1614 Fr. Pedro De Arce, Bishop of Cebu, separates the city area into two parishes, the ciudad, for the Spanish, and the Parian, for the Chinese mestizos. The third division in the port areais San Nicolas reserved for the natives or naturales. 1903 The Philippine Commission passes Public Act No. 952 which reduces the number […]
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Center receives recognition during the Don Mariano Awards 2013
Last September 8, 2013 was the 136th birth anniversary of Mariano Avila Mercado, mayor of Carcar in the 1920s. During his administration, Mercado built the Carcar Dispensary, formerly health center before and after the war and is now a museum, the swimming pool just behind the dispensary which served as American soldiers’ recreation area, the […]