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unusual facts about Roxas, Isabela



Alfredo M. Santos

He received the Certificate of Honor from US Ambassador Henry A. Byroade in simple ceremonies held at the US Embassy, Roxas Boulevard, Manila on April 14, 1973.

Amanda Díaz

Díaz represented Isabela at the Miss World Puerto Rico 2009 pageant where she placed as one of the five finalists in which she then obtained the position of 3rd runner-up.

Díaz represented Isabela at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 pageant where she placed as one of the five finalists.

Andres Almonaster y Rojas

Don Andrés Almonaster y Rojas (sometimes also Almonester and Roxas) (born Mairena del Alcor, June 19, 1728; died New Orleans, April 25, 1798) was a Spanish civil servant of New Orleans, today chiefly remembered for his numerous charitable benefactions to the city.

Andrés Soriano

It is also interesting to note that the first president of the Third Republic (Philippines), Manuel Roxas, descended from Dońa Margarita's uncle Antonio Roxas who migrated to Capiz to set up a plant making alcohol out of palm, and therefore Congressman Dinggoy and his father Senator Gerry Roxas are close relatives of the Roxas-Ayala-Zobel-Soriano clan.

Chikka

Chikka Philippines, Incorporated, founded in 2000 by Chito Bustamante, Dennis Mendiola, and Alexandra Roxas, is headquartered in Pasig.

Cities of the Philippines

However, by opting to remain within Region IX, Isabela City's residents are not eligible to elect and be elected to regional offices of the expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which now includes the rest of Basilan.

College of St. John-Roxas

Mrs. Judy Roxas visited LSAC to turn-over the proceeds of a benefit concert of Ogie Alcasid, Randy Santiago and Zsa Zsa Padilla that was used in the construction of the Covered court roof.

University of St. La Salle-Bacolod then supervised Our Lady of Mount Carmel Learning Center (also known as Mount Carmel La Salle), the first La Salle supervised school in Roxas City under Mrs. Norma Tagle of USLS-Bacolod.

The supervision of the school was transferred to De La Salle University-Manila and Br.

Rolando Dizon FSC, then president of the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City and presented the idea of putting up a La Salle school in Roxas City.

Cordon, Isabela

Toyota Isabela, the first branch of Japan-based car company in the province, has opened an outlet in Cordon.

Effects of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines

(Cagayan and Isabela are not specified but are also flooded which can mean it may have experienced more than 50 mm of rain. Moreover, Cagayan River flooded).

Gerry Roxas

He has two siblings namely Maria Lourdes or Ria, married to Augusto Ojeda and mother of three and Mar Roxas, married to broadcaster Korina Sanchez with his son Paolo Roxas.

Gil Montilla

Prior to his political career, he was president of the Isabela Sugar Company.

Gozar Planners Architect

Their expertise is engineering architecture which currently includes 9 high-rise buildings including the first class residential condominium project of The Metrobank Group at the reclamation area along Roxas Blvd., Manila, the Bay Gardens.

Guane

The Filipinos worked the huge tobacco plantations much as they did in their home country, in the present provinces of Ilocos Sur, Tarlac, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan and Isabela.

Hacienda Luisita

Americans brought the centrifugal-based machinery which doubled the production of the estate and therefore did not require the cane to be loaded onto a truck to Laguna to be squeezed in the haciendas there, including those of the Roxas and Zóbel families.

Isabela Oriole

The Isabela Oriole is most closely related to the White-lored Oriole, Oriolus albiloris.

Isabela's 4th legislative district special election, 2003

According to unofficial counts, the towns of Echague, Cordon and Ramon all went to Aggabao, while Santiago went for Abaya, with Aggabao possessing a large overall margin.

Other disturbances included the confrontation of Cordon Mayor Amado Vallejo, Jr. of two lawyers of the Abaya campaign who allegedly harassed poll watchers.

Abaya won at Santiago by around 5,000 votes and at Dinapigue by 62 votes.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

In January 2013, Jesse McCartney, the voice of Roxas, posted a picture on Instagram showing Roxas clearly displayed on a screen in a recording booth, along with the caption, "For all you ‘Kingdom Hearts‘ Fans. Recording the next chapter, #KingdomHearts #Roxas #Gamers."

La Salette of Roxas

Retreat is usually on the months of January or February where fourth-year students stay in the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Silang, Cavite which is a 16-hour trip from Roxas, Isabela.

In 2007, the Statue of Our Lady of La Salette from France was placed in La Salette of Roxas and in other La Salette Schools in Isabela.

Miss World Puerto Rico 2009

Amanda Díaz Torres (Isabela) previously placed 4th Runner-up at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 pageant and 3rd Runner-up at Miss World Puerto Rico 2004.

Morning Girls with Kris and Korina

Morning Girls first revealed the relationship of Korina Sanchez and Philippine senator Mar Roxas to the public when Roxas and Sanchez admitted their romantic relationship on the show.

Onhan language

In Oriental and Occidental Mindoro provinces, migrant Onhan speakers from Tablas Island brought the language to the following municipalities: San Jose, Bulalacao, Mansalay, Roxas, and some parts of Bongabong.

Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 2010

The voters in Isabela vote their representative as part of Basilan's legislative district.

Note that Isabela, Basilan, despite being a part of the province of Basilan, is not a part of the ARMM.

Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula, 2010

Note that in Isabela, Basilan, although a part of this region, the voters elect their representative via Basilan's legislative district.

Roberto Goizueta

"What are you doing here? Marcos has declared elections. I am Cuban. I have no country to go back to. You have a chance to do something for your country." (speaking to his friend, Philippine Senator Mar Roxas, then a Wall Street investment banker in 1985. Senator Roxas ran for the Philippine Presidential election in May 2010.)

Robinsons Place Santiago

Robinsons Place Santiago is expected to serve at least 1 million residents which covers towns in the province of Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya and Southern Isabela.

Romblomanon language

Oriental Mindoro: migrant Romblomanon speakers from Carmen in Tablas brought the language particularly to the municipality of Bansud and also migrant Romblomanon speakers from Tablas, Romblon and Sibuyan islands to the following municipalities of Mansalay, Bulalacao and parts of Bongabong and Roxas respectively.

Strong Republic Nautical Highway

The SRNH segment between Manila and Iloilo runs by road to Batangas City, by ferry to Calapan, by road to Roxas, Oriental Mindoro, by ferry to Caticlan (gateway to Boracay, located in Malay, Aklan) and onwards by road to Iloilo City.

Zobel de Ayala family

Ayala Corporation developed the center of Makati City into a mixed-use industrial development now known as the Ayala District, a district composed of Ayala Center and its surrounding throughfares (Ayala Avenue, Makati Avenue, Paseo de Roxas & Sen. Gil Puyat Ave.), which now comprise the Philippines' financial capital, Makati City.

Zobel Roxas Street

Zobel Roxas and other streets in the area (e.g, Jacobo, Consuelo, Don Pedro and Ayala Streets) were named for the Zobel de Ayala family who developed middle class subdivisions in those areas of Singalong and San Andres in the 1930s.


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