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unusual facts about Caloocan


Philippine College of Commerce and Business Administration

This was the decade when UE expanded in land area, acquiring a 5 hectare land in Caloocan and another 1.5 hectare land in Quezon City.


Blumentritt Road

It runs through the border of the City of Manila with Quezon City and Caloocan from Rizal Avenue in Santa Cruz district to Gregorio Tuazon Street (formerly Calle Balic Balic) in Sampaloc district.

José Alejandrino

Alejandrino and his friend, General Antonio Luna, suggested to Aguinaldo that they build a defensive line from Novaliches to Caloocan to delay the northward advance of American troops intent on capturing the railway.

Jose Villa Panganiban

In 1903, Geminiano Panganiban, a lawyer, pharmacist and a non-combatant lieutenant in the Philippine Revolutionary Army, had to surrender to the U.S. Expeditionary Forces in Northern Luzon because his wife, Policarpia Villa, from Caloocan Rizal, a descendant of Emilio Jacinto of the revolution, was pregnant.

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.

Kalookan Cathedral

In 1900, General Arthur MacArthur invaded Caloocan and the church of San Roque was made caballeriza by the Col. Frederick Funston Regiment.

Malvar LRT Station

The station will be located near several establishments including banks (Banco de Oro, East West Bank and Metrobank), the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Social Security System Caloocan district office, Our Lady of Grace Academy, Notre Dame of Greater Manila, World Citi Colleges Caloocan campus and Philippine Cultural College Annex.

Marcos Road

It terminates at Bangkulasi Bridge over the Bangkulasi Channel before the road turns east as Circumferential Road 4 (C-4) which heads to Malabon and South Caloocan.

Samson Road

Samson Road is named for Apolonio Samson, a Katipunan barrio lieutenant from Sitio Kangkong, Balintawak, Caloocan (now Quezon City) who fought alongside Andres Bonifacio during the Philippine Revolution.

Samson Road, the main road in South Caloocan, officially begins at the Andres Bonifacio Monument Roundabout (Monumento) and ends in Malabon at the junction with Letre Road.

Tiburcio de León

"Heneral Tibo", as he was often referred to, is credited for having established units of the Katipunan in the towns of Polo, Obando, Marilao, Meycauayan, Bocaue, Santa Maria, and San Juan del Monte in Bulacan, and of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas in Bataan.


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