Bacolod City serves as the capital and is the largest highly urbanized city in the Philippines found in Negros Occidental. It is well known for its Masskara Festival which is held every October. Bacolod is called the City of Smiles because of its charming and friendly people. Its name is derived from the Hiligaynon word [...]
Welcome to Cabanatuan City, a first class city in Nueva Ecija, Philippines. It is widely known as the economic hub of the province and it has a total population of 222,859. It is also called as the “Tricycle Capital of the Philippines†because of its 30,000 plus registered tricycle. The city is politically subdivided into [...]
Welcome to Roxas City, the capital city of Capiz, Philippines. It is known as the country’s center for copra and aquaculture production. Its surrounding area produces sugarcane, rice, coconuts, fruit, hemp and tobacco. Roxas is originally founded as the town of Capis in the year 1693 and it was the site of Miguel Lopes de [...]
Welcome to Ligao City, a fourth class city found in the province of Albay, Philippines. Its name is derived from the local word “ticau†which is said to be an abundant tree whose poisonous leaves were used to catch fish on rivers and creeks. Some of the people there believe that its name was originally [...]
A fourth class city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, Malolos is the capital of Bulacan City. It serves as a major suburb outside of Manila and it has a total population of 175,291. It became the site of the constitutional convention of 1898 which is known as the Malolos Convention that led to the [...]
Welcome to Tiwi, a first class municipality in the Province of Albay, Philippines. The town has a total population of 44,261 in 8.036 households. Tiwi began as a barrio of Malinao before it was organized as a politically independent pueblo in the year 1696. Â People from Tiwi were ordinarily engaged in fishing, planting rice, [...]
A third class city in the province of Bohol, Philippines, Tagbilaran is the capital and component city of Bohol. It lies on the southwestern part of the province and it is the principal gateway to the island province of Bohol. Tagbilaran is among the eight Philippine Dream Cities and it has a total population of [...]
Known as the regional center of the Caraga region in the Philippines, Butuan is situated at the northeastern part of Agusan Valley in northern Mindanao. Its name originated from the sour fruit “Batuan†while others believe that it came from certain “Datu Buntuan†who was a chieftain who once ruled over Butuan. Its land use [...]
A first class urban city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines, Meycauayan is situated about 19 kilometers north of Manila. Meycauayan is famous for its jewelry and tanning industry and it also serves as home to numerous industrial parks which most of it are located at Barangays Iba, Camalig and Pantoc. It is surrounded with [...]
Makati is the major financial, commercial and economical hub in the Philippines. It is known as the financial capital of the country for there are a lot of global companies have their offices in the city. It is the home of the influential Makati Business Club and the country’s stock exchange. Makati is known for [...]