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Prudenciana Cruz
Prudenciana Comiling Cruz (born Prudenciana Dumagan Comiling; May 19, 1943) is the sixteenth director of the National Library of the Philippines, having acceded to the position on December 7, 2001. She is affectionately called "Nani" by both patrons and staff of the National Library, alluding to her motherly qualities and her use of these qualities in running the library. Biography Cruz was born in Alburquerque, Bohol, Alburquerque, Bohol on May 19, 1943, the second of four children born to Dionisio Comiling and Victoriano Dumagan. She graduated from the University of San Carlos in Cebu City majoring in library science, and later on completing her graduate studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Cruz began her career as a librarian in 1964 at the Divine Word College of Tagbilaran (presently Holy Name University), where she served as chief librarian. In 1970, she became senior librarian of the Bohol Provincial Library, and later on joined the ranks of the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alburquerque, Bohol
Alburquerque, officially the Municipality of Alburquerque ( ; ceb, Munisipalidad sa Alburquerque; tgl, Bayan ng Alburquerque), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. It had a population of 11,246 people at the time of the 2020 census. The town is colloquially known as "Albur" for short. Formerly, Alburquerque had one of the longest and heaviest pythons in captivity, with a length of , weighing and with a girth of . This female python died in 2013, but the mounted creature is still exhibited. Etymology * The town was formerly called "Sagunto", but according to the research of Jess Tirol of Bohol, it was called "Segunto". * Local folklore holds that Alburquerque was named in honour of Afonso de Albuquerque, the famous Portuguese seafarer and conqueror of Malacca, Sumatra, though it might be odd to use a Portuguese name as a name of a place which is under Spanish control. * The name Alburquerque, which comes from either '' albus querqus'' ("whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
