Archive for May, 2007

Divisoria Market

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

divisoria market

As the country’s leading marketplace, Divisoria is the heart of unmatched goods and prices. With hundreds of stalls selling tons of different goods from food like vegetables, meat, poultry products up to rtw dresses and to the smallest thing that you’ll have in mind….you can find them all with the cheapest prices at one of the busiest place in Manila.
The market occupies several streets having the main area at Claro M. Recto and taking two districts, one in Tondo and one in Binondo, this is the biggest market in the Philippines.
Divisoria market is sorrounded by several malls also selling cheap imported goods like Tutuban, 168 and Divisoria Mall.

Post Office

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

manila post office

The Philippine Postal Corporation, (Filipino: Korporasyong Pilipino sa Koreo), abbreviated as Philpost, is a government-owned and operated corporation responsible for providing postal services in the Philippines. It has a total of 18,000 employees and runs more than 2,000 post offices. Philpost is based in the Philippines’s primary post office, the imposing Manila Central Post Office, which overlooks the Pasig River. It is presently under the authority of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) as an attached agency. Its policy-making body is the Board of Directors composed of seven (7) members that include the Postmaster General who, at the same time, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation.

City Seal

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

manila city seal

The Seal of Maynila depicts the words Lungsod ng Maynila and Pilipinas, Filipino for City of Manila and Philippines, in a circle around a shield. The circle also contains six yellow stars representing the city’s six congressional districts. The shield, in the shape of pre-colonial people’s shield, depicts the city’s nickname Pearl of the Orient on top; a sea lion in the middle, in reference to the city’s Spanish influences; and the waves of the Pasig River and Manila Bay in the bottom portion. The colors of the seal mirror that of the Flag of the Philippines.