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This was a question my young inquisitive mind kept asking. All I know is that this is my school's address but I have no idea who he is. Where is Gen. Ordóñez Ave.? Gen. Ordóñez Ave . is a national road (by virtue of Republic Act No. 10385) traversing four different barangays in Marikina: Marikina Heights, Concepcion Uno, Concepcion Dos, and Parang. Marikenyos usually call it in its former name, “ Molave ” which is a tree, as with the other street names in Barangay Marikina Heights (Narra, Ipil, Dao, etc.) and is still mainly used on jeepney signboards. Trivia: Smallflower Chastetree, or Molave Tree is commonly found in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Molave is a Spanish term derived from the Tagalog word ‘mulawin’. Who is General  Ordóñez ? https://en.todocoleccion.net Salvador Diaz Ordóñez y Escandon  (1845-1911) was an artillery officer in the Spanish Army, known for designing the Ordóñez guns. He served as a coronel at Cuba during the Spanish American War and...

I'm sure most Manilenyos know this street which is within the vicinities of Quiapo. You may also have heard this mentioned in the news especially during the Feast of the Black Nazarene, as the said street is a usual route of the procession commonly called 'Traslacion'. Stretching to a distance of 0.13km, Pascual Casal is part of the N180 Highway or National Route 180 which is a secondary national route designated by DPWH.  But have you ever wondered who is this street's namesake? Patrickroque01 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 >, via Wikimedia Commons There are hardly no accounts of who Pascual Casal is but a Google search leads to articles on court decisions, pointing to a certain Dolores Pascual Casal y Ochoa , who was described as a native of Madrid, Spain and the owner of a vast parcel of land called the Hacienda Maricaban / Naricaban . A portion of the said hacienda was later then sold to the US Governme...

Most of us know street names by heart, especially those who drive or commute their way to school or work. But do you sometimes wonder about who are all those people whose names become street names? With the exception of really famous people like Rizal, Bonifacio, Luna, del Pilar, Tandang Sora, etc. who are national heroes, all of which we know get their names end up as street names, do you ever ask yourself who this certain person is and why this street is named after him or her? Or maybe why this place is called Santolan? Manggahan? Anonas? Maybe we just dismiss those thoughts but I think it’s nice knowing who all these people are or why is this place named for such a thing. And then a question comes to mind? Who is in charge of naming these streets? After a bit of googling, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines has guidelines on this. You may read the full text of the Revised Guidelines on the Naming and Renaming of Streets, Public Schools, Plazas, Building, Bridges ...