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Ang Tacloban ay kabisera ng lalawigan ng Leyte. Ang Leyte ay matatagpuan sa Rehiyon 8 ng Pilipinas
na bahagi ng Silangang Visayas.
Ang Tacloban ay unang nakilala bilang Kankabatok, na ang ibig sabihin ay “pag-aari ng mga Kabatok."
Kabatok ang tawag sa mga unang naninirahan dito. Mayaman sa yamang tubig ang lugar na ito. May ginagamit
silang isang uri ng basket na panghuli sa mga isda at alimango. Ang tawag nila dito ay “Taklub." Kapag may mga
darayo sa lugar, ang sinasabi nila ay pupunta sila sa “tarakluban." Pagtagal ay tinawag din itong Tacloban.
Ang Tacloban ay nakilala dahil sa ginampanang papel nito noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig. Dito
naganap ang tanyag na pagbabalik ni General Macarthur. Naganap ito sa baybayin ng “White Beach” ng
Tacloban. Dito rin nagtayo ng base militar ang pwersa ng mga Amerikano at ang bayang ito ay ang unang
napalaya mula sa mga puwersa ng mga Hapon. Naging pansamantala itong kapital ng Pilipinas habang ang
Maynila ay nasa kapangyarihan pa ng mga Hapon.
Sa syudad na ito nanggaling ang dating Unang Ginang ng Pilipinas na si Imelda Romualdez Marcos. Ang
Pamilya Romualdez ay isa sa mga kilalang pamilyang politiko sa lugar. Ang pangalan ng paliparan sa Tacloban ay
Romualdez airport.
Kakaunti lang ang nakakaalam kung kailan naging munisipalidad ang Tacloban dahil ang mga
dokumentong nakapagpapatunay rito ay nasira ng bagyo. Pero marami ang naniniwala na ang Tacloban ay
opisyal na naiproklamang munisipalidad noong 1770.
Humans have used different objects to tell time. In the beginning, they used an hourglass. This is a
cylindrical glass with a narrow center which allows sand to flow from its upper to its lower portion.
Once all the sand has trickled to the lower portion, one knows that an hour has passed. Using the
same idea, water clocks were constructed to measure time by having water flow through a narrow
passage from one container to another. On the other hand, sundials allowed people to estimate an
hour by looking at the position of the shadow cast by the sun on a plate. At night, people measured
time by checking the alignment of the stars in the sky. None of these were accurate, though. The
clock was the first accurate instrument for telling time.
In the nineteeth century, there lived in Manila a very wealthy woman named Dona Margarita Roxas
de Ayala. With her wealth, she could have lived a peaceful life at home where everything she wished
was obeyed by her family.
But she felt sorry for the low position of womanhood in her country. Women lacked education, so she
urged the authorities to establish a school for girls. She would, donate the land, the school building
and help maintain the school financially.
Finally, sisters of a religious order arrived in Manila and accepted Dona Margarita's offer. The
Colegio de la Concordia was thus established in 1868. Since then, women have taken up teaching and
other courses.
Mr. Cabico looked seriously as the skinny boy, wearing worn-out clothes and outmodeld shoes. He
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Early Filipinos were pagans. They tro idol and spirits. However, they
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