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unusual facts about Northern Luzon



JAC Liner Inc.

A new sister company called Solid North was formed under the license of De Leon Express, previously operated by bus operator, Dionisio R. de Leon, which serves Northern Luzon provinces.

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.

South Star Drug

South Star Drug has expanded its business by putting up stores in Southern Luzon, Northern Luzon and the islands of Mindoro, Masbate and Virac.


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Benedicto Cabrera

BenCab eventually returned to the Philippines, and settled in the City of Baguio in Northern Luzon, eventually putting up a studio and a secluded little farm on Asin road, in the nearby town of Tuba, Benguet.

Jessie Dellosa

His other post prior to being Northern Luzon commander include: Commanding General of the 2nd Infantry Division, Deputy Commander of Central Command in Visayas, Commandant of Cadets at the Philippine Military Academy.

Lytle Brown

Brown served with engineer troops in Cuba in 1898 at the Battle of San Juan Hill and the siege of Santiago before being made Engineer of the Department of Northern Luzon in the Philippine Islands in 1900.

Our Lady of Charity

In the Philippines, The chapel of Our Lady of Charity was also known as Apo Caridad in Ilocano is now in Church of Our Lady of Charity of Agoo or Apo Caridad de Agoo in Agoo, La Union and the Church of Our Lady of Charity of Bantay or Apo Caridad de Bantay in Bantay, Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon.

Philippine crocodile

Crocodylus mindorensis was considered locally extinct in part of its former range in Northern Luzon until a live specimen was caught in San Mariano, Isabela in 1999.

Renato Rosaldo

He has done field research among the Ilongots of northern Luzon, Philippines, and he is the author of Ilongot Headhunting: 1883-1974: A Study in Society and History (1980) and Culture and Truth: The Remaking of Social Analysis (1989).

Sanctuario de San Juan Evangelista

Rafael S. Magno, Jr., stated that Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia covers all Pangasinan parishes (whole of northern Luzon).

Takumbo

The takumbo instrument, with slight variations, is also found in northern Luzon (Isneg Bambam, Pasing; Kalingga Tambi); in Zambales (Ayta Magkunana Tabenbbeng); in Mindoro (Hanunuo Kudlong); in Mindanao (Manobo Katimbok, Tabobo; Subanun Tabobok, Thambabok); and in Palawan (Batak Patigunggung).

Tubao, La Union

During the Philippine–American War, on November 19, 1899, General Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, American commander in Northern Luzon marched through Tubao to Aringay then to Agoo.