pinoy trivia

OCTOBER : i know that October is the Month of the Elderly, so we go with the subject
oldest this month....

LET'S GO PINOY TRIVIA QUEST
ONE OF THE GAMES I CREATED IS THE PINOY KA BA? WHICH FOCUSES ON THINGS
PINOY, IT COULD BE HISTORICAL, IT COULD BE ARTISTS, IT COULD BE TRIVIA, IT COULD BE FACTS THAT SOMETIMES WE DO NOT REALLY CARE FOR... BUT IN REALITY IT IS STILL FILIPINO .

A friend asked me one time, "if you were not born a Pinoy, what nationality would you like to be"? you know, i said, i would not want to be any nationality, maybe i will stick to being pinoy. was that a good answer or not? maybe i wasn't very interested to be American , or Canadian, or European, or Japanese....but in truth, most Pinoys have other blood inside them, it could Malaysian, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish....in historical perspective, the
blood that are inside of us, is a combination of all of these. That's why there are faces that look more like another country than a Pinoy...(my next question is, what face is a real pinoy, anyway?)

So this October, i would like to share some Pinoy facts and trivia which can be a good example of being aware about what we have here rather than whats outside of the country. so, read on, and learn. And my focus is OLDEST...

OLDEST:
Aklan, originally known as Minuro it Akean, is considered as the oldest province in the country and believed to have been established as early as 1213 by settlers from Borneo. Its first ruler was Datu Dinagandan. In 1399, Kalantiaw grabbed the throne. In 1433, Kalantiaw III formulated a set of laws that is known today as the Code of Kalantiaw.

Town: Unisan, Quezon could be the oldest town in the Philippines. The people of Unisan
claims that their town is now 481 years old, having been established in 1521, the same year that Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines. All other towns in the country were established, not earlier than 1565, when Spain formally occupied the Philippines as a colony.

A Malayan queen named Ladya reportedly founded Calilayan, the old name of the town. In 1876, Calilayan was renamed Unisan which was derived from the Latin word uni-sancti, meaning Holy Saint.

City: Cebu City is considered as the oldest city in the country, as this was the site of the earliest European settlement established by Spanish conqueror Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1565.

Fort: The first Spanish settlement in the country, Villa del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus, was located inside the Fort San Pedro in Cebu City. The fort's construction began in 1565.

Street: Calle Colon in Cebu City is considered as the oldest street in the country. Named after Christopher Columbus. Calle Colon was first constructed in 1565 by the men of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.

Stone Church: The Baclayon Church in Bohol is considered as the oldest stone church in the Philippines. (but this is now questioned by Church historians saying that its San Agustin Church in Manila which is older) *(no details which is the oldest as of this writing)

Hospital: The San Lazaro hospital could be oldest hospital in the country. According to Pampango historian Zoilo Galang, the San Lazaro hospital was established in 1578.

Church Bell: The oldest Church bell in the country is said to be the one found in Camalaniugan, Cagayan. That bell was reportedly forged in 1595.

Bridge: The Jones Bridge, formerly known as Puente de Espana, was first built in 1701. It was rebuilt by the Americans in 1916 and renamed after Atkinson Jones.

University: The University of San Carlos (USC) is considered the oldest school in the country and in Asia. Formerly known as the Colegio de San Ildelfonso, it was founded by the Spanish Jesuits in August 1, 1595. This makes the Cebu based University older than the University of Santo Tomas (1611) in Manila and Harvard University (1636) in the US.

Vocational School: The Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trades in Bacolor, Pampanga is said to be the oldest vocational school in Asia. Augustinian friar Juan Zita and civic leader Don Felino Gil established the vocational school in November, 4, 1861.

Company: Ayala Corporation, one of the conglomerates in the country, is also the oldest existing company around. It was established in 1834 by sugar barons Domingo Roxas and Antonio de Ayala. It was originally named Casa Ayala, then as Ayala Y Compania, and now Ayala Corporation.

Bank: In 1881, Domingo Roxas, an ancestor of the Ayala family, became one of the directors of Banco Espanol-Filipino de Isabel II, which was founded by virtue of a royal decree. Considered as the first private commercial bank in the country, the bank came to be known as the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) in 1912.
The oldest savings bank is Monte de Piedad, which was established in 1882.

Vice: the oldest vice of native Filipinos according to historians is chewing betelnut , otherwise known as "nganga." It was said that Filiipinos had been chewing betelnut for 3,000 years.

Insurance Firm: Insular Life Insurance Co was established in November 26, 1910. And it still stands today.

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