Laiya, San Juan, Batangas

Family trip with office friends.

Hidden and Forgotten History Marker

As I was roaming around Kawit back roads today, I noticed an old, unkempt marker on a vacant lot looking oddly out of place. I stopped to take a closer look, and it was an undated commemorative tablet of some sort. It read:

COMMEMORATIVE TABLET TO THE FLAG'S FIRST VICTORY 

At Alapan, for the first time, on May 28, 1898, was carried to victory, in baptism of blood and fire, the tri-colored Philippine National Flag. The battle over, the Spanish forces surrendered to the Filipino hosts who saved the Red, White and Blue and raised the "Sun and Stars" to glory.

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Donated by General Esteban de la Rama, Secretario de Marina in Aguinaldo's cabinet 1898-1899. Presented at the request of Mr. Luis Elba who interested the donor in the significance of this event in our military history.

 I hope this marker gets noticed and preserved for future generations to see.

I added the location in Google Maps here.

Collin Ville, Batong Dalig, Kawit, Cavite

Parc Infina - Kawit Cavite

Phase 2 of Parc Royal has started development: Parc Infina. (Phase 1 is ParksVille Residences, still ongoing construction.)

Trash from the Past!

It's been several months since the last Habagat and flash floods hit Kawit, Cavite, but why on earth is this still here?
Garbage that had been washed out by the storm surge have become a permanent fixture on the road side along Centennial Road near Tramo-Bantayan. Does the local government of Kawit have any plan for this?

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QC Barangay Map for overlay

From Wikipedia. Fits perfectly!

Mapping Enthusiast

Google Maps recently launched its official Google Map Maker Community, and there were a lot of responses from Map Maker users around the world. I also noticed that their local Map Maker communities have their own logos, and Map Maker Philippines currently hasn't posted anything yet. Out of spare time, I made one to suggest:

Hopefully fellow mappers would approve.

I've already changed my profile pic... hehehe... would be cool if our friends are okay with it.