care/bulacan_mission.htm   (823 words)

  
 Manila Bulletin Online
What is now known as the BULACAN AGRICULTURAL STATE COLLEGE (BASC) had its share of twists and turns before it finally settled to its present state.
On June 20, 1953, it was converted into Bulacan National Agricultural High School (BNAHS) by virtue of R.A. 948 with an appropriation of R50, 000.00.
On June 21, 1959, R.A. 2416 was signed into law converting BNAHS into Bulacan National Agricultural School (BuNAS) of the Pampanga Agricultural College type with an appropriation of R100, 000.00.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2006/02/14/SCAU2006021456322.html   (822 words)

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