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Tag Archive 'Quezon Boulevard'

Arlegui

The word Arlegui is synonymous to the word DVDs much like Gilmore is to cheap computers and gadgets. Located at the heart of Manila, just a few steps from the Quiapo Church, Arlegui Street is host to the infamous Quiapo DVD market.

Quiapo DVD market is where you’ll find all sorts of DVDs—foreign or local—and pirated [...]

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Erected in 1976 under the instruction of former First Lady Imelda Marcos, the Golden Mosque (or formally Masjid al-Dahab) and its completion was meant to coincide with the state visit of then Libyan premier, Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Masjid al-Dahab or the Golden Mosque, with its gilded central dome, is located at the heart of the city of [...]

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Founded in August 1, 1900 by Don Mariano Fortunato Jhocson, National University (NU) is the first private non-sectarian school in the country. It started as Colegio Filipino, then Colegio Mercantil, and then became known as National Academy. It was only in January 17, 1921, almost 21 years after, that the Department of Public Instruction approved to change [...]

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