Revisiting memories significant to the Filipinos at the historic & continuously developing city of San Juan
I love being part of historical tours in the metro, it makes me understand and know more how a once rural area became a developed and urbanized city. One example is San Juan City, I never thought I would look at San Juan now like I did in the past. After touring some of the key places, I can now totally say that the city has been governed wisely by the recent administration that they had specifically with former Mayor JV Ejercito who is now running for senator then to her wonderful mother who is the incumbent mayor of San Juan no less than Guia Gomez. Our first stop was the Government Center of San Juan San Juan City is in the heart of Metro Manila, the once wooded area surrounded by rice fields has evolved into a populated and progressive city. "San Juan City" is a contraction of the city's traditional name of "San Juan del Monte". As with numerous other places in the Philippines, the name combines a patron saint and in this case Saint John the Baptist with th...