san pedro laguna

I took part in writing a biography a few years ago. It was about the longest serving town mayor of San Pedro Laguna, Calixto Cataquiz, an unpretentious local politician who became a friend during the course of the project. I would have not agreed to write the bio if my friend, Pepe Alas, was not ...

Though I'm not in any official capacity in the parish, I continue to received emails and messages asking for directions on how to go to St. Peregrine. I have only my faulty writing to blame. Some people find it odd that for what appears to be a travel blog, the article I wrote does not have any d...

A friend referred me to this Inquirer article. Its about the withering sampaguita trade here in San Pedro and how the local government plan to take measures to revive it. It is in danger of becoming a lost trade. i could clearly remember when I first visited the town in 1992. We arrived early at ...