Blood on Fecund Soil
Blood tainted the scenic green landscape of Laguna many times. Chinese immigrants rose to revolt against the Spanish rule twice. The...
Gilbert Miranda
May 31, 2016
Bay- First But Could not be First
Laguna’s historical past show that Bay was the first capital of Laguna. It held the distinction in 1580, only nine years after Captain...
Gilbert Miranda
May 30, 2016
Pa-Quil Were Lovers
No one seems to know how Paquil got its name. Obviously though, the name sounds like Pangil and with the absence of “ng” in the Spanish...
Gilbert Miranda
May 30, 2016
Liliw is a Birdsong
Liliw was a settlement literally hewn out of a jungle. Gat Tayaw’s father Gat Tapaya Manggap, the elder chieftain of the Liliw dominion...
Gilbert Miranda
Apr 27, 2016
La Provincia de la Laguna de Bay
In 1577, Franciscan Missionaries arrived in Manila. At this time, all the villages around the lake have yielded to the Spanish crown. ...
Gilbert Miranda
Mar 18, 2016
The Land Called Lagoon
The Chinese could have been the first contact of Lagunenses to the outside world. Stand on the lakeshore of the town of Bay. There, you...
Gilbert Miranda
Feb 2, 2016
Bay Discovered
Early Spanish chronicles and records of archeological sites described the region around the Laguna de Bay and nearby areas as among the...
Gilbert Miranda
Jan 22, 2016
