The Agas-Agas Bridge is a prestressed concrete beam

bridge on the Pan-Philippine Highway. The ₱1.024-

billion bridge was funded partially by the Japan
International Cooperation Agency. With a length of
about 350 meters (1,150 feet) and a height of 292 feet
(89 meters) above ground, the center span of the
structure measures 177 meters (581 feet) in length
supported by two piers measuring 241 foot (73 meters)
and 246 foot (75 meters) from the ground.

The mountainous Agas-Agas section of the Pan-

Philippine Highway in Southern Leyte is prone to
landslides during heavy rains, much more when
a typhoon strikes the province. The bridge was
constructed in 2006 to avoid the troublesome section
and cut down the driving time for motorists.

Seeing its high tourism potential the Department of

Public Works and Highways (DPWH) submitted
to President Gloria Arroyo the plan to turn the bridge
into a haven for enthusiasts of bungee
jumping, paramotor, downhill skateboarding, zip-
line, rappelling and other extreme sports. On August 9,
2009, the president signed the construction of the
bungee jumping platform along the bridge as well as
other tourism amenities.

The Agas-Agas Bridge zipline, now known as "Zipline

Leyte", opened in April 2011. The twin zipline, one of
the longest in the country at 880 meters (2,890 feet),
glides diagonally above the bridge and the riverine
below it. A Provincial Pavilion complete with a parking
lot and food and souvenir kiosks has been constructed
atop of a promontory overlooking the deep ravine of the
nearby gorge.
The Manila Central Post Office is the central post office of
the city of Manila, Philippines. It is the head office of
the Philippine Postal Corporation, and houses the country's
main mail sorting-distribution operations. Designed by Juan
M. Arellano and Tomás Mapúa, the post office building was
built in neoclassical architecture in 1926. It was severely
damaged in World War II, and rebuilt in 1946 preserving
most of its original design

The location of the Post Office building in the Ermita district

of the city east of Intramuros, was part of the plan of Daniel
Burnham for the city of Manila, which placed the building on
the frontage of the Pasig River for easy water transportation
of mails. Its central location with converging avenues made
the building readily accessible from all sides. The building's
main entrance faces the Liwasang Bonifacio.

The construction of this building started in 1936 under the

supervision of the engineering firm Pedro Siochi and
Company. It was finished before the outbreak of war in
1941.

History
This official transmitter of mail, money and goods traces its
beginnings to Act No. 462 of the Philippine Commission on
September 15, 1902, creating the Bureau of Posts. Postal
service in the country, albeit crude and slow, began during
the Spanish period with horse-riding couriers till it reached
the marked improvements which the Americans initiated.
The present building which houses the bureau hums daily
with brisk postal service.

Now under the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and

Communication, the Bureau of Posts, now houses a modern
and efficient look with its mechanized automatic letter-
sorting machine, new Postal Code, Metropolitan Airmail
Network, motorized letter carriers and all other new
facilities.
The National Arts Center is a building complex situated
in Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, the Philippines. The
establishment was inaugurated in 1976 by First Lady Imelda
Marcos. Its theater is the Tanghalang Maria Makiling or the
NAC Center which has an audience capacity of 1,000
people.

The complex occupies a total area of 13.5 hectares (33

acres) at the Makiling Forest Reservation. Most of its
facilities are operated by the Philippine High School for the
Arts except the Pugad Adarna which is run by the Cultural
Center of the Philippines.

Venues aside from the theater include the Pugad Aliguyon

or the Marvilla Cottages, the Pugad Adarna or Executive
House, a two-storey clubhouse called the Bulwagang
Sarimanok, and the St. Marc's Chapel. The chapel's cross
was designed by Leandro Locsin and features an outline of
a crucified Jesus Christ.

"Here in this mountain retreat, Ferdinand E. Marcos sought

sanctuary and solitude as a young man. In the midst of the
legendary beauty of the forest of Mt. Makiling, the young
Ferdinand, writer, scholar, and dreamer, yearned for a
people reborn to greatness and envisioned a society
sensitive, creative and humane, worthy of the heritage of
the Filipino people.

Years later his wife Imelda built around this rock the
National Arts Center of the Philippines in celebration of the
vision of the young Ferdinand and as a fitting tribute to the
ultimate dreamer: the Artist, the progenitor of civilization.

On the seventh day of April in the year nineteen hundred

and seventy-six, the National Arts Center of the Philippines
was formally dedicated to the pursuit of the Good, the True,
and the Beautiful."
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (Filipino: Sentrong
Pangkultura ng Pilipinas, or CCP) is a government owned
and controlled corporation established to preserve, develop
and promote arts and culture in the Philippines. a structure
designed by National Artist for Architecture, Leandro V.
Locsin. Locsin would later design many of the other
buildings in the CCP Complex. The CCP provides
performance and exhibition venues for various local and
international productions at the 62-hectare (150-
acre) Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex located in
the cities of Pasay and Manila. Its artistic programs include
the production of performances, festivals, exhibitions,
cultural research, outreach, preservation, and publication of
materials on Philippine art and culture.

HISTORY
In 1961, the Philippine-American Cultural Foundation
started to raise funds for a new theater. The structure,
designed by Leandro Locsin, was to be built on a 10-
hectare (25-acre) lot in Quezon City.

In the meantime in 1965, Imelda Marcos at a proclamation

rally in Cebu for her husband's bid for the Presidency,
expressed her desire to build a national theater. Marcos
would win his election bid and work on the theater started
with the issuance of Presidential Proclamation No. 20 on
March 12, 1966. Imelda, now the First Lady, persuaded the
Philippine-American Cultural Foundation to relocate and
expand plans for the still-born theater to a new reclaimed
location along Roxas Boulevard in Manila. To formalize the
project, President Marcos issued Executive Order No. 60,
establishing the Cultural Center of the Philippines and
appointing its board of directors. The board would elect
Imelda as chairperson, giving her the legal mandate to
negotiate and manage funds for the center. The scope of
activities the center engages in include architecture, film
and broadcast arts, dance, literature, music, new media,
theatre and visual arts. Aside from the its promotion of local
and indigenous artists, it has played host to numerous
prominent and international artists like Van Cliburn, Plácido
Domingo and etc.
The Main Building of the University of Santo Tomas (UST)
in Manila, Philippines functions as the university's
administrative
` center, and home of the Faculty of Civil
Law, Faculty of Pharmacy, and the College of Science. The
Main Building is also the home of the Museum of Arts and
Sciences. The building, designed by Fr. Roque
Ruaño, O.P., is the first earthquake-resistant building in the
Philippines. Ruaño was influenced by Frank Lloyd
Wright's Imperial Hotel, Tokyo.

HISTORY
Construction began on 1924 and first classes were held on
July 2, 1927. The faculties of Philosophy and Letters,
Liberal Arts (they would later merge under the Philosophy
and Letters name, later to be renamed as the Faculty of Arts
and Letters), Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty
of Engineering, and the College of Education were the first
occupants who transferred to the new building. Since then,
the Main Building has been the focal point of the campus. It
is where all succeeding structures revolved.

After the invasion and occupation of the Philippines by the

Japanese during World War II, the Japanese converted the
university into the Santo Tomas Internment Camp for
Americans and other non-Filipinos starting on January 4,
1942. Three floors of the building were occupied by the
internees. Several internees were located in the Education
Building (now housing the University of Santo Tomas
Hospital) and other buildings.

On February 3, 1945, during the Battle for Manila the

university was liberated by the 1st Cavalry Division, tanks
from the 44th Tank Battalion and Filipino guerrillas. On
February 4, Japanese commander Toshio Hayashi took
some of the internees hostage in the nearby Education
Building and negotiated for the Japanese soldiers to rejoin
Japanese forces in the south of the city in exchange for the
internees. A plaque dedicated in 1954 commemorates the
event.