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 Calumpit - LoveToKnow 1911
CALUMPIT, a town of the province of Bulacan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, at the junction of the Quingua river with the Rio Grande de la Pampanga, about 25 m.
It is served by the Manila and Dagupan railway, and the bridge across the Rio Grande is one of the longest in the Philippines.
Calumpit has a large rice-mill and one of the largest markets in the Phili p pines.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Calumpit   (120 words)

  
 Bulacan, Philippines: Calumpit, Bulacan: History
Calumpit was already an established "barangay" even before the coming of the Spaniards.
Calumpit at that time was the center of trade and barter among its neighboring barangays.
Calumpit was derived from the name of the hardwood trees called Calumpit, found abundantly growing in front of the Calumpit Catholic Church.
www.bulacan.gov.ph /calumpit/history.php   (330 words)

  
  ipedia.com: Bulacan Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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.
www.ipedia.com /bulacan.html   (654 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Meycauayan, Bulacan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Meycauayan is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines.
Bulacan is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region.
Meycauayan is a municipality in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Meycauayan,-Bulacan   (654 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In 1848, the town of San Miguel was annexed to Bulacan from Pampanga.
Bulacan was one of the first eight provinces to rise against Spanish rule.
Bulacan is the home province of some of the nation’s celebrated heroes: Francisco Baltazar (Balagtas), “The Prince of Filipino Poets,” Marcelo H. Del Pilar, “The Great Propagandist,” and Gregorio del Pilar, “The Hero of Tirad Pass.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=history&province=10   (236 words)

  
 Sa Kalumpit, May Malasakit :: "I'm proud to be a Kalumpitenyo."
Villacorta-Agoncillo sa Caniogan, Calumpit, Bulacan nuong ika-12 ng Setyembre, 1913.
Ang kanyang ina ay si Vicenta V. Torres na taga Calumpit, Bulacan at....
Para sa mga kaibigan nating di pa napasyal sa makasaysayang bayang ito ng Bulacan, heto po ang daan patungong Calumpit mula sa Manila.
www.freewebs.com /sakalumpitmaymalasakit/alamnyoba.htm   (817 words)

  
 Manila Times, Philippines : 270 ducks culled in Calumpit; measures against bird flu planned
Officials, Carillo added, have coordinated with the local police to prevent the sale of chicken and ducks within three kilometers from the duck farm where the avian-flu virus was detected.
Molina, however, asked journalists not to go to Calumpit and he refused to disclose the exact location where the infection was detected.
These birds are thought to be the source of the bird-flu virus that infected the ducks in Calumpit.
www.ecologyasia.com /news-archives/2005/jul-05/mt_050710_1.htm   (736 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)

  
 Apalit & Calumpit River Festivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The dragon boat race in scenic and historic Calumpit town of Bulacan is one of the tourist attractions when the country's Department of Tourism promotes the Calumpit River Cruise Program as part of its Coastal Tourism Project and will mark the Philippines' contribution to celebrate the International Year of Freshwater 2003.
Aside from the Calumpit Dragon Boat race, visitors to this town will also have the chance to ride the native canoe or banca during the guided river tour, which passes through several tourist attractions such as old bridges, historical landmarks and shrines, native houses, lush vegetations, and antique churches.
Calumpit is one of the oldest towns in the country and is rich in history and the hub of trade and commerce in the province of Bulacan.
www.pilmap.com.ph /hotspots2.htm   (1441 words)

  
 River festival in Calumpit; 'Taong Putik' in Ecija town - Jun. 25, 2003
CALUMPIT, Bulacan -- This town, which boasts of the cleanest living river in Bulacan province, celebrated the traditional Libad Festival (water procession) on Monday in honor of its patron saint, St. John the Baptist.
Officials said the river tour was the town's way of giving tribute to their patron saint for a year of abundance and blessings.
Mayor Ramon Pagdanganan said the town's river remains the cleanest in Bulacan because of the cleansing effects of the baptismal rites.
www.inq7.net /reg/2003/jun/25/reg_6-1.htm   (468 words)

  
 CALUMPIT WATERWAY TOURS START IN JUNE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The river tour program in this scenic and historic town of Bulacan is organized by the DoT and its infrastructural arm, Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA), in collaboration with the local government of Calumpit led by Mayor Ramon M. Pagdanganan and the Philippine Tour Operators Association (PHILTOA).
Calumpit boatmen and tour guides have been trained and accredited by the DoT early this month to conduct the river tour in Calumpit, which is the oldest among the 24 towns of the province.
The memorandum of agreement, signed last Feb. 11 by PTA general manager Robert Dean Barbers and Mayor Pagdanganan signaled their respective commitment to develop, improve, conserve, construct and maintain river tour facilities in the town for the benefit and enjoyment of domestic and foreign tourists and the general public.
www.newsflash.org /2003/04/tl/tl012032.htm   (452 words)

  
 G.R. No. L-15648   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The above entitled cases were instituted by the provincial government of Bulacan on the 3d and 26th days of May, 1915, respectively, for the purpose of expropriating several parcels of land situated in that province for the construction of the interprovincial road from Calumpit, Bulacan, to Apalit, Pampanga, and from Pulilan to Calumpit, Bulacan.
By order of the court of the 4th and 27th days of May, 1915, respectively, the plaintiff was authorized to immediately take possession of the lands in question upon the deposit by it of the estimated value thereof with the provincial treasurer.
The witness Pedro Garcia, an employee in the office of the district engineer of Bulacan, whose work was to negotiate the purchase of lands needed for public roads, testified that the reasonable value of appellants' lands was four centavos per square meter.
www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1921/oct1921/gr_l-15648_1921.html   (899 words)

  
 Cabinet secretary sold cow to earn for school   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It was for this reason that Ka Aning made Obet, his eldest child, an exemplar of diligence for the younger siblings in the family that grew to a brood of nine.
His governorship was marked by the emergence of Bulacan as the cooperative capital of the Philippines.
Under Obet's "cooperative revolution," the number of Bulacan coops grew from only 52 when he was installed OIC governor, to 975 when he completed his third term, with total assets ballooning from P 78 million to P 2.7 billion.
money.inq7.net /topstories/printable_topstories.php?yyyy=2003&mon=03&dd=09&file=3   (1200 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | TOP STORIES > Elections common thread in 2 Bulacan town killings
In a way the victory of James de Jesus in the election for town mayor in Calumpit, Bulacan, in 2004 was Pyrrhic.
De Jesus was to lose his two key men to assassin’s bullets, a testimony to the intensity of the political fight in Calumpit.
He was the president of the Saint John the Baptist Parish Pastoral Council and of the Rotary Club of Calumpit.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/aug/03/yehey/top_stories/20060803top7.html   (428 words)

  
 Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and Industry | Invest in Bulacan
Located at Bulacan and operating for nearly three decades now, the Indo Phil Group of Companies comprises of three major world-class companies...
Unanimously all the members solidly state that they chosed Bulacan,...
Phinma, Inc. envisioned a company that will not only produce industrial paper in the Philippines, but at the same time, be a partner in nation building....
www.bulacan.net /Invest.htm   (157 words)

  
 October 23 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
CALUMPIT, Bulacan—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today inaugurated the P60-million Labangan-1 Bridge that will enhance the inter-urban transport network in the towns of Calumpit and Malolos and help boost economic activities in the province of Bulacan.
CALUMPIT, Bulacan—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today told local officials here she remains confident that Congress would approve the 2005 General Appropriations Bill before yearend.
The President motored to Bulacan this morning for the inauguration of two new bridges and to touch base with local officials and the people of this province.
www.news.ops.gov.ph /archives2004/oct23.htm   (1746 words)

  
 Celebrating the rich, ritzy heritage of Bulacan - Dec. 12, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
AHHH, the fragrance of Bulacan's famous flower gardens were all over the place, enthralling the well-heeled invitees right at the foyer of the grand ballroom of Westin Philippine Plaza as an award-winning Malolos choir and a string ensemble serenaded the guests with native music.
Guests celebrated Bulacan's rich heritage as well as renewed their commitment to a scholarship program that sends deserving poor students to school.
Gents and ladies in evening finery were entertained by the endless playing of valses, danzas and kundiman composed by Bulacan's native sons such as National Artists Francisco Santiago, Nicanor Abelardo, Jose Corazon de Jesus, Levi Celerio and Ernani Cuenco, all played by the UST Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Herminigildo Ranera.
www.inq7.net /lif/2003/dec/12/lif_3-1.htm   (697 words)

  
 Police stop sale, transport of poultry in Bulacan town - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
CALUMPIT, Bulacan -- Police teams have been sent here to monitor the movement of poultry products in the town following the discovery of a bird flu strain among ducks grown in a village farm here.
Carillo said the tests were made to ensure that local fowls had not been infected with the virus possibly carried by migratory birds that had stayed at the nearby Candaba Swamp in Pampanga province.
Calumpit Mayor James de Jesus asked residents to stay calm amid the discovery of the bird flu strain here.
beta.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=43070   (490 words)

  
 G.R. No. L-26907   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Bulacan Provincial Fiscal Pascual C. Kliatchko, Solicitor General Antonio P. Barredo, Assistant Solicitor General Felicisimo R. Rosete and Santiago M. Kapunan for defendant-appellee.
On April 18, 1962, they challenged the validity of a Calumpit municipal ordinance which imposed a municipal license tax P700.00 as well as a fee of P25 for mayor's permit on any operator of an electric plant doing business in such municipality.
The complaints filed by them, instead of being dismissed, ought to have prospered, at least to the extent of their being considered exempt from the operation of the ordinances complained of.
www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1969/nov1969/gr_l-26907_1969.html   (839 words)

  
 Sun.Star Pampanga - Pelayo urges gov't: Prevent bird flu entry to Candaba
Pelayo's statement came amid reports that bird flu cases were traced in Barangay Pungo, Calumpit, Bulacan, a province adjacent to this town.
In Calumpit, Mayor James de Jesus bared that his town has been placed under quarantine to prevent the further outbreak of bird flu to other barangays.
A quarantine zone had been set up around the town of Calumpit in Bulacan province to halt the trading and sale of poultry for a week, he said.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/pam/2005/07/09/news/pelayo.urges.gov.t.prevent.bird.flu.entry.to.candaba.html   (508 words)

  
 G.R. No. 70547   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The stipulation of facts between the parties show that there was no crossing bar at the railroad intersection at Calumpit, Bulacan at the time of collision (par.
Similarly, the abandonment by the PNR of the use of the crossing bar at the intersection at Calumpit constitutes negligence, as its installation has become imperative, because of the prevailing circumstances in the place.
Also, the train reached Calumpit, Bulacan ahead of scheduled arrival thereat, indicating that the train was travelling more than the normal speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1993/jan1993/gr_70547_1993.html   (3000 words)

  
 Bird flu found in Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
BULACAN, Philippines, July 8 (UPI) -- The Philippines confirmed Friday its first case of bird flu found in an isolated farm at Calumpit in Bulacan province, near the capital Manila.
The government banned the trading of poultry around the town of Calumpit for a week and was inspecting all farms in the area.
Philippines Agricultural Secretary Arthur Yap said, the H5 strain of flu was identified and which had been found in ducks on the farm, but it was not clear if it was the deadly H5N1 strain, Channel Newsasia reported.
www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/by/Uphilippines-birdflu.RYfS_Fl8.html   (165 words)

  
 Nabhan vs Calderon : MTJ-98-1164 : February 4, 2000 : Per Curiam : En Banc
For resolution is the administrative complaint filed by Victoria R. Nabhan against respondent Judge Eric T. Calderon of the Municipal Trial Court of Calumpit, Bulacan, for acts of lasciviousness committed against her.
He admitted that, indeed, complainant filed a criminal complaint for violation of B.P. 22 before the Municipal Trial Court of Angat, Bulacan, where he was temporarily assigned at the time of the alleged incident.
Complainant also sent a copy of her affidavit-complaint to the Bulacan chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/2000/feb2000/AM_MTJ_98_1164.html   (1374 words)

  
 INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Speaking at a press conference, Agricultural Secretary Arthur Yap said the strain of flu was identified as H5 and had been found in ducks on the farm.
Yap said the outbreak was contained to a "small isolated farm" at Calumpit near Manila.
In Malolos, Bulacan, provincial agriculture office chief Gloria Cerillo said the presence of the flu strain was detected during random sampling conducted by the Bureau of Animal Industry and the Bird Flu Task Force.
news.inq7.net /express/html_output/20050708-42753.xml.html   (357 words)

  
 Malolos,_Bulacan LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Situated 40 kilometers north of Manila, it is a major suburb outside of Manila.
It is also one of the centers of education in Central Luzon region, it has several universities like the government-funded Bulacan State University, and privately-owned Centro Escolar University and University of Regina Carmeli.
Malolos has a population of 175,291 people in 36,663 households according to the 2000 census.
www.school-explorer.com /info/Malolos,_Bulacan   (170 words)

  
 Bulacan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Aurora | Bataan | Bulacan | Nueva Ecija | Pampanga | Tarlac | Zambales
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Bulacan contains research on
Bulacan, People and Culture, Economy, Geography, Political, Cities, Municipalities, Physical, History, Tourist Attractions, External links and Provinces of the Philippines.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Bulacan   (693 words)

  
 Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and Industry | Invest in Bulacan
It has a workforce of 383, spends P700 million annually in purchasing waste paper from local sources, spends P155 million in employee compensation and benefits and pays P180 million in local and national taxes.
Skilled labor is not difficult to source in Bulacan.
At the same time, with the aid of the local government, UPPC has humbly contributed to the growth and development of the community through its participation in local developmental projects and other socio-civic activities.
www.bulacan.net /testi_uppc.htm   (310 words)

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