Paranaque A video-essay of a 4th generation Paranaque

VIDEO AUDIO PARANAQUE SCENESTRAFFICPALENGKEKIDSRIVERTRASH ETC.

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Warning: This documentary is tainted with opinion and does not claim to represent all the facets of Paranaque life. It is called a documentary because there is no other word that closest describes this piece. At it’s most basic this piece aims to catch Paranaque at a particular point in time.Questions like: Bakit hindi mo sinama ang “insert word here”? WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.PARA NA AQUI, PARANAQUE

SUBS: I get off here, Paranaque.

VIDEO SCENES OF PARANAQUE SLOW MO THEN FAST THEN SLOW AGAIN. VIDEO TRANSITION UP MUSIC San Dionisio VO

Everyone has a place they call home.

Their very own little place in the world.

This is mine.VOWelcome to Paranaque.

PRE-ROLL PARANAQUE DRUM ROLL VO (game show voice!)

We present to you, Paranaque in just under 3 minutes.

NILO JEFF’S PARANAQUE SONG INSERT VIDEOS-MUSIC VIDEO STYLE ANG DATING NITO!

UP MUSIC Awitin nating masaya himig nito ay pagasangayon tayoy magkakasamatungo sa ting pag kakaisa.

Kinagisnang tawag ay PalanyagNgayo’y ganap ng isang ciudadAng pagbabago’y walang katuladIto ang simbolo ng pagulandad

Mula Baclaran, Tambo, Don Galo, Sto. NinoLa Huerta, San Dionisio, Vitalez, San Isidro

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Ito ang sakop ng, unang distrito

Kaming lihitimong Paranaqueno, Sa salita pa lamang makikilala ninyo,Pagkat kami’y sadyang mayroong punto, Na para bang umaawit, sa mga puso ninyo

Kinagisnang tawag ay PalanyagNgayo’y ganap ng isang ciudadAng pagbabago’y walang katuladIto ang simbolo ng pagulandad

Merville, Sun Valley, Don Bosco, San Martin de Porres,Moonwalk at San Antonio, Marcelo Green at BF homes,Ito naman ang sakop ng, ikalawang distrito.

Tayo na’t ating ng pagtulunganLinisin ang buong kapaligiranBaybay, ilog, taniman ng mga bakawan,Mahalin natin, ang kalikasan

Kinagisnang tawag ay PalanyagNgayo’y ganap ng isang ciudadAng pagbabago’y walang katuladIto ang simbolo ng pagulandad

Dito sa pinagpalang lunsod,Lunsod ng Paranaque.

Ma-ma para na, para na ma-ma, mamang kuchero, Paranaque….

52 27 SOTThe old name of paranaque is palanyag, which means “about to sale”. But actually several people have several interpretations. There were stories that say it was a mixture of the two sources of livelihood during that time. One is “palayan” or rice field and the 2nd is “paglalayag sa dagat” or to go to sail. There is also that very interesting tale about a Spaniard who road a kalesa and was asking the the rig driver to stop and he was saying “para na aqui, para na aqui”. And from there the term Paranaque grew VOPARA NA AQUI….That’s Spanish for “stop, Here’s where I get off!

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VOIt’s not far-fetched a story as it seems since during 1583… a few decades after the Spanish landed…Paranaque was the nearest Malay settlement to the seat of Power which was Intramuros.

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SOTIt can be surmised that there were a lot of Spaniards who settled in Parañaque, thus, a lot of mestizos lived in paranaque,-JUMP CUT- That presumably is because Parañaque although outside intramuros is also near Intramuros. Parañaque is in the suburbs of intramuros and plus the fact that in those years we have very nice beaches and there were a lot of beach front properties here in paranaque. VOBeach front properties very much like the coastal towns in Spain…VOOur colonizers must have felt very much at home… so at ease with the Philippines for as we all know… they stayed here for more than 400 years.

Saint Andrews VOAnother pre-requisite to every Spanish community was the presence of the church.VOParanaque is home to one of the Philippines’ oldest churches.

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VOThe Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Parañaque is considered as one of the oldest churches in the Philippines. It was established in 1580 by the Augustinian Friars and still today it is the home of different types of people who primarily seek to make the Cathedral a place of welcome, beauty and worship.

It’s been more than 400 hundred years since the Parish of St. Andrews was established. It used to cater to the faithful that lived all the way in Cavite. Throughout the years, it has remained intact after two world wars that destroyed most of Manila’s old churches. When the Pope issued an instruction in May 1493 known as the ‘Intera Caetera’ which enjoins the Spanish rulers to spread the gospel to the inhabitants that they would come to rule, the Augustinians were one of

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those orders who were tasked to spread Roman Catholicism and to evangelize in the lands they conquered.

When the Augustinian missionaries set foot on a fishing village near the sea, more than four hundred years ago, they taught the natives the importance of being one mind, one heart for God. That fishing village was a town called “Palanyag” (modern day Parañaque) from the word “Paglalayag” which means sailing.

In those days, the pioneer missionary in Parañaque was Rev. Fr. Juan de Orto, O.S.A.. He organized a thriving Christian community and started to administer the spiritual needs of the village folks in 1575. Five years later, Fr. Diego de Espinar was appointed Prior or Superior in the convent and established a mission house, the spiritual jurisdiction of which encompassed up to Kawit, Cavite.

It was on May 11, 1580 when the Conference of Chiefs of various Religious Orders declared Palanyag as an independent town. Thus this date the official foundation day the parish of St. Andrew the Apostle became known.

29,56ERWIN CARRABEOPHOTOS WITH A HOLE IN THE CHURCH

UNDERSCORE CHURCH LIKE MUSICSOTThrough the years and until after the second world war, the church did not suffer any damages. In fact, the only damage it sustained was from the Spanish-American war in 1907 when the warship MSS MURDOK shelled the side of the church that created a big gaping hole underneath the choir loft.

VIDEO TRANSITION FROM OLD PHOTO OF CHURCH WITH SACRISTAN TO JB’S NEW PHOTO OF EXACT SAME SPOT

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VOParañaque being a coastal town and was majestically surrounded by a flowing river, the Agustinians felt that in order to bring the pagan indios closer to the Christian Gods… the church has to be was named after St. Andrew’s…The patron saint of fishermen…

And rightly so…As the town of Paranaque was largely a

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coastal town, it has a bountiful river running right through it.

27,32ERWIN CARRABEOVIDEO OF PICTURES OF LIMAHONG FIGHTING THE SPANIARDS-GET FROM THE INTERNET

SOTHistorically, Parañaque being strategically located was the site of the famous battle between limahong, the Spaniards as well as the natives of paranaque. This took place around the 1570’s and it happened on the eve on the feast of st Andrew. Records had it that there was an attempt by limahong to capture manila passing through the south but he was repelled valiantly by the natives and the Spaniards. Much of this happened in the area where the paranaque river meets manila bay and because of the number of men that were killed. As a result, they say that the sea became so bloody that it has been referred to in the history books as the red sea incident. VOThe site of the red sea incident is nearest the youngest of the three traditional towns in Paranaque called La Huerta.

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Ang la huerta ay nagmula sa salitang kastila na lag huerta, na ang ibig sabihin ay hardin ng mga bulaklak o “orchard”. Noong araw ang plaza ay isang hardin na kung saan ang mga kadadalagahan at mga binata ay namasmasyal para mag ligawan at mag sumpaan ng kanilang pag-iibigan. Ang hardin na ito ang naging saksi sa kanilang pag mamahalan hanggang sa mauwi sa kasalan.

I don’t know where this should be.

VOMore importantly, La huerta was the cradle of Christianity in Paranaque…It was where the first Agustinian mission house was built…

The Chapel of San Nicolas is almost as old as the cathedral. It’s patron saint San Nicholas de Tolentino… is lovingly called Tata Kulas.

The site of the famous St. Andrews School which was built in 1917 and still standing…And where Paranaque’s Cathedral stands.

TATA KULAS CHAPEL TEXT TATA KULAS FACTOIDS

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VOBecause of La Huerta’s proximity to the Parish Church…Residents of la huerta have become the front-runners in religious activities.

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KA ERNIE JOSE 14:38 – 19:15

Ang baryo ng La Huerta ay higit na kilala dahil sa natatangi nitong mga tradisyon. Una na rito ay ang sayaw ng pag bati, na ginaganap tuwing Salubong o Pista ng Pagkabuhay ni Hesukristo. Ang Sayaw ng pagbati o “Bati”, ay kinabibilangan ng magagandang sayaw ng mga piling mga batang babae. Sumasayaw sila sa natatanging tugtog ng banda ng mosiko at sinasayawan nila ang dalawang santo: ang santo ni Kristong Muling Nabuhay at ang Mahal na Birheng Maria. Ginagawa ito tuwing alas kwatro ng madaling araw, kung saan ay inaalisan ng belo ang mahal na birhen at pagkatapos ay sasayawan ito ng sayaw ng ng pagbati.

PAG BATI DANCE UP MUSIC VOAng ikalawang tradisyon ay ang Sunduan

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Ang Sunduan, ay hango sa salitang “sundo”. Noong 1876 sa pamumuno ni padre tiko bautista, nag tawag siya ng mga tao at sama sama silang nag organisa ng isang komite na mag aasikaso sa pista. Sa kanilang masigasig na paghahanda upang maging maganda at magara ang kapistahan ay ipinautos ng pari na ipasundo ang mga dalaga at binata. Ang mga kadalagahan noong araw dahil sa kanilang katangian na mahinhin ay hindi kaagad agad lumalabas ng bahay. Kailangan silang ipagpaalam sa kanilang mga magulang, at dahil dito ay naisip ng mga komite de festejos, na kailangan ang susundo sa mga dalaga ay banda na kasama ang mga binata. Dito nahango ang kasabihan sa La Huerta na “ipasusundo kita sa banda ng mosiko”. VOThere’s also the Karakol.

TOOTS ESPIRITU 09:06 – 10:48 Ang Karakol ay hinango sa isang kwento patungkol sa kasaysayan ni San Nicolas de tolentino. Pinaniniwalaan noong unang panahon na may nakakita raw sa paanan ng kanyang altar ng putik na paakyat sa kanyang altar. Dahil dito naisip ng mga taga La Huerta na maaaring nais mag prusisyon ng kanilang patron na si San Nicolas sa tubig. Nang ito ay isinangguni sa mga paring kastila, ay hindi sila pinayagan. Ang sabi daw ng mga paring kastila ay “walang prusisyon sa dagat, kalokohan, karakoles”. Ang salitang ‘Karakoles’ na narinig ng mga

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taga La Huerta ng maraming beses sa mga kastila ana ang ibig sabihin ay maraming kalokohan ay ang pinagmulan ng “karakol”. Dahil sa kahulugan nito tuwing karakul, maraming tao ang nagsusuot ng katawa-tawa o kalokohan. Ang karamihan sa mga tao ay naka suot na “costume” o iba’t ibang makukulay na kasuotan.

Ang kahulugang ito ay iba sa paniniwala sa mga ibang nayon tulad ng Cavite. Sa mga taga La huerta, dahil ang pagpupurisyon ay sa lupa ginagawa at hindi karaniwan ang mag prusisyon sa ilog papunta sa dagat kaya ito ay binansagang “kalokohan’.

MAYOR BERNABE 18:15 Ang karakol din ay ginaganap din para magpasalamat sa Mahal na patron dahil sa isang masaganang ani. Kung kaya’t pag pista sa nayon may karakol at may sayawan at kasayahan.

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Dahil na rin sa karamihan sa mga taga La huerta ay mangingisda at sa panahon ng magandang ani ay ipinuprusisuon si Tata Kulas de tolentino sa ilog ng Paranaque. Kasama sa tradisyong ito ay ang pag babato ng mga prutas tulad ng saging na saba, dalandan, at mais. Ito ay ibinabato habang nag napuprusisyon.

Dito sa eskinitang ito umaahon ang mga sumasama sa karakol. Pinapasan ang imahe ni Tata kulas at ito ay isinasayaw. Naging panata ito ng mga taga rito katulad ko na pinapasan at isinasayaw si Tata Kulas, at pagkatapos ay ililibot ito buong baryo ng la huerta. Dahil sa katagang “karakoles” o kalokohan ang kasiyahang ito at parang mardi gras na parang. Katulad halimbawa ng mga lalaking nag susuot babae para sila pag tawanan. Ito ay ginagawa tuwing pista sa buwan ng Mayo. VOJust like the rest of the Philippines when the Spanish arrived…La huerta was established as a bisita or a A group of Christian believers sometime in the 17-hundreds.

Historians have written that it was a 54-hectare garden with blossoming flowers and abundant fruit trees and where many young men and beautiful maidens used to rendezvous. VO

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We went to the last remaining garden in the entire La Huerta… and that’s the Espiritu compound.

TOTOO BA ITO? VOThis compound is the only remaining garden in the whole of what was once the vast La Huerta.

SHOTS OF ESPIRITU COMPOUND UP NATSOTS MARKET PLACE UP MUSICJOLLIBEE IN LA HUERTA SITS WITH KIDS EATING

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VOConnecting La huerta to the next town of Don Galo is this bridge which runs right above the Paranaque River. VOWhen I was younger… I had this deep urge to jump off the bridge and take a swim…My mother wouldn’t let me.

VO I guess others seemed to have the same urge… since a few weeks after the thought entered my mind…the bridge was fenced. But this was not always the case.

VOResidents of La Huerta, Don Galo and San Dionisio— the three towns that maKe up the old Paranaque…all have fond memories of the river.

MAYOR BERNABE 11:13Dun ako natuto lumangoy. Sa paranaque hindi ka ganap na binatilyo pag hindi ka nakakatawid mula La Huerta hanggang Don Galo at pabalik sa Ilog ng Paranaque. At noon, masusukat ang tapang mo kaya mong tumalon mula sa tulay ng La Huerta at Don Galo.

KA ERNIE JOSE 01:03 - 02:55 Noong araw napaka linis ng aming ilog. Marami kang makukuhang lamang dagat, alimango, halaan, tulyat at iba pa. –JUMP CUT-

Diyan din kami naliligo pagkatapos ng aming klase pag ka galling sa paaralan. At Kadalasan kami ng aking mga kaeskwela ay hindi na nag paaalam sa aming mga magulang, tatalon na lang kami sa ilog. Ang diving board namin ay yung aming tular – ang tulay ng la huerta - don galo.

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Kami man ng mga kapatid ko ay may magagandang alaala sa aming Ilog. Ang kapatid kong babae ay nahulog mula sa

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aming bangka at ang aking kapatid na lalaki ay tumatalon din mula sa tulay kasama ng iba pa niyang mga kaibigang lalaki.

49,50ERWIN CARRABEOMEMBER, SAVE THE PARANAQUE RIVER FOUNDATION

Do we really need to include this?

SOT Well definitely, we have taken what I call just baby steps to revive the Parañaque River. The save the paranaque river foundation itself is roughly ten years old and definitely we still have a long way to go you know how long it took for other great rivers in other places in the world before they could bring them back to life and so definitely we still have a long way to go. Especially now there is another threat to the river, which the building up of the mrt because there are plans to make the track pass along the river which we are opposing and so definitely we are determined in our efforts but it would take so much work and so much resources. VOThe main problem is that the river is connected to many bodies of water not under the jurisdiction of Paranaque.

MAYOR BERNABE SOT 15:08So bad.. ayun nga partly I said it… kasi all the water in Pasay alam mo pati yung Tripa De Galina, ends up in Pasay and Paranaque river yan yung tubig sa Villamore sa Pasay sa may banding Taguig from Las Pinas and also the water from Makati through the drainage, the drains they end up in Paranaque river tapos yung tubig ends up in Manila Bay that’s even worse because we get a lot of our seafood in Manila Bay so kaya kailangan dun palang ayusin na 15:54Yun… so the second item is maraming nakatirang squatter sa riverbanks ngayon ang ginaggwa naming dyan nakikipag negotiate kami sa mga land owners around this area of the river para malipat naming sila doon. Especially doon sa lupa na hindi na napapakinabangan kasi dinadaanan na halos ng mga eroplano. So wala ng pwedeng building doon, wala na masyadong titira, wala ng business so we’ll just convert that to a housing area. Very low cost housing area for this peopleVOIt’s a pity…since the Paranaque river is geographically the heart of old paranaque… running through the three oldest towns in the city.

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28:43Palagay ko yung old town kasi is the soul eh. It’s the soul of the town. It’s where history started. Alam mo naman ang river… importante yan sa economic. Economics ng tao kasi people would settle in the river for transpo and for livelihood. So dyan nagsimula ang buhay, dyan nagsimula ang kultura, dyan nagsimula yung history. So ganyang ka importante yung lugar na yan. -JUMP-CUT-12:10I really miss that river.

VIDEO TRANSITION UP MUSIC VONext to La Huerta is Don Galo.VOIt comes to no surprise that the residents of Don Galo are known for their food. VOLeading the crusade to preserve traditional Paranaque dishes is former Social welfare secretary and Don Galo proud resident Ka Cora Alma.

KA CORA ALMA DE LEON 42:19I think I mentioned to you my famous Sunday Lunch. Ang pagmamahal ko sa Paranaque eh pinapakita ko sa ginagawa ko sa pagdadala ng mga panauhin. Hindi ako nag eentertain sa mga restaurants. Nag eentertain ako dito sa Paranaque. Yung mga luto na pinapaluto ko dito ay lutong Paranaque. Pinamerienda ko kayo ng Antala, ang Antala, ay sinisilbe pag mayroong patay. At Napakasimple, napakamura at napakahealthy. I don’t cook the meals ng Sunday (?) but I prepare the selection. Tineterno terno ko.

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NANANG MUNING VILLAMOR COOK

SOT54:15-Ang Paranaque eh the best eater. Masarap kumain ang Paranaque, basta yan ang sinabi ng Paranaque huwag ka maghanda ng walang lasa at mapapahiya ka. Ito Lauya number one tapos yung sotanghon with pusit and young garlic. Yan ang mga niluluto dito sa amin. Tapos isa pa yang puso ng saging with a sotanghon. Yung batotoy, yung shell food yung medyo maitim itim yung shell. Chaka yung Paksiw na pata na may puso ng saging yan ang mga ano ng Paranaque. Kasi depende sa lulutuin mo. Itong niluto kong ito, pata ng baboy. Ang niluluto sa ano ng pata eh yung unahan ng pata, kasi malaman yun. Kasi yung

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hulihan ng pata, hindi masyado malaman. Kaya yung binibili ni chairman, yung unahan. Tapos meron naman kaming ginagawa na kimchi yung parang bulalo ganon. Ginagawa rin naming Lauya yun. De huhugasan mo yung pork, malinis, tapos sasaklan mo sa kaunting tubig, tapos palalambutin mo doon. Tapos pag malambot na, lalagyan mo yun ng mga gulay tapos sinasabay ko dito sa lauya para yung kamote, gabi, para lumambot, para sumama sa sabaw, para Malabo labo yung sabaw.. para maganda yung higop. Tapos ayun lalagyan mo ng saging na saba. Tapos ang gulay niya, kuchay. Pag walang kuchay, Yan ang nagbibigay ng flavor sa lauya. Pechay, reopolyo, ihuhulog ko. malambot na yung karne, ihuhulog ko yan. pagka hot cook. hahaluin ko na yung gulay para may konting green na medyo green na ganyan. Tapos titimplahin ko ng konting asin at panutsa. Hindi asukal, panutsa ang ginagamit ko dyan para matamis tamis. Konting asin para pumula, lalagyan mo ng atswete. Sauce, puwede patis. Para makamemos ka ng pagluto ng talong, sinasabay ko na sa pagluluto ng karne, pagluto na ang talong, hahanguin ko, palalamigin ko, aalisan ko ng balat. Mamash ko, tapos lalagyan ko ng pounded garlic, little vinegar, at patis ha. Wag ka magtitimpla ng asin, patis talaga. Ayun. 58:00 58:12-59,38 Ah natural, lalo na yung mga kabataan ngayon, hindi nila naiintindihan yan. Kaya ipakita mo sa mga kabataan para ma appreciate nila diba? Maganda yung tradition.VOSince we shot this in March… or Women’s month, this Sunday’s lunch was served to some of the most prominent ladies in the Philippines.

SHOTS OF THE LUNCH SHOW MRS ROCO AND VICE GOV OF PALAWAN

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VIDEO TRANSITION UP MUSIC VO The patron saint of Baranggay Don Galo is Nana Monica or Saint Monica…The Mother of Saint Augustine. VOAnd the baranggay Chapel of Don Galo is named after her. The story of Santa Monica’s chapel is deeply connected to the story of the Nuestra Senora del Buen Suceso or Our

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lady of Good Events which is enthroned in St. Andrews Church. VOParanaquenos from the three oldest towns in the city are staunch devotees of the Nuestra Buen Suceso…Which holds the distinction of being the the third oldest image of our lady in the Philippines.

3,50 SOT So, from the accounts, the image was brought to Paranaque by one of the earliest Augustinian missionaries. Paranaque as a convent was established in 1580 by the Augustinian fathers, and so it would be around that time that the image was brought to Paranaque. So, when they have settled in Paranaque the image was given to the Cofradia de la Sinta or the confraternity of the chord, which is an Augustinian devotion. And so they used this image for their religious processions their Saturday devotions. But at that time the image had no title it was just a plain image of the virgin mary.

After several years around 1615, when there were more baptized Catholics and there were a greater number of people attending church, the confraternity thought the image, had become very small for their purpose. And so they decided to have a new and a bigger one made. So this old small image was practically dumped in the sacristy, where it stayed for several years.

And in the accounts of Fray Nicolas de san pedro he described it as being placed among the refuse or the garbage in the sacristy until a native from barrio Don Galo named “Katig” saw the image in its pitiful state. So he mustered the courage to ask the hermano mayor if he could have the image and take care of it. The hermano mayor gave it to him not out of piety but in his desire to unclog the garbage in the sacristy.

Katig got the image and placed it in his hut, and even made a simple altar made of bamboo canes. There he would offer flowers and candles but through it all he never told anyone about the virgin for fear that they might take it back from him.

15 years later in 1625, katig fell seriously ill and so he called for priests to make his confession, the priest that time was

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father juan de guevarra also an Augustinian. Fr. Juan de Guevarra went to katig’s hut and - as described in the accounts - as soon as he entered the hut of this poor man he saw the lovely image of the virgin. And quoting san pedro in his book “he fell in love” at first sight with the image. Father juan asked katig if he could have the image in exchange for a small amount. Which he told the old man, he could use for the masses and his healing. Katig agreed only on one condition, he can only take it upon his death and so he came to pass that around 8 days later katig died. And so Padre juan de guevarra went back to the hut of katig, and brought the image to his cell in the convent.

As soon as the image was placed inside his cell. Strange things began to happen like sounds of banging of doors. People began to see that the room is always be bathed in light. It was always very bright and singing voices from inside the room could be heard as if there was a choir of angels singing. And there would be this very very sweet scent that would emanate from the room. Little by little all these strange occurrences were noticed by the other brothers.

They discussed these things and decided to inform their superior about these strange happenings. Father Juan de Guevarra went to see Father Alonso de Metrida, the superior of the Augustinain order at that time in Intramuros. After hearing the strange happenings, father Alonso went to Paranaque, to witness it for himself.

He studied these strange occurrences and he ordered that the image be enshrined in the church. This took place in August 10, 1625, and this is now the date that we are using to celebrate her fiesta.

10,26 SOTBut the story did not end there. The image still had no name yet. So father Alonso asked the friars to write in strips of paper, the popular titles of the virgin mary in Europe at that time. These strips of paper were put in a jar, and they asked an 8 year old child to draw from 6 names and for 6 consecutive times, the name buen suceso was drawn. And so they said, ‘this is the name the lady wants to be called … Nuestra Señora Del

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Buen Suceso’ or Our Lady of Good Events. One of the first who experienced the benefits of this majestic Lady was a renowned lady from the town of Malate called Dona Maria Amada. She suffered from intense colds which had caused so much contraction and spasm of the nerves that for two years she was crippled and could not even move nor walk. On the day that the devotion to this Sacred Image started, and because these two towns were so near each other the news came to her. She asked her relatives to bring her to the Virgin, the Most Holy Lady of Paranaque because she expected remedy of her ills.

She was rigged up to a hammock and was brought to St. Andrew Church and was placed at the altar steps from where she heard the mass of Our Lady. As soon as the mass ended she got up by herself and walked back to Malate after praying her novena. This event happened on the 15th of August 1625, 5 days after the image had been enthroned.

It was not only Dona Maria who was blessed. There was an old man named Pedro from the Society of Jesus whose face was turned by a strong wind. After hearing mass he felt his face turning back to normal. This happened after he rubbed his face with the oil of the lamp of Our Lady.

Another Indio named Miguel who was paralyzed but with two crutches, upon hearing about his Lady, went to the church to hear mass and after that in the presence of all, dropped his crutches and started to dance happily repeating incessantly his acknowledgement and thanksgiving to his benefactress who had freed him from the crutches that had accompanied him for more than ten yearsDuring the days of August 10 to 15, 1625 although a multitude of people who were sick and healed were no longer news that the people admired, there was one particular miracle that was so much remembered.

Since this town is located in salted sand and no potable water was present because the well went dry and there was not enough water to supply the needs of

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those who came. The devotees would leave at once after their novena prayers so as not to suffer thirst.

It was at this time that the Most High, like a stroke of Moses, the sand of salted water produced very sweet water from nowhere. The thirsty people rushed to the seashore facing the church and wherever they dug they tasted the sweetest water, clear and healthful like it came from a fountain. In many places water flowed and formed furrows in the beach.

VOAfter learning that Our lady of Buen Suceso was showing miracles…The people of Paranaque began digging up the soil in Katig’s hut…Claiming that it too had healing properties. VOThe friars saw no truth to these allegations and to put an end to the rampage…The Chapel of Santa Monica was built on the site of Katig’s hut. Since the year after it was ordered that its feast day should be celebrated, on the first day all sailors of Fort Cavite declared Her - Nuestra Senora del Buen Suceso - as their Patron Saint.

Among the many whom the Mother of Sinners favored, the most prestigious was that of Juan Gomez, a Spanish sailor who was in a King’s vessel with many other officials. They were sailing the channel in Mindoro when he noticed a violent typhoon was approaching. Noting the danger the vessel was facing, they clamored to Our Lady of Buen Suceso of Paranaque for safety. Sailor Juan Gomez, in despair threw himself to the sea, First Sgt. Fernandez called to our Most Holy Virgin to look after the poor soul as they battered the waves that threatened them. First Sgt. Fernandez ordered his men to throw Juan Gomez a rope and told him to call on Our Lady of Buen Suceso, which he did seeing himself in the face of death.

When they thought they would become spoils of the sea, they found themselves in the port of Iloilo, clamoring with loud voices and declaring that it was Our Sovereign Lady who saved them from fatal drowning. After recovering, they

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took to the sea happily and reached the shores of Paranaque on July 7, 1640 and in front of the Image they all gave thanks for the blessings they had received.

By 1626, this Lady was known everywhere in the islands and her temple was the most visited in all the islands from Ilocos, Cagayan, Visayas, Camarines, Calamianes, the people would come just to invoke the protection of this Majestic Lady. She was acclaimed with the titles of Universal Refuge of the Afflicted, Help of the Disconsolate, and Mother of all Consolation, because there was no Indio, Chinese or Spanish who did not find relief in his need when he called on her, and her mercy attended even to the most remote areas.

It was at the time when the temple had been finished that the enemy Cogsem Sangley decided to attack Manila with an innumerable army of Sangleys to enter through Cavite aiming to reach Paranaque. Having done so, they decided to throw their barges and sangleys into the water to establish their army in Dongalo. They came many times but could not capture the post they wanted. So they turned to the beach of Tambo, near Pasay, and from there they proceeded to attack the city leaving behind them Paranaque and proceeded with their battle until they were defeated by the Spaniards.

After many days there were peace, people asked some those from the army (of General Cogsem) why they were not able to take port in Paranaque, they answered that their general had really wanted to put up his tents in Paranaque but they were never able to do it because of a very beautiful, dark and small lady who hindered the vessels and would throw sand to blind the eyes of those who were propelling it. And it is still said, that on the Saturday following the attack they discovered that the vestments of this image were heavy with sand. Don Alfonso, attested that this was true and was witness to these marvels.

This and many other marvels were experienced and received from this Majestic Lady. The years 1664, 65, and 66 were the greatest that this most benign Lady had done, and it was that the whole Philippine Islands was infested

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by that universal pestilence, such that, from each town, without exception, six or ten or twelve men or women would die.

The lash of Divine Justice was experienced in these Islands governed by the Governor and Captain Don Diego Salcedo, of such magnitude that many towns were deserted, without houses and in some without a single person left alive to retain the pestilence.

When the contagiousness of the epidemic was beginning to be felt in this town, and after seeing the effects of the epidemic in neighboring and distant towns, the townspeople discussed about a possible solution. They all united as one, men and women, leaders and “timawas”, went to the frior Fr. Francisco Martinez, - who was then in this town - to ask that the image be given to them so they could bring Her to the visitas and in processions and prayers.

The Father Superior condescended happily with the condition that only for one night she would sleep outside her altar. With this concession, the people decided not to delay his good will and so they arranged a procession on November 25, 1664.They brought her to the Barrios of Palanyag with great joy, happiness, feast and fireworks, and the Rev. Fr. Prior and his companion by the side of Our Lady they said the litanies against the pestilence. And by the mercy of the Most Holy Mary, on that same day, all those who were touched with the pestilence and malignant fever got up well and accompanied the procession until the church and since then on there was not a single death due to the pestilence and while all the other towns were mourning their misfortune, Paranaque was celebrating their good fortune for having such a good protector and powerful Patroness who delivered them from so much misfortune.

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birheng ina ng diyos.

12,55Paglayag sa karagatan, daong mga taong sakay ay iyong pinagkumutan hanggang sa lalawigan. Maalam ka mag pa untos ng sa karagatang unos. And then about the epidemic in paranaque.

Tatlong taon salot naman, lilipunan sa kapuluan, palanyag, di masalakay ng kamatayang sasakmal, tulong mo’y siyang sumimbot, kasakita’y pina-udlot.

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SAN DIONISIO/KOMEDYA/EMBROIDERY/ SAN DIONISIO CREDIT COOPERTIVE VOEstablished a few years before Don Galo was Barrio San Dionisio.

BARRIO SAN DIONISIO FACTOIDS UP MUSIC VOThis is where I grew up….Welcome to La Casa Rodriguez.

PRE ROLL HOUSE SITS UP MUSIC VOMy grandfather, my mother and all my aunts and uncles were born in this house. VOThe rest of my maternal family lived close by and are all proud Paranaquenses.

FAMILY REUNION SHOTS UP MUSIC VO- fix vo in such a way na may kaunting overlap,

One day, isang araw, I heard, narinig ko, he said, sinabi niya, I’ll study, Mag aaral ako sa United States.But, pero,Just like, tulad ni,General Douglas Mc Arthur…I shall return, ako ay babalik.I will not burn the midnight oil, hindi ako magsusunog ng kilay…For the benefit… para sa ikabubuti… ng mga Americano.”

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He’s now an Americana-citizen.MTV SHOWING ALL THE MISTAKES THE UNITED STATES HAS DONE-GET FROM NET

VO-spoken really really fast with a fake American accent.

I want to go the united states, dye my hair blond, go to Disneyland, meet mickey mouse, play with snow, and of course eat American adobo. ABRUPT CUT UP STAR SPANGLED BANNER

KA JUNIOR DAMASO LIFE-LONG SAN DIONISIO RESIDENT

38:00 – 41:58-cut first part-Ang isa pang gusto ma-i ano yung, sa mga lalaki babae, na gainfully employed kahit nasa abroad sila ngayon, don’t forget yung pinaggaligan, dahil ditto sila rooted, hindi niyo na dapat makalimutan ang kanilang mga magulang na nag taguyod sa kanila, kahit papano makadalaw man sila,VOI don’t see most of my family often…It’s just my mother and my siblings who still live in this house. Our lives may not be the most fortunate but we make the most of what we have.VOMost of them have relocated to nearby subdivisions in Paranaque as well as overseas but we all meet here… in their first home… for important occasions.VOBaranggay San Dionisio is named after the headless saint Saint Dionisius of Greece.His grotesque depiction in statues is as mysterious as how the image found its way to Paranaque. In fact, no one knows for sure when the image arrived in Manila.

DRAMATIC SHOTS OF TATA DUNE UP MUSICVOSan Dionisio is known as the suffering saint…He went through tremendous sufferings…He was whipped, burned, but in all instances he emerged unscathed. VOFinally he was beheaded. His head fell on the bible and his head continued preaching for a few minutes before finally closing its eyes.VOTata Dune is said to appear to the people of San Dionisio…Assisting them during the preparations for the famed Komedya. VOThe komedya is held every two years in May to honor Tata Dune.

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VOThe Spanish friars brought the komedya to the Philippines as a creative way to spread Christianity through plays…And traditionally shows the fights between the moors and Christians.

KA HERMIE 37:24Maraming script eh matatanda natin eh. Merong about ten yan eh. Yung Don Juan, Haring Villarba, yung Prinsipe Edikto, at lately merong ginawa sila attorney Marquez. Ang problema sa script na ginawa nila eh parang sunog eh. Hindi pa uso yung duduplicate yung script eh. Nasunog daw. Ngayon ang pinagpipilian eh yung Don Juan, prinsipe Rodante. Siguro eh mga anim ang pinagpipilian.VOThe hermana mayor or the major sponsor aka big bucks mama… picks out the script. VOThe Komedya is facilitated by Ka Hermie Hernandez…Who was born and raised in San Dionisio.

KA HERMIE SOT 12:18Nako 3/4th’s of my life nagumpisa ako sa komedya 1949. Ang unang experience ko sa Don Galo. Yung komedya sa Don Galo. Tapos after that 1950 eh dito ako sa San Dionisio, 1950 up to hanggang ngayon.14:50Yung una ko sa Don Galo mahabang supporting actor, 14 years old ako nun. Ipenresenta ako nung aking tiya eh at tinanggap naman ako.. at medyo naging hit. Kaya kinuha ako ditto sa San Dionisio. 15:53Nag direct ako hanggang 1973 ako lumalabas. After that medyo kasama ako sa directing staff. Nagkaron ng advocacy kung pano maiimprove ang komedya at minsan nga sa mga nagawa naming ay to organize, officially, formally yung mga KSD Komedya ng San Dionisio, na meron mga layunin yan improvement ng komedya.VOThe academe has recognized Ka Hermie’s efforts. The University of the Philippines has given importance of the San Dionisio Komedya and has asked Ka Hermie to speak about it. The San Dionisio Komedya was even chosen to represent the Philippines in a symposium comparing Japanese Noh theater and the Philippine Komedya.

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VOBut like a lot of the old arts…The Komedya is not as popular as it used to be.

KA HERMIE SOTThat is right after the war, 1970’s yan ng dumating yung television. Lalo na yung palabas na student canteen nung panahong yun medyo yan ang naging kakompetensya ng komedya. Medyo nabawasan ng kaunti yung following.

SHOTS OF THE KOMEDYA UP KOMEDYA MUSIC VOKa Hermie was also the longest serving Manager of one of the biggest and most successful credit cooperatives in Asia…The San Dionisio Credit Cooperative.

KA HERMIE SOT00:43Ang cooperativa eh samahan ng mga taong nagtutulungan na matatawag nating bond of interest na sila ay nagkasundo nagtayo ng negosyo at sila rin ang namahala at ang pakinabang ng cooperativa eh sa mga miyembro rin napupunta yan ang nature ng cooperative. Yan yung member promotion, owned and controlled by the members at chaka ang pakinabang nito eh napupunta sa mga miyembro. At dito lalong napagtitibay sa coop yung values ng self-reliance yung honesty and transparency yan ang magagandang values na dinudulot ng cooperative.

*INSERT THE YEAR VOThe Credit Cooperative is on it’s Nth year and has millions it’s assets. VOThe SDCC was spearheaded by the Rover scouts who decided to give the residents of San Dionisio resources to have their own livelihood as well as fight off the loan sharks.

KA MAEL SOT-MAELBa eh hindi ba’t meron tayong kasabihan sa tagalong, na walang humahawak na pareho na hindi na uulingan ng kamay? Ibig sabihin eh, ibig sabihin ng mga matanda, pag binigay sa amin ang pera, maaaring gamitin namin sa personal. Eh ang naging reaction ng mga rover, o sige eh, sa halip na magalit tayo sa kanila, wala silang tiwala sa atin, gawin natin yung isang challenge. Tanggapin natin yung kanilang challenge, and prove to them na marunong tayong humawak ng pera na hindi na uulingan ng kamay.VOThe SDCC is also the backbone of the economic success, San Dionisio enjoys.

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FR PAUL 02:41 – 04:42 SOTNatandaan ko nung panimula ng San Dionisio Credit Union, at naging matagumpay ito dahil sa lidership sa maraming tao hindi dahil sa iisang tao lang, very strong community spirit. Dahil doon, umunlad ang mga tao, yung mangimngisda, may motor boat sa banca, dahil sa credit union nakabili sila ng motor, yung pedicab, ng dumating ako, unti unti pinalitan ng tricycle, dahil sa credit union, so maraming tao ay natulungan sa pamamagitan ng credit union, at hindi lang pag tulong yung responsibilidad ng tao pinaunald din, sa pamamagitan ng credit union, yung mga tao pag nakita na tayo ay kumikilos ng sama sama, talagang meron tayong magagawa.

KA HERMIE 7:27 Marami dyan mga hindi ko lang matandaan mabuti. May labandera na ok na ang buhay ngayon. Hindi ko lang matandaan yung pangalan eh merong isang anak na nagpunta ng abroad, hindi makalakad kasi walang pambayad sa agency. So umutang yun sa coop. ok naman yung trabaho sa Saudi eh kumikita naman at nagpapadala sa kanyang nanay. Isa yan sa mga tulong na nagawa ng coop sa financial assistance. At marami pang ganyan eh. Mga sari sari store mga natulungan ng coop. at napalago ang negosyo yung mga nagkasakit yung mga inabot ng emergency cases. Ay nakakautang naman sa coop.VOThe credit-cooperative helped us when tatay passes away…paid for my tuition…The down payment for my photo equipment. VOIt runs a private school for the residents of San Dionisio.

PREP GRADUATION-INSERT STATS LIKE UNEMPLOYMENT, TEENAGE PREGNANCY, DRUG ABUSE ETC.

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VOIt also fueled one of Paranaque’s oldest industries.

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SOT 18,27Kasi bago pa dumating, bago pa, nakilala ang lumban ang batangas sa embroidery, mas unang nakilala ang paranaque, na ang paranaque ay noted for embroidery

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dahil marami dito na house wife na nag buburda ng kamay hindi makina kasi yung araw, kakaunti pa yung trabaho… ang mga housewife, hindi naman laging nag-oopisina, nag tatrabaho sa labas, sa pabrika, karamihan sa kanila, lalo na pag nag asawa, nagiging housewife nalang lalo na pag nagkakaanak agad, eh pag sila ay eh kung sila ay marunong ng embroidery eh, additional income sa kanilang pamilya yun. Nakakpag alaga sila ng bata, nakakapag linis ng bahay, nakakapag trabaho pa sila, kumikita pa silaVO Now though embroidery is no longer a craft in Paranaque with machines practically taking over the entire business workforce.

VIDEO TRANSITION UP MUSIC VOIf la Huerta had its local aristocrats and rich fiestas…VODon Galo their food…VOSan Dionisio had its people.

KA HERMIE SOTSkung tatanungin mo sila, yung mga volunteers na yan na officials na walang sweldo eh ano ba ang napapala mo dyan sa cooperativa. Eh halos araw araw eh nandyan na kayo kung umuwi kayo eh gabi, ang lumalabas tuloy eh ang mga misis niyo eh number 2 nalang. Ang number 1 eh yung cooperativa. Ano ba napapala niyo dyan? Eh kung tatanungin mo sila at i-susummarize mo ang kanilang mga sagot eh ang sagot nila eh mapapaloob sa sinasabing wala man kaming sweldo sa cooperativa, wala naman kaming per dime, wala man kaming allowance, ay mayaman naman kami sa psychic income. Ano daw yang psychic income? Ang psychic income ay yung bang kasiyahan mo na makita mo na yung ginagawa mo ay nagbubunga ng mabuti at nakakatulong sa kapwa yan daw ang psychic income.

KA ARENG SOT24:50Sana ipag patuloy nila un kwan pag patuloy nila yun magandang kanilang pamamalakad sa san dio copp at patuloy nilang pag lingkiran maayso ang mga miembro at wag papasok sa politika,, wag nila payagan mapakaposk ang pulitika sa cooperatiba natin . wag mapasukan ng politka. Ang coop pag

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nagkabahid na politika eh hindi na maganda. Purely makatulong sa mahihirap at mga nangangailangan. VO But for all it’s civic mindedness they failed to fix the one thing that that the people love so much.

KA DAMASO SOT22:57 – 23:25Ang maganda non kasi na makikita mo sabay sabay kayo maliligo, you look forward young biggest achievement ng lalaki noon, na makatawid ng, kasi may mga baklad eh, malalayo mga one kilometer away, makatawid ka ng one baklad to another achievement na yon, kung di mo na achieve yon mahinang klase ka, kaya you have to practice23:54 – 24:53Ah nung ano, ang dagat dumui noong siguro noong nag istart pa kahit wala pa yang coastal road noon, nung dumami ang tao. It becomes to crowded, hindi na na correct young proper way of disposing waste … very common yung, san ka pupnta, “magtatapon lang ng basura sa dagat.” Basta basura, dagat. Ganon, so siguro bahagi din un education at yung mga government interventions, batas na dapat ipatupad ng maayos yun poper disposal ng ano, ng dumi ng mga kalat, palagi yan sa dagat ang tapon. Lalo na kung dumami ang tao, talagang polluted na talaga.25:00 – 25:38Unti unti yon, ang isang nakita kong nakakalungkot talaga is yung hindi na kam na kami nagkakaron ng enjoyment ng San Juan, dahil dumating na ang coastal road, before that talagang din a nakaka encourage maligo ditto. Dumadayo na kami dun sa (Hali beach?), Banda ron don dumadayo kami malinis kasi ron. Pero ditto sa tapat naming siguro gawan ng marami ng tao, nagbago na rin an gaming taste sa dagat.

01:24-02:34A ARENG Well actually ang ah kabataan ko , ang libangan naming ay sa dagat. Kasi nung araw wala pang coastal, ah ang dagat namin malinis walang ah malinis siya walang ah hindi hindi polluted at ah diyan kami nag siswimming at pag ka low tide ah meron kami tinatawag na pulo na lumalabas, na parang island at pag ka low tide at diyan kami nag lalaro noong bata. -JUMP CUT-11,37Kasi nga ang nangyari, habang tumatagal tumatagal ang san dionisio marami ang

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dumadayo na. may nangaling bicol, may nang galing ng bisaya, mga probinsya, dito sila nag sesettle saatin, wala naman silang titirikan na mga lupa o kaya mga bahay na tutuluyan ang nangyari ah doon sila sa, especially dyan sa parte ng la huerta. Noong araw ay napaka luwag at napa gandang paliguan yan. Pero dumating ang time na dumami ng dumami ang tao dyan. Yung mga skwaters na kwan, dyan nag umpisa ng pag dumi ng kapaligiran at ng dagat especially at ilog. VOI blame the people of Paranaque for robbing me of the joys of a seaside enclave…I blame them for denying me the experience of having fresh seawater just a few steps away from my house. VOThen maybe, I wouldn’t have grown up wanting to get out. I wouldn’t be so embarrassed to live here, maybe, I’d feel rooted and connected. Then maybe, I could finally find peace and a home.

VIDEO TRANSITION UP MUSICVOParanaque is a confused but well-meaning citizenry which does not know what problem to solve first or what the problems are in the first place. VO How do you solve a problem like Paranaque? Is it a problem to begin with?VODo we get rid of the squatters first?Fix the trash problem next? Drugs after that? And then unemployment?VOIt isn’t surprising that at the end of this documentary, I am left with more questions than answers…Where is the old Paranaque headed? What is the right path for it to take? VOIt’s only you who answers these questions….And it is only the collective citizenry who can write an appropriate ending for the old towns of Paranaque.

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*while the credits are running

KA ERNIE JOSE 23:33 - 23:55Well ditto ako lumaki, matagal ako

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ditto, matagal ako nagka asawa ditto rin ako nagka apat na anak, at ditto rin ang aking mga apo, siguro ditto na rin ako mamamatay,

TOOTS ESPIRITU 22:50 – 23:51I would say is ah, sa aking mga

kababayang na taga la huerta, at sa ibang kalapit baryo, sa tulong ng ating mahal na patron, buen suceso san Andres at san Nicolas de tolentino, sana ipreserve natin ang kultura na uukol sa simbahan, at sa ating bayan, sana din ay, maging maayos na lugar ang La Huerta, tulad ng ating kinagisnan nuong araw, isang simple at maayos at malinis na lugar, at sana sa mga darating pang panahon, wag masira ang pangalang La Huerta, because ang mga tao sa La Huerta ay napaka ayos, napaka simple, at matulungin ang mga tao, that’s all.

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Actually I was not thinking of changing but If I could only do it I would really I would like to go back in time to see how things are how they were before how my ancestors lived how well they got a long with each other how deeply rooted is their fate that’s one thing I would like to go back to but of course if I had the power to change things in the current situations how I wish people would be more mindful about their heritage that would have a greater consciousness of their past so that they would be an even prouder people. And also it does not stop there in knowing in relishing what they have but I think the more important thing is the desire to help preserve whatever they have so I think if I had those powers I d like more people to be appreciative of our of the heritage that is truly paranaque, and the next is how I wish we could all hold hands set aside politics, set aside bickering, and really bring back the essence –jump cut- Because that’s the essence, it all begins and ends there, your love for your birth place.

FR PAUL 35:19I don’t have I can always express my gratitude for the happy years I spend with them and for my admiration how they are living as a new community so that they continue working together in the spirit of the lord to be good servants to their fellow people in the baryo so they continue the good spirit of Paranaque. Mabuhay ang Paranaque!END

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