Santos received an honorary doctorate degrees in humanities and letters from the University of the Philippines, and Bicol University (Legazpi City, Albay) in 1981.
Daraga will be the site of the future Bicol International Airport which will further boost tourism in the region and will introduce more opportunities especially in this town.
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The name Daraga came from a type of tree that grew in abundance on the hill where a Catholic church with Baroque architecture now stands.
Bombo Radyo Legaspi (DZLG-AM 927 kHz Legazpi City) is an AM station of the People's Broadcasting Service, Inc. in co-operation with Bombo Radyo Philippines in Legazpi City, Albay.
Jose Almonte was born on November 25, 1934, in the province of Albay.
He finished high school at the bilingual Tabaco Pei Ching School in Tabaco, Albay, and took up AB English at the University of the East.
The diocese extended over the provinces of Camarines and Albay as far as and including the islands of Ticao, Masbate, Burias and Catanduanes; the province of Tayabas as far as and including Lucban; and, in the contracosta of Mauban to Binangonan, Polo, Baler and Casiguran.
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.
Founded in 1948 by Crispin Bermas Vergara, Sr., its name commemorates Friar Juan Zamora of Tayabas, Quezon, the founder of the first collegiate school in Albay.