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  Bulacan, Philippines: Bocaue, Bulacan: History
Bocaue was just a mere barrio of the town of Meycauayan until 1606 when it was made into a town with Reverend Padre Delos Santos as the first parish priest and administrator.
The history of Bocaue is not complete without citing the legend of the Holy Cross of Wawa which has a great significance to the residents of this town as to its founding.
The woman followed the image until she clung to it and then was able to reach safely the riverbank.
www.bulacan.gov.ph /bocaue/history.php   (348 words)

  
  Phillipines history
Geographically, Bocaue, a town in the province of Bulacan, is bounded on the south by Marilao, on the east by Sta.
For most of those who know Bocaue today, they associate this northern town with magnificent fireworks, the yearly fluvial procession later acknowledged as a festival in the tourism calendar, and the handful of cabarets and their attendant, bellas which to the uninformed is the town in its entirety.
Bocaue is a town where the disparity between the rich and the poor is hardly noticeable.
www.skiptonps.vic.edu.au /history/phillip.htm   (1070 words)

  
 Formula One banca stirs Bocaue festivities   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BOCAUE, Bulacan, Mar. 28 (PNA) — Locally made riverboats here will be powered by “Formula One” engines as local folks dances in the streets clad in native Filipiniana costumes as the town of Bocaue in Bulacan marks its 400 years founding anniversary next month.
Among the events lined up by Mayor dela Cruz and municipal government of Bocaue is the first ever “Bankaton” or the “Formula One” Banca race competition which will be held at the Bocaue river.
Dito na natin masasaksihan ang galling ng mga taga Bocaue sa larangan ng paggawa ng magaganda at makukulay na paputok at mga pailaw,” dela Cruz said adding that the fireworks competition will also help boost the fireworks industry, one of the major industry in Bocaue.
www.positivenewsmedia.net /artman/publish/printer_4527.shtml   (494 words)

  
 Bocaue, Philippines
The property was situated in the town of Bocaue in Bulacan, in the diocese of Mololos of which Father Almario had recently been made bishop.
The sisters moved into the two-story house in Bocaue and promptly began living the cloistered life according to the 1933 Constitutions; the only Constitutions they could find.
Sister Mary Thomas, prioress at the time, welcomed Father's proposal and arranged to go to Bocaue to meet and evaluate the situation.
www.op-stjoseph.org /nuns/angels/bocaue.htm   (451 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Bocaue, Bulacan
Bocaue is a municipality in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines.
The Bocaue River runs through most of the town, and the Bocaue Museum is located near the center.
The Bocaue River festival happens on the first Sunday of every July.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Bocaue   (223 words)

  
 Office of the Vice President : Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Batia, Bocaue Bulacan for illegally leasing the house awarded to her by the government.
De Castro made the announcement in Northville 5 in Bocaue, Bulacan yesterday after personally inspecting the houses that were reportedly sold to ‘outsiders’ by the housing program beneficiaries.
Batia, Bocaue Bulacan on how she was able to lease a house awarded to a beneficiary.
www.freewebtown.com /ovp/press/2006_0428.htm   (419 words)

  
 Bocaue, Bulacan at AllExperts
Bocaue is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines.
The town is established in 1606 by the Spanish Friars and is carved out from the nearby town of Marilao.
Bocaue is about 30 kilometres north of Manila and has its own exit on the North Luzon Expressway.
en.allexperts.com /e/b/bo/bocaue,_bulacan.htm   (192 words)

  
 Manila Standard: The Future is Ours   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The fire stretched for one km across the Bocaue exit to the North Luzon Expressway.
Bocaue Mayor Serafin dela Cruz said what happened was a tragedy and a warning for people to be extra cautious in handling firecrackers.
The fireworks industry is a key provider of jobs in Bocaue, a poor farming town of 90,000 people with more than 2,000 legal and illegal firecracker factories and stores.
www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=news02_jan01_2005   (569 words)

  
 Manila Bulletin Online
Next to Marilao is the town of Bocaue where the famous Pista sa Wawa is held every first Sunday of July.
This writer having been born and raised in Bocaue is witness to the earthshaking and magnificent sound of its church’s bell said to be the largest in the Philippines, if not in Asia.
A visit to Bocaue will not be complete without bringing home a kilo or two of its famous liempong or lechong Bocaue, the town’s version of lechong kawali.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2006/01/08/TOUR2006010853359.html   (915 words)

  
 Local Government Unit: Bocaue
The name of Bocaue has its origin from the word of Bocaue, a tree belonging to the species of Bamboo.
It said that the bamboo was used as a weapon (sibat) by the early inhabitants katipuneros against the Spanish conquistadores In 1906, Bocaue was separated from Meycauayan by virtue of a petition signed by a group of inhabitants in a small barrio chapel of Malhacan Meycauayan installing its first official under the leadership of Fr.
The town of Bocaue is composed of 19 barangays which are mostly derived their names of the trees and other agricultural land., Antipona, Bagumbayan, Bambang, Batia, Binang 1st, Binang 2nd, Bunducan, Bunlo, Bolacan, Duhat, Igulot, Caingin, Lolomboy, Poblacion, Sulucan, Taal, Tambubong, Turo, and Wakas.
elgu2.ncc.gov.ph /bocaue/index.php?id1=2&id2=6   (149 words)

  
 The Great Bocaue Fire at The Bangus Supremacy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whenever I go home via the expressway, I go through the Bocaue exit and pass by row upon row of firecracker stalls.
Until this morning, when I woke to the sound of explosions, and the sight of smoke against the dawn.
The firecracker stalls by the Bocaue exit have been razed by fire, taking with them 8 lives and affecting close to 1,000 homes.
clickmomukhamo.com /bangus/2004/12/31/fire-in-bocaue   (373 words)

  
 Batongbakal vs Zafra : 141806 : January 17, 2005 : J. Carpio-Morales : Third Division : Decision
Rosario L. Batongbacal and her alleged co-owners thereof, and also against the Municipality of Bocaue, Bulacan.  The complaint, docketed as DAR Case No. 155-Bul`90, was later amended to include Francisco Santiago, Jr.
Petitioner further proffered that the DARAB had no jurisdiction over the case since the land in question is a “commercial or institutional land” covered by the comprehensive development plan of the Municipality of Bocaue, Bulacan.
On the issue of jurisdiction, the appellate court held that in light of the allegations of respondent in his complaint on dispossession of a tenant by the landholder of an agricultural land, the DARAB had jurisdiction over the case.
www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/2005/jan2005/141806.htm   (1308 words)

  
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www.travel-hotels-asia.com /central-luzon-hotels/bocaue-hotels-1.htm   (1265 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | OPINION > Letter
Halili Avenue, from Barangays Biñang 2nd to Turo, in the town of Bocaue, eastward to Bara­ngay Bag­baguin and passing through the By-Pass Road in adjacent Sta.
Also fearsome is the southbound stretch of McArthur Highway from Barangays Biñang 1st, Bunlo and Lolom­boy, all in Bocaue.
The town of Bocaue is not behind in its man-made tragedies that could have been avoided, such as the “Bocaue Pagoda Tragedy” that killed more than 260 people in July 1993.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/dec/31/yehey/opinion/20061231opi8.html   (813 words)

  
 Unfälle mit Feuerwerk / Philippinen
The blast was probably triggered by a chemical reaction on the stockpiles of unsold fireworks devices stored inside the warehouse, said the police.
Barangay Turo in Bocaue town in Bulacan province.
Bocaue Mayor Serafin dela Cruz said he would push through a plan to establish a firecracker-manufacturing zone located far from residential areas in his town.
www.stop-fireworks.org /unfaelle_philippinen.htm   (2947 words)

  
 :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
Eddie, his wife Dory, party-list representative son, Joel, and daughter, Joni, silently sat side by side in Precinct 121-A and jot down on their ballots the names of their candidates for the elections.
Absent was the eldest son, Jon-jon, who is seeking his second term as municipal mayor of Bocaue.
De la Cruz claimed that Villarama has coordinated with Bangon Pilipinas political watchers and supporters, who are mostly Jesus is Lord followers, and gave his support to them in exchange for their support in his congressional bid.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/05/11/MAIN200405119236.html   (548 words)

  
 Meralco:News and Updates
Circuit 424YU alleviates the load of Bocaue circuit 43YE while circuit 425YU eases the load of Sta.
The initial phase of the project was completed on Aug. 31, 2002 involving the commissioning of the second power transformer bank and the energization of two circuits – Sta.
The completion of these two new feeders solved the critical loading problem of the banks and feeders of Bocaue and Sta.
www.meralco.com.ph /Consumer/news/archive/stmaria.htm   (149 words)

  
 Banned pyrotechnics? - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
BOCAUE, Bulacan — At least seven people were killed while two others were injured in a fire that gutted a row of firecracker stores here yesterday.
Initial reports said the blaze began when a man tested a firecracker he had bought from one of the stalls.
Bocaue Mayor Serafin de la Cruz said the blaze set off large quantities of firecrackers stored in houses and stores, blowing away walls and tin roofs and touching off successive blasts, which hampered efforts to rescue people trapped in houses.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?act=findpost&pid=634837   (1079 words)

  
 7 dead as fire razes firecracker stalls in Bocaue - March 14, 2007   (Site not responding. Last check: )
They were burned,” Bocaue Mayor Serafin De la Cruz told GMA-7.
Quoting firefighters on the scene, the newscast reported that ten people were injured.
Firefighters raised the highest “general alarm” as they rushed to put out the huge blaze, which was declared “under control” at around 9 a.m.
news.inquirer.net /common/print.php?index=2&story_id=22870&site_id=19   (264 words)

  
 About Filipinohome.com
As an avid Rizal reader, he was overwhelmed when he found out that the first group of Filipinos in New Jersey founded the Knight of Rizal in 1928.
He now resides in Jersey City with his wife from Bocaue, Bulacan.
He has 2 daughters, Nheeda, an Industrial Design graduate of Georgia Tech and Melissa, graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Medical & Dentistry of New Jersey.
www.filipinohome.com /about.html   (412 words)

  
 Bulacan » Blog Archive » Bocaue mayor leads rally vs Sino trader
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BOCAUE, Bulacan —; Mayor Serafin dela Cruz and the townsfolk here will converge in front of the controversial marketplace here today to demand turnover of its management to the local government.
Dela Cruz said they would conduct more protest actions until John Tancipek, owner of Meditech that operates the new public market, shall have turned over the management of the contested market and the adjacent lot to the municipal government.
luzon.wowphilippines.com /bulacan/?p=17   (207 words)

  
 G.R. No. L-4543
As will be seen, the matter at issue is the question of the ownership of a creek or pond which receives its waters from the Bocaue River.
According to the defendants, the said creek is situated within their own land, for which reason they believed they were entitled to construct dams at the entrance of the creek; but the plaintiff states that it is public property, and in common use by the residents of that locality.
It should be noted that, in classifying such properties, the code only mentions some of them by way of examples, as for instance, paragraph 1 of article 339 says "and that of a similar character."
www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1908/oct1908/gr_l-4543_1908.html   (256 words)

  
 Sun.Star Pampanga - 7 die, firecracker stalls razed in Bocaue fire
Sun.Star Pampanga - 7 die, firecracker stalls razed in Bocaue fire
BOCAUE, BULACAN -- Seven people were killed after a fire broke out along a strip of stalls selling firecrakers in Barangay Turo here Friday morning.
Firefighters raised the highest "general alarm" as they rushed to put out the huge blaze, which was declared "under control" after three hours.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/pam/2005/01/01/news/7.die.firecracker.stalls.razed.in.bocaue.fire.html   (255 words)

  
 Open and Closed System
To further ease up traffic in the expressway, the NLEX adopted an "open" and "closed" systems designed to significantly increase the hourly throughput of the tollway, particularly in high-traffic environments.
The open system runs from Balintawak to Bocaue, where traffic concentration is heaviest.
A fixed rate of P42 is charged in the open system, regardless of where the motorist exits at any point between the Balintawak and Bocaue toll plazas.
www.mntc.com /nlex/openclosed.htm   (153 words)

  
 Bocaue river festival - July in Bocaue Bulacan | A1 Philippine Travel Guide
Bocaue river festival - July in Bocaue Bulacan
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www.a1-philippine-travel-asia.com /gigantes-festival.html   (431 words)

  
 Bocaue Travel Guide - Bocaue Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
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