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	Manuel Roxas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roxas was born on January 1, 1892 in a city that was named, postmortem, after him, Roxas City, Capiz to Rosario Acuna.
		Roxas studied college in University of Manila, and law at the University of the Philippines and was the Bar topnotcher.
		Roxas was captured (1942) by the Japanese invasion forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manuel_Roxas (643 words)

	Manila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manila is bordered by several municipalities and cities in Metro Manila: Navotas and Caloocan City to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong City to the east, Makati City to the southeast, and Pasay City to the south.
		The district of Binondo is the city's Chinatown.
		The City of Manila is the chief seaport of the Philippines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manila (3243 words)

	Roxas City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roxas City is a 2nd class city in the province of Capiz, Philippines.
		Roxas City is the site of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi's settlement when he arrived from Cebu.
		Roxas City was once known as the "Municipality of Capiz" and it became a city on May 12, 1951 with the issuance of the city charter, Republic Act No. 603.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roxas_City (266 words)

	Panay Travel Info
		It is composed of 16 municipalities and one chartered city and 472 barangays.
		Roxas City is the seat of the provincial and city governments and center of trade.
		Sinadya, Roxas City - It is in commemoration of the feast of the Immaculate Concepcion, patroness of Roxas City.
	members.tripod.com /~Katterina/capiz.htm (2469 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Roxas City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines.
		Categories: Cities in the Philippines A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino or Tagalog) is a tier of local government in the Philippines.
		Roxas City is the capital of Capiz Province, central Philippines.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Roxas-City (1235 words)

	PinoyOnBoard.com - Capiz, Roxas City
		Roxas City (named after Manuel Roxas, the first president of the Philippine Republic) is at the northeastern portion of Panay Island, greeting the Visayan Sea.
		Historically, Roxas City was part of the settlement that conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legaspi formed after he arrived from Cebu.
		In Roxas, one should not leave without visiting the magnificent Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral, one of the few churches in the country where the dome and the roof are not held up by a single column traversing the interior of the church.
	www.pinoyonboard.com /2004/1003_capiz.html (331 words)

	Manuel Roxas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Manuel Acuña Roxas (January 1, 1892—April 15, 1948) was the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines (Republic of the Philippines: A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946).
		Roxas was born on January 1, 1892 in a city that was named, postmortem, after him, Roxas City (Roxas City: roxas city is the capital city of capiz province in the central philippines....
		Roxas studied law at the University of the Philippines (University of the Philippines: the university of the philippines (unibersidad ng pilipinas in filipino) or u.p....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/manuel_roxas (756 words)

	Sun.Star Pampanga - Roxas: City's local fire, safety officials should be charged
		The offices of the mayor and the police in Angeles City have yet to take actions on the complaints of residents on the invasion with impunity of the city's sidewalks by vendors, hawkers and traders, mostly transients/migrants from the south Muslim areas.
		City Hall officials involved in the inspection, approval and final recommendation for a mayor's permit on this unsafe building should be included in the investigation and must answer for their participation.
		This quick response by the mayor is exactly the opposite of officials in Angeles City, including the police, whose attention has been called by local residents to solve the illegal invasion of squatters and sidewalk vendors in principal streets in that city.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/pam/2004/10/12/oped/fred.roxas.html (862 words)

	Capiz
		The City of Roxas is the provincial capital of Capiz, a part of Panay Island where Miguel Lopez de Legaspi settled when he arrived from Cebu.
		This city was named “Roxas City” in honor of its most illustrious son, the first president of the Republic of the Philippines, President Manuel Acuña Roxas.
		Roxas, and Roxas City; while the 2nd District covers the municipalities of Cuartero, Dao, Dumalag, Dumarao, Ivisan, Jamindan, Sapi-an, Mambusao, Sigma, and Tapaz.
	www.tabligan.org /AIM/Capiz.htm (1192 words)

	Presidents » Roxas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Roxas was later opposed by Quezon, who held that the act compromised future Philippine independence and this led to the split of the Nationalista Party.
		Roxas was elected president of the Commonwealth in 1946 as the nominee of the liberal wing of the Nacionalista Party (which later became the Liberal Party), and, when independence was declared on July 4, Roxas became the first president of the new independent Republic.
		Roxas was married to the former Trinidad de Leon.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~fasawwu/resources/presidents/roxas.htm (446 words)

	Malacañang Museum
		Roxas was later opposed by Quezon, who held that the act compromised future Philippine independence; the Nacionalista Party was split between them on this issue.
		Roxas was elected president of the commonwealth in 1946 as the nominee of the liberal wing of the Nacionalista Party (which became the Liberal Party), and when independence was declared on July 4 he became the first president of the new republic.
		Roxas did not stay long in office because of heart attack upon a speech in an occassion in the Clark Air Base in April 15, 1948 and was succeeded by his vice president Elpidio Quirino.
	www.op.gov.ph /museum/pres_roxas.asp (590 words)

	Gov.ph - Tourism
		ROXAS CITY (5 July) -- The City of Roxas, provincial capital of Capiz and known as the seafood capital of the Philippines, has invited the Ambassadors of Japan and China and dignitaries from the national government to grace its first-ever “diwal” festival slated here from July 15-16, 2005.
		City mayor Antonio Del Rosario said they are organizing the festival to hail the recrudescence of one of the Capiceños’ highly valued and exotic seafood named “diwal” or angelwings.
		In 1994, the city government declared a moratorium on the gathering of diwal and funded a study of the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries, University of the Philippines in the Visayas in Iloilo to establish sanctuaries for diwal and help regenerate its dwindling population then.
	www.gov.ph /cat_tourism/newscontent.asp?newsid=11045 (495 words)

	If not for its oysters ... - May 24, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Anyway, Baybay of Roxas City is also special in that it is where the late Manuel Roxas used to commune with nature.
		In case you have forgotten, Roxas was a former president of this republic.
		But all is not lost in the city of Dante's song-and-dance youth, in the city of Bert's declamation-inspired growing up pains, in the city of Lastimoso's shark-infested childhood.
	www.inq7.net /spo/2003/may/24/text/spo_25-1-p.htm (773 words)

	Roxas City: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Roxas City is the capital city capital quick summary:
		Roxas City is the site of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]'s settlement when he arrived from Cebu.
		Roxas City was once known as the Municipality of Capiz and it became a city on May 12, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/roxas_city.htm (597 words)

	Roxas v. Marcos
		Roxas estimated that the boxes were, on average, approximately the size of a case of beer and that they were stacked five or six feet high, over an area six feet wide and thirty feet long.
		Roxas told the Secretary his story, and the Secretary promised to guarantee Roxas's safety for a trip to Baguio City to identify the buddha in the City Court.
		The Roxas Estate argued that it was entitled to prejudgment interest at the rate of ten percent per annum from April 5, 1971, the date on which Roxas was allegedly first beaten, through July 19, 1996, the date of the jury's special verdict.
	www.hawaii.gov /jud/20606.htm (16231 words)

	ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR 'ASWANG' FESTIVAL OF ROXAS CITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The congratulatory letter from Sen. Mar Roxas to Dugo Capiznon may actually have given the needed impetus for the group to push through with its effort to demolish the long-time tag of Capiz as the nest of witches and warlocks which Capiznons have long resented.
		Roxas City Mayor Antonio del Rosario said several Manila-based media establishments have signified their intention to cover the festival.
		Roxas called the festival "an experience that celebrates life, as it opens opportunities to reconnect with our kababayans and to share and learn about our diverse cultures and background," in his letter to the Dugo Capiznon.
	www.newsflash.org /2004/02/ht/ht004768.htm (1183 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		ROXAS CITY - To safeguard victims of abuses on the privacy of identity, communication and correspondence, Sen. Mar Roxas, chairman of the Senate committee on trade and commerce, sought on Friday the creation of a data protection commission.
		Roxas has filed Senate Bill 2073, the Data Protection Act of 2005, which aims to regulate the establishment and use, in both public and private sectors, of automated personal data files.
		Under the Roxas bill, unauthorized reporting of a personâs personal data, private communications or letters shall be subjected to 6 to 12 years imprisonment and a fine of not less than one million pesos.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=13125 (1110 words)

	Pasay City Travel Tips and Information - Pasay City Travel Hotels Resorts Lodging Discounts Philippines
		A fast becoming progressive city and its nearness to Manila, business firms and factories are among the reasons why many people from all walks of life have settled and built beautiful residences in it.
		Adjacent to the city of Manila and bounded to the south by Paranaque, norhtwest by Makati City and Taguig to the west.
		The city has a total land area of 19 square kilometers of which 5.5 square kilometers is the city proper.
	alltravelnetwork.com /philippines/travelinfo/pasayinfo.html (1664 words)

	No. 123 A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He pursued his priestly studies at the San Vicente Ferrer Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo City and was ordained on April 7, 1962 at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Roxas City.
		After ordination, he was assigned to the St. Pius X Seminary in Roxas City, where he served as professor and spiritual director, and eventually was appointed rector in 1979.
		He ordained to the episcopacy on June 26, 1979 at the Mount Carmel Church in Roxas City, and served for nine years as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Capiz.
	www.blessedsacrament.com /international/123a.html (475 words)

	Roxas, Philippines, Pictures
		Roxas, city, central Philippines, capital of Capiz Province, on the Jintotolo Channel, at the mouth of the Panay River.
		A rail terminus and the chief port of northern Panay Island, it is a center for the export of copra and canned fish processed here.
		Roxas was chartered in 1951 as Capiz, but the name was later changed.
	www.greatestcities.com /Asia/Philippines/Roxas_city.html (118 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Things to Do (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The old and imposing Roxas City Bridge (formerly Capiz Bridge) remained strong and firm after it was built in 1910.
		Passing the major edifice of the city, the river of Roxas City has been dubbed as the “Venice of the Visayas”.
		Built in 1910 as a water tank; has memorabilia of illustrious sons and daughters of Roxas City; collections of religious icons, artifacts, and artworks.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=33 (1857 words)

	Sinadya sa Halaran: The Art and the Culture
		Roxas City, Capiz -- Sinadya sa Halaran is as much an artistic and cultural celebration as it is a religious celebration.
		The richness of culture and tradition in the Province of Capiz and the City of Roxas is very evident in the people's way of life.
		The culinary experience in Capiz and Roxas City can be experienced during the Seafood Festival of Sinadya sa Halaran which runs every night for the entire duration of the festival.
	www.thenewstoday.info /20051205/sinadya.sa.halaran.the.art.and.the.culture.html (738 words)

	Senator vows to oppose P36-B rail plan - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		ROXAS CITY-Sen. Manuel "Mar" Roxas II reiterated his opposition to the plan to revive and rehabilitate the Panay Railways, saying it would be just another white elephant.
		Roxas said reviving the Panay Railways is impractical as it would actually make transporting goods more expensive.
		Roxas said the money should instead be used for roads and highways.
	beta.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=25802 (295 words)

	Sinadya sa Halaran 2005
		The main highlight of the festival is the Tribal Competition on December 10 at 1:30-6:00 pm at the Roxas City Plaza followed by the Coronasyon sang Reyna.
		The grand Festival Parade is on December 11 in the streets of Roxas City.
		The old imposing Roxas City Bridge (formerly Capiz Bridge),built in 1910, remains firm and strong overlooking the Panay River.
	www.thenewstoday.info /20051125/sinadya.sa.halaran.2005.html (520 words)

	Roxas City cops claim busting cell phone gang - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Philippines -- The Roxas City police office said it has busted a gang allegedly involved in a series of cellular phone thefts in the city.
		Rene Aspera, Roxas police director, said four suspected snatchers were arrested on Monday mainly due to the cooperation of some concerned individuals.
		They were Ricky Santiago, 19, of Roxas City; Garry Cereneo, 18, of Sapian town; and two minors aged 16 and 17.
	news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=27254 (408 words)

	GMA RELEASES Php20 MILLION TO UPGRADE CENTRAL PANAY H'WAY
		The President then proceeded to the city plaza where she was welcomed by some 2,000 residents, students, barangay officials, and the mayors of the 16 towns of the province.
		ROXAS CITY — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo urged all Filipinos to go all out in honoring the Filipino athletes who participated in the just-concluded 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and won for the country the overall championship of the biennial games.
		In her inspirational message at the opening this morning of Capiz province’s 2005 Sinadya sa Halaran Festival at the Roxas City Plaza, the President said the Filipino athletes would be given a fitting tribute during a victory parade in Manila this afternoon.
	www.newsflash.org /2004/02/pe/pe003771.htm (677 words)

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