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The term "Lakan Dula Documents" [1] is used by Philippine historiographers to describe the section of the Spanish Archives in Manila which are dedicated to the genealogical records (cuadernos de linaje) of the Manila and Tondo aristocracy.
Removed from office after imposition of martial law. District dissolved into the nineteen-seat Region IV's at-large district for the Interim Batasang Pambansa, followed by the six-seat Manila's at-large district for the Regular Batasang Pambansa. District re-created February 2, 1987. 11: Jaime C. Lopez June 30, 1987 June 30, 1998 8th: PDP–Laban
Over time, the Lakandula's name has come to be written in several ways. However, according to the firsthand account written in Spanish by Hernando Riquel, the royal notary who accompanied Miguel López de Legazpi, the Lord of Tondo specifically identified himself as "Sibunao Lacandola, lord of the town of Tondo" [1] when he boarded Legazpi's ship with the lords of Manila on May 18, 1571.
The district consists of barangays 1 to 146 in the western part of the Manila district of Tondo, west of Dagupan Street, Estero de Vitas and Estero de Sunog Apog bordering Navotas. [4] It used to encompass the entire district of Tondo until 1972, as well as the districts of Binondo , Intramuros , and San Nicolas until 1949 due to the revision ...
Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, is a large metropolitan area that has several levels of subdivisions. Administratively, the region is divided into seventeen primary local government units with their own separate elected mayors and councils who are coordinated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, a national government agency headed by a chairperson directly ...
Areas now under the jurisdiction of Manila were initially represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899; the district elected four representatives. The city of Manila, chartered in 1901, first gained separate representation in 1907.
Philippine addresses always contain the name of the sender, the building number and thoroughfare, the barangay where the building is located, the city or municipality where the barangay is located and, in most cases, the province where the city or municipality is located.
Tondo Church: Tondo: 1880 [16] The first Catholic minister of Tondo was the Rev. Alonso de Alvarado, O.S.A. Tondo was the residence of Lakan-Dula who was baptized by the Rev. Martin de Rada, O.S.A. In the early days, its ecclesiastical jurisdiction extended up to Pasig, Cainta and Taytay. Tondo was an active center of Catholic activities among ...