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  Bulacan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 lies in the southern portion of the fertile plains of Central Luzon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bulacan   (610 words)

  
 Bulacan, Bulacan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bulacan is a 2nd class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines.
Bulacan is the birthplace of Marcelo H. del Pilar, a Filipino nationalist who published the Filipino propaganda paper La Solidaridad.
Bulacan was originally the capital of the Bulacan province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bulacan,_Bulacan   (268 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Things to Do   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
(Bustos, Bulacan) The dam is one of the longest sector-gates in the world and serves as the huge reservoir of the Angat Hydroelectric plant at Barrio Hilltop.
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.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=10   (2346 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Bulacan
Bulacan is the land of Tagalog Bards, whose prosperous towns and rich
Bulacan is also noted as the land of the Tagalog bard Francisco Balagtas.
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)

  
 Featured Products - Bulacan Sweets and Delicacies Center
Bulacan Sweets and Delicacies Center has the most unique and flavorful treat this side of town - it's best selling candied fruits.
They are rich in vitamins and minerals, retained from the fruits even after the process, making it a healthy snack whenever you crave for something sweet.
This is done by gradually removing moisture by immersing the raw fruits in syrup, after which it is air-dried.
www.bulacansweets.com /featured_products.htm   (598 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)

  
 Historical Article - Bulacan Sweets and Delicacies Center
Bulacan Sweets doesn't only offer delicacies from Bulacan, but also sells pili nuts from Bicol, vinegar from Ilocos, broas from Quezon, bokayo from Pangasinan and pure honey from Palawan.
The creativity of the people behind Bulacan Sweets is evident with the stores' colorful boxes and artfully-wrapped products, which have set a trend in the packaging of native delicacies.
The Bulacan Sweets owner, meantime, has for her most fervent wish the sale of her products nationwide, and even in overseas markets.
www.bulacansweets.com /history2.htm   (943 words)

  
 Sun.Star Pampanga - Delta-2 project to stop flooding in Pampanga, Bulacan
During Thursday's public hearing on flood control mitigation projects in Pampanga and Bulacan held at Paradise resort in Malolos town, Sadain said one of the solutions for the flooding problem in these municipalities would be the implementation and construction of the PDDP-2.
He explained that in 2002, the project was opposed by residents of Bulacan.
This has prompted the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to postpone the funding of the project until the DPWH is able to settle the right of way and other social issues of the local population.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/pam/2004/11/05/news/delta.2.project.to.stop.flooding.in.pampanga.bulacan.html   (475 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > 6 NPA members, 2 cops killed in Bulacan clashes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SIX members of the New People’s Army were killed Sunday morning in a clash with an Army patrol on the hills of San Miguel, Bulacan.
Citing reports from residents near the area of the clash, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said six rebels were killed.
The military is still pursuing the retreating rebels as of press time while other police stations in Bulacan and Nueva Ecija were placed on alert.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/apr/25/yehey/prov/20050425pro1.html   (493 words)

  
 BULACAN MOURNS DEATH OF 'AMANG'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bulacan Gov. Josefina dela Cruz said Ople’s death is a great loss for Philippine politics.
Bustos Mayor Carlito Reyes, who was among the 10 Bulacan mayors who recently defected to the ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats along with Ople, said he was surprised to learn of the statesman’s death.
Bulacan Press Club president Joey Munsayac said his group mourns Ople, who was a columnist for the Manila Bulletin at the time of his death.
www.newsflash.org /2003/05/hl/hl019455.htm   (543 words)

  
 PIA News Releases
According to Jerry Caguinguin of Bulacan's Investment Promotion Unit, the Fisher Farms Inc., in Pulilan; United Pulp and Paper Company and Pro-Organic Fertilizer Plant both in Calumpit and BFC Worldwide in Guiguinto are among the big investors that either jumpstarted or expanded their businesses in the province with at least P100 M investment.
He also added that these companies have registered to the Bulacan Investment Incentive Board that allows them to enjoy tax holidays and incentives in accordance to the Provincial Investment Incentive Ordinance.
Bulacan, with its strategic location, serves as Metro Manila's gateway to the north.
www.pia.gov.ph /news.asp?fi=p051014.htm&no=15   (289 words)

  
 Bulacan starts SMS query service - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
BULACAN province recently launched an SMS service that allows constituents to send text messages to specific officers or agencies of the local government.
Through the service, a Bulacan resident can send questions by first typing the keyword, then the message, name and contact details.
The message should be send to 700742, the last three numbers are initials of the provincial government of bulacan.
news.inq7.net /infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=62027   (349 words)

  
 Bulacan learns from Benguet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is because more Bulacan farmers are growing vegetables that are commonly planted in the cool, mountainous areas of Benguet.
Gloria Carillo, Department of Agriculture chief in Bulacan, said the success of Bulacan vegetable growers was made possible through the technology they learned from Benguet farmers.
She said Bulacan farmers bought various vegetable seeds at East-West Seed Company in San Rafael town and planted them in upland towns of Bulacan.
money.inq7.net /topstories/view_topstories.php?yyyy=2004&mon=11&dd=07&file=5   (334 words)

  
 ABS-CBN Interactive
GUIGUINTO, Bulacan - The province of Bulacan is poised to become the "Silicon Valley" of the Philippines, Gov. Josie de la Cruz said in her state-of-the-province address on Wednesday.
It was the reason why she donated computers to public schools in the province and trained teachers to guide the students.
The accomplishment has encouraged international call centers to put a base in Bulacan, one of which will open in three months, de la Cruz said, although she did not identify the company.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=26439   (242 words)

  
 CIS Phils. | Multimedia Software | Bulacan 2000 Interactive CD-ROM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We take pride in having developed the "Bulacan 2000 Interactive CD-ROM"—one of the projects that won for the
Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) the coveted Most Outstanding Chamber for Northern Luzon Award and international accolade for the
It pays tribute to all Bulakeños who made and are making significant contributions in preserving the colorful panorama of Bulacan's history and culture, and in setting a climate ideal for tourism, trade and investments.
www.cis.ph /b2000   (99 words)

  
 FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): One hundred villagers displaced in Bulacan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The TFDP reported that one hundred villagers living at the Towerville Subdivision, a government housing project, were forced to leave their homes out of fear when soldiers started deploying troops in the area.
The situation in the Towerville Subdivision indicates that though Proclamation No. 1017 was already lifted the war of attrition and attacks on suspected political dissenters and progressive organizations continues.
In your letters, please draw attention to the plight and condition of residents in Towerville Subdivision, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1626   (598 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > Dengue spreads in Bulacan, Cordilleras and Pampanga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In Malolos City, Health Undersecretary Ethelyn Nieto on Tuesday warned that dengue “is nearing the alert level” in Bulacan.
Reports showed an upsurge of dengue cases in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao, and Paracelis, Mountain Province, but the department said the health officials were able to prevent further increase of dengue cases.
This prompted Health Undersecretary Nieto to warn that dengue “is nearing the alert level” in Bulacan during the “Gawad Parangal at Pagkilala” for blood donors held at the Hiyas Ng Bulacan Convention Center.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/aug/10/yehey/prov/20050810pro1.html   (582 words)

  
 Pasyal Tayo - Plaridel, Bulacan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The famous festivals of Bocaue, Obando, Plaridel, and Pulilan are fun to attend, while Malolos and Biak-na-Bato National Park are historically significant for their role in the Filipinos' initial quest for independence in 1896-99.
The towns of Bulacan can easily be visited as day-trips from Manila but are best seen while on the Manila-Banaue route through the Cagayan Valley.
Long a hotbed of resistance against Spain, it was the birthplace of Francisco Baltazar (1789-1862), known as Balagtas, whose allegorical verse subtly alludes to Spanish tyranny.
www.thepinoy.com /content/pasyal_tayo/philippines/plaridel_bulacan/index_plaridel.html   (169 words)

  
 Sun.Star Breaking News: Millions worth of drugs seized in Bulacan (1:30 p.m.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
MANILA - Anti-drug agents raided a warehouse in a mountain village in San Jose del Monte in Bulacan Monday morning and seized millions worth of chemicals used in the production of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu.
General Ricardo de Leon, chief of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force, said the raid was a follow-up operation from their earlier drug bust in Cagayan de Oro and Davao City.
Johnson Chua, the Taiwanese national who rented the warehouse in Cagayan de Oro is the same person behind the Bulacan warehouse.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2005/05/16/millions.worth.of.drugs.seized.in.bulacan.(1.30.p.m.).html   (240 words)

  
 Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Welcome to the Bulacan Business Network!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The province of Bulacan reaped three awards during the PCCI's Philippine Business Conference held last October 13, 2005 at the Manila Hotel.
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   (957 words)

  
 Toxic trash spews high levels of lead in Bulacan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The same company in Marilao, Bulacan, according to a June 2003 Greenpeace report, had already been identified as early as 1996 as posing a danger to the environment and to the health of its workers and of the residents of the community where it is situated, because of its lead-smelting operations.
At the briefing, Jose Bartolome, a retired colonel and resident of Barrio Patubig in Marilao, Bulacan where PRI is situated, said residents in the community have long complained to the authorities about the pollution caused by the PRI operations, "but nothing has happened".
But according to Hernandez, former PRI workers, with the assistance of the Office of Legal Aid of the University of the Philippines, are preparing to file a case against the company.
www.cyberdyaryo.com /features/f2003_0704_01.html   (1460 words)

  
 Bulacan folk block dumping of garbage - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For over a week now, residents have been barricading the Salambao and Binuangan rivers leading to Barangay Tanza, the dump of the Navotas controlled disposal facility (NCDF) that, they said, has been polluting their area for three years now.
He said 500 to 700 fishermen in bancas and motorboats blocked the entry to the NCDF barge in the middle of the river.
Santiago, however, said this ordinance is no longer applied today after a Bulacan regional trial court judge favored the petition of NCDF contractor calling for a temporary restraining order.
beta.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=35822   (437 words)

  
 PHILIPPINES: Labour leader missing in San Ildefonso, Bulacan
Concepcion is the officer-in-charge of the Solid Development Corporation Workers Association (SDCWA), a labour union in Barangay (village) Mataas na Parang, San Ildefonso, Bulacan.
Concepcion and his colleague, Ador Vasalio, were reportedly to have been being spied on by the military.
The Kilusan ng Manggagawa sa Bulacan (KMB), a labour organisation, reported that Vasalio was being hunted by the military over suspicions that he could be a member of a rebel group.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1576   (980 words)

  
 :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
Aside from asking for the declaration of a failure of election in Bulacan, Maganto also prayed for the poll body to order a new and special election in the province.
He said the absence of such certified list of provincial candidates for Bulacan is clearly illegal and is an election offense under the third paragraph of Section 158 of the Omnibus Election Code.
Maganto added that the combination of all such factors he had stated in his affidavit is such that there is a resulting fraud in the election process in Bulacan, therefore, there is reason enough to declare a failure of election in the province.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/05/18/BSNS200405189823.html   (339 words)

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