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The Fort of Saint Vincent Ferrer (Spanish: Fuerte de San Vicente Ferrer) or commonly known as Punta Cruz Watchtower (Tagalog: Bantayan ng Punta Cruz) is a Spanish colonial era watchtower located at the western tip of the municipality of Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines.
In June 1572, Spanish conquistadors led by Juan de Salcedo arrived in the Ilocos Region to subdue the native people and pacify the area. On October 1849, Governor-General Narciso Clavería issued a decree that led to the creation of La Union province, formed by merging towns from Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, and the eastern part of the País del Igorrotes (now the Cordillera region).
Diario de Manila was a Spanish language newspaper published in the Philippines, founded on October 11, 1848, and closed down by official decree on February 19, 1898, after the colonial authorities discovered that its installations were being used to print revolutionary material.
Poverty incidence of Luna 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 23.50 2009 24.72 2012 12.07 2015 5.95 2018 3.25 2021 8.73 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Luna, belonging to the first congressional district of the province of La Union, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative ...
Spanish-era watchtower in Guinsiliban – the watchtower of Guinsiliban was one of the most important in the area during the Spanish colonial era. The watchtower has been declared as a National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines. Old Mambajao Fountain – a unique-style fountain from the Spanish era. It has been declared an Important Cultural ...
Name Language Type Area reporting covers ABS-CBN News: English/Filipino: Daily: National Bulatlat [5]: English: Daily: National Cebu Daily News (CDN Digital) English
During the Spanish colonial period, there existed many publications by the government authorities in the islands. In 1852, the Boletin Oficial de Filipinas was created by law and featured not only official government issuances but also local and international news and among others, serialized Spanish novels. [ 1 ]
An excerpt from the newspaper. Diariong Tagalog (lit. Newspaper Tagalog) was a patriotic newspaper in Tagalog and Spanish published during the Spanish occupation of the Philippines. It was founded by Marcelo H. del Pilar, Basilio Teodoro Morán, and Pascual H. Poblete in 1882, while Francisco Calvo y Múñoz funded the printing of the newspaper ...