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unusual facts about Apalit, Pampanga


Kahit Isang Araw Lang Unity Run

The product of the first marathon-for-a-cause, La Verdad Christian College in the Apalit and Caloocan branches, continues to support the free education of roughly 700 elementary, high school, and college students.


2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak

An outbreak of classical swine fever (hog cholera) in the Philippine region of Central Luzon, particularly the provinces of Pampanga and Bulacan occurred in mid-2007, the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed.

Andy Alviz

He is also active politically; he served as the creative director for the successful Pampanga gubernatorial campaign of priest-turned-politician Eddie Panlilio; he was then appointed Panlilio's advisor for culture, arts, and tourism.

Angela Manalang-Gloria

Angela Caridad Legaspi Manalang was born on August 2, 1907 in Guagua, Pampanga to parents, Felipe Dizon Manalang (born in Mexico, Pampanga) and Tomasa Legaspi (whom she hardly mentions).

Antonio Luna

He was hurriedly buried in the churchyard, after which Aguinaldo relieved Luna's officers and men from the field, including General Venacio Concepción, whose headquarters in Angeles, Pampanga, Aguinaldo besieged the same day Luna was assassinated.

Apalit, Pampanga

Non-profit facilities like the hospital, transient homes, dormitory, orphanage, and tertiary institution La Verdad Christian College are also found within the compound.

Bishop Federico O. Escaler, S.J. - served as Bishop Ordinary of Prelature of Kidapawan.

Arsenio Cruz-Herrera

According to Manuel Artigas, he advised General Maximo Hizon on the capture of Angeles, Pampanga.

Aurelio Tolentino

Born in Santo Cristo, Guagua, Pampanga, he was the third and youngest child of Leonardo Tolentino and Patrona Valenzuela.

Central Luzon Television

CLTV 36 focusses on a centralized media coverage, starting off with Pampanga and the provinces of Central Luzon or Region III.

Diosdado Macapagal–Arroyo

Diosdado Ignacio Macapagal Arroyo, known as Dato Arroyo is a politician and the youngest son of the three children of former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo and former President of the Philippines and current congresswoman from second district of Pampanga Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Fourth national congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines

The party leadership had stated, although Yuzon was the candidate of the Democratic Alliance in Pampanga, that the party could not support his candidature as he had been a minor government employee during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines).

Guagua National Colleges

Guagua National Colleges often called GNC is a private, non-sectarian Catholic school in Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines.

Hacienda Luisita

Fearing the López might become too powerful after already owning Meralco, Negros Navigation, Manila Chronicle, ABS-CBN, various haciendas in Western Visayas and then the nearby PASUMIL consortium in del Carmen, Pampanga that they purchased from the Americans, the President offered the property to José Cojuangco, nicknamed "Pepe" through Magsaysay protégé and Cojuangco's son-in-law, Benigno Aquino.

Hilda Koronel

Hilda Koronel, (born Susan Reid on 17 January 1957, Angeles City, Pampanga), is a FAMAS, Luna and Urian award-winning Filipina actress.

Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat

On Dec.24, 2009, an Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat, BRP Nueva Vizcaya (SARV 3502), along with BRP Pampanga (SARV 003)and MT Tug Habagat (TB-271) was deployed to Cavite to conduct search and rescue operations when MV Catalyn B, a wooden hull motorized vessel collided with the fishing vessel FV Anatalia and sank some 2.8 nautical miles northwest of Limbones Island at 2:25 a.m.

Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar

The bahay na bato (Tagalog, literally meaning great houses made of stone) which have stone foundations on the first floor and are made of wood on the second floor(constructed thus to withstand earthquakes), were transplanted from Manila (Tondo, Binondo and Quiapo), Quezon City, Pampanga, La Union, the Ilocos and Cagayan

Lubao

Lubao, Pampanga, a 1st class municipality in the southwestern part of the province of Pampanga, Philippines

Lubao, Pampanga

Lubao Institute (Lubao Institute or LI is located in San Nicolas 1st, Lubao, Pampanga. Established in February 1929)

Mariano Llanera

The Spaniards went in hot pursuit of the insurgents, forcing those from Cabiao to flee to Pampanga, and those from Gapan to hide in San Miguel de Mayumo in Bulacan - San Miguel, Bulacan.

Mike Hrabak

Michael Allen Pasana "Mike" Hrabak (born August 27, 1979 in Angeles City, Pampanga), is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who most recently played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.

Mikey Arroyo

He is the eldest son of the three children of former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo and former President of the Philippines and current congresswoman from second district of Pampanga Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Oscar Rodriguez

Oscar Samson Rodriguez, Mayor of San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines

Partas

It operates a 24/7 service for passengers and freight (known as "waybill") between Metro Manila and northwest Luzon (the Ilocos corridor), with services also running to Baguio City and the Central Luzon plains (Pampanga and Nueva Ecija provinces).

Pedro Tongio Liongson

He was born to Emigdio Liongson and Eulalia Tongio on the feast day of Saint Peter Nolasco in Pampanga’s ancient capital Villa de Bacolor.

Raymond Manalo

Raymond Manalo, (born "Raymond Manaloto Manalo" August 1, 1983 in Angeles City, Pampanga Philippines) is a Filipino singer, and the runner up to Rachelle Ann Go of the program Search for a Star produced by Viva Television and co-produced and broadcast by GMA Network in 2003 to 2004.

Saint Vincent's Academy of Apalit Pampanga Inc.

Domingo, Minalin, Macabebe, Masantol, Pampanga and Calumpit, Bulacan.

San Fernando Frog Festival

As part of its aim to preserve the Kapampangan culture, the City of San Fernando, Pampanga organizes the Piestang Tugak to promote the various frog traditions of the province.

Simón de Anda y Salazar

A monument to his legacy was erected on Bonifacio Drive in Manila, and the municipalities of San Simon in Pampanga, Anda in Bohol and Anda in Pangasinan were named after him.

SM City Clark

It is the third SM supermall in the province of Pampanga after SM City Pampanga in City of San Fernando and Mexico, Pampanga and SM San Fernando Downtown which is also located in the downtown area of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

Sonneratia

The Sonneratia are called 'berembang' in Malaya, 'mangrove apple' in English, and 'Mangrovenapfel', "Pagatpat" in the Philippines, particularly in the Bataan and Pampanga region or 'Holzapfelmangrove' in German.

South China Sea

Major rivers that flow into the South China Sea include the Pearl, Min, Jiulong, Red, Mekong, Rajang, Pahang, Pampanga, and Pasig Rivers.

Sub-Parish Church of Sto. Cristo

Willie Buyson Villarama, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's former chief of staff, from Bacolor, Pampanga stated that "his great-great-great grandfather is Don Julian Buyson, who served as a gobernadorcillo, xxx".

Tarlac–Nueva Ecija–Aurora Expressway

The project was revealed by Senator Edgardo Angara during the opening ceremony of the Aurora satellite province in Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Transportation in Metro Manila

Railways extend from this terminal north to San Fernando in Pampanga and south to Legazpi in Albay, though only the southern railway is currently in operation.

However, both NAIA and Clark International Airport, located in the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles, Pampanga serve the Manila area, with CIA catering mostly to low-cost carriers that avail themselves of the lower landing fees than those charged at NAIA.


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