the rice basket of the Philippines Known as the fertile central plains Its provinces are: Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales. City of San Fernando, in Pampanga, is the regional center. one of the earliest areas converted into Christianity AURORA
THE HIDDEN PARADISE
BALER CHURCH NAMED AFTER AURORA ARAGON WAS PART OF QUEZON BATAAN
GOVERNOR GENERAL PEDRO MANUEL ARANDIA
BATTLE OF BATAAN BATAAN DEATH MARCH BATAAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BULACAN ONE OF THE FIRST TO REVOLT AGAINST SPAIN HONORED AS ONE OF THE EIGHT RAYS OF THE SUN BARASOAIN CHURCH HOME PROVINCE OF SOME OF THE NATIONS CELEBRATED HEROES HOME OF THE THREE REPUBLICS REPUBLIC OF REAL DE KAKARONG DE SILI REPUBLIC OF BIAK-NA-BATO FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC IN MALOLOS NUEVA ECIJA A LANDLOCKED PROVINCE RICE GRANARY OF THE PHILIPPINES PAMPANGA FIRST PROVINCE CREATED BY SPANIARDS NAMED LA PAMPANGA PAMPANG RIVER BANK HONORED AS ONE OF THE EIGHT RAYS TARLAC MALATARLAK ORIGINALLY A PART OF PAMPANGA AND PANGASINAN BIGGEST PRODUCER OF SUGARCANE HONORED AS ONE OF THE EIGHT RAYS ZAMBALES SAMBA MANGOES MT. PINATUBO WRITERS FROM REGION 3 FRANCISCO BALTAZAR FRANCISCO BALAGTAS Y DE LA CRUZ BIGAA, BULACAN FATHER OF TAGALOG POETRY BALAGTASAN OROSMN AT ZAFIRA CLAUS FLORANTE AT LAURA TOMAS PINPIN ABUCAY, BATAAN PRINCE OF THE FILIPINO PRINTERS "LIBRONG PAGAARALAN NANG MGA TAGALOG NANG UICANG CASTILLA" VOCABULARIO DE LENGUA TAGALA VOCABULARIO DE JAPON ARTE ILOCANO NICANOR ABELARDO SAN MIGUEL DE MAYUMO, BULACAN REDEFINES KUNDIMAN ANG UNANG BUKO NASAAN KA IROG MAGBALIK KA HIRANG HIMUTOK ROGELIO R. SICAT SAN ISIDRO, NUEVA ECIJA SIKAT IMPENG NEGRO DUGO SA BUKANG LIWAYWAY TATLO SA TANGHALAN MOSES AMADO YUZON GUAGUA, PAMPANGA ING CATULIRAN LA LIBERTAD GREGORIO C. BRILLANTES CAMILING, TARLAC CATHOLIC WRITER THE DISTANCE TO ANDROMEDA AND OTHER STORIES THE APOLLO CENTENNIAL HELP LOOKING FOR RIZAL IN MADRID CHRONICLES OF INTERESTING TIMES THE CARDINAL'S SINS ATIN CU PUNG SINGSING Atin cu pung singsing Ing sucal ning lub cu Metung yang timpucan Susucdul king banua Amana que iti Picurus cung gamat Quing indung ibatan Babo ning lamesa Sancan queng sininup Ninu mang manaquit Queng metung a caban Mewala ya iti Quing singsing cung E cu camalayan. mana Calulung pusu cu Manginu ya caya