A Glimpse of Labores

By Kiko on November 10, 2008 at 11:00 am

Andres was in Labores the other day and took a few pictures. The street looked very clean in my opinion. I encourage you to click on them to view larger size and to see more details. Have fun!

Carlos Street and Quirino Avenue

Street Sign: Carlos Street and Quirino Avenue.

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Carlos Street

Carlos Street. Entrance to Labores via Quirino Avenue. Carlos Street is a popular spot where commuters get off from jeepneys and buses (from Makati).

Labores Street

Labores Street facing South. The yellow/pink building in the background is the Residencias de Manila along Jesus Street in Bayan. By the way, the dark-colored car on the left is owned by one of our members here. :P

Still Labores Street

This time, facing North. If you head this direction, you’ll reach Kahilom, Lexsa, and San Jose. See the tall building on the left? A 1011 member lives there. ;)

That’s all for today. I think Andres is not done yet with this so expect this entry to be bumped sooner or later. Hope you enjoyed the photos!

Kiko

Founding publisher of Pandacan1011.com / MyPandacan.com. Born and raised in Pandacan.

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Roland Stohner
January 18, 2010 at 12:07 am | Reply

I grew up in Pandacan and left when I was 22 year old. I have been living in the US for over thirty years now and has been to a lot of places in the world. I was stationed in different parts of the world with the US Army. It was such an exciting time for me. Although I have been so far away, there is still that fire inside of me that burns and tells me I am a “Batang Pandacan”. I remember going to school at the old Tioque branch at Labores, where there used to be an old theater called “Diana”. Such memorable times when me and my friends would caltch an afternoon movie for 25 centavos and see a double feature of Efren Reyes battling te evil Johnny Monteiro in a duel. Then we would buy some “manggang hilaw” after the show, or rent a bicycle at that place across the “cinehan” and rie around Balagtas and Beata for an hour. I remember that everytime it rains , it would flood all over(still does) My barkada would all go out and make lusong and make a good time out of a bad situation. There was so much to do in Pandacan. I think that Christmas was the best time I can remember. THe “simbang gabi” was so beautiful and the weather was not as warm(medyo malamig pa ang panahon noon – about 1959 to 1963) wala pa noong EL NINO. We make a stop at the puto bumbong store along Labores and then go to Zamora Elementary and hang out until the sun comes up. OOH!! What good times we had when we were young . I may have been gonew for so long a time now, but deep within my heart I am still a Pandacan boy. My hear belongs here and I can not wait to come hometo my friends and loved ones.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to post this.

Roland Stohner

silos dela calzada
May 26, 2010 at 10:39 am | Reply
Hi Roland, I seem to remember Stohners from my youthful days sa Pandacan. They have an equipment rental business next to Zamora Elem School on Zamora st. next door neighbor nila mga Gaerlan? Anyway, nasa Pandacan ako up to 1972 when i left for US. Sa St. Joseph School ako graduate ng elementary. Barkada namin nun mga Abola, Cristobal, Desiongco… Anyway nice reading these posts, it brings back fond memories.

Nelson
February 7, 2010 at 1:47 pm | Reply

Hello po,
nag Grade 1 ako sa Labores Primary School, Batch 82 and until Grade 3 lang ako dyan…then after nag J.Zamora Elementary na po ako Batch 85, on year ’88 nag graduate kami.

Naaalala ko pa, may kinatatakutan kami dyan sa Labores, pag napunta sa CR,,, merong isang pinto dun,, he he he meron daw kuba nakatira dun…

Tatandaan ko , Grade 1 ako, Si Mrs. Olaivar ang terror nun…

wes
March 26, 2010 at 2:03 pm | Reply

I used to spend summertime in Pandacan when i still a kid until i reached college, We still have a house in teodora were my grandmother lives. I have a lot of friends living in the four main streets(teodora,labores,industria & narciso)of “bayan” side. though most have already transferred residences or have left for abroad, they still go back during fiesta just to enjoy pandacan. I also go home to pandacan whenever i am in manila. hope to be back in pandacan soon!
Mabuhay ang mga taga Pandacan!

bethcorbilla
April 6, 2010 at 3:10 pm | Reply

So glad to find out this site n in a way to update myself on
the latest about Pandacan. I was born and grew up in Beata
and left 28 years ago with fond memories of the place and people. I’m living right now in Thailand w/ my family and
I must say that my holiday in RP won’t be complete without a
visit to Beata (my parent n siblings moved elsewhere) to see old friends n relatives and of curz to Sto Nino church.
My thanks and appreciation to the site’s administrator and contributor on your time n effort. Keep up the good work!

To: willy de guia – ikaw ba yan Labo? if so, reply mo ako d2.

Willy de Guia
April 10, 2010 at 5:10 pm | Reply
Betchay!!!!!!!!!!! musta na! ano balita? Magkakasama kami dito nina Julie. Ilan na anak mo? Sino napangasawa mo?
email mo ako sa: wiljo82@yahoo.com para kwentuhan tayo
Nice to hear from you again.

bethcorbilla
April 17, 2010 at 7:39 pm | Reply

Willy,
Sabi ko na nga ikaw yan. OK will email you now my long lost friend.
Ingatz

Godof
June 16, 2010 at 11:15 pm | Reply

Brothers! Neighbors and Kabayan! Mabuhay ang Pandaqueños! It was so nice and clean in Pandacan. But I was thinking to compare the place before when I was a small boy. Brods, what do you think? watch the glimpse shot of labores facing south where the caption says “the tall building on the left were house one of our members”. But, facing north where it wasn’t captured by our good friends camera, you will find an eyes sore. Theres a lot of Delivery trucks parked along the street side by side waiting for the bottle drinks merchandize to be loaded where before was none. I use to walk on that clean street before, going to school and it was a nice place, when it was cleared with those trucks. In fact, the file of trucks reached the stretch of J. Zamora Elem. School I’m not in contrary to those businessman who owned that warehouse, but there should be a way to clear that area. I may suggest that the owner should designate some distant forwarding place where they will wait for their turn to be called. Di ba mas ayos yun? Lets help by calling the attention of our Honorable Barangay Chairman concerned to formulate the solution.

cesar
August 31, 2010 at 6:43 pm | Reply

Silos dela Calzada
si Cesar ito,maraming salamat sa “info” tungkul kay Evelyn Halal, May gusto ako riyan nuong araw ,hindi ko lang maligawan kasi mahiyain pa ako nuon. Nasaan na kaya ngayon ito…pasensiya na, ngayon lang ako nakapagpasalamat. Nabasa ko na ang napangasawa mo at Carino,nagkaroon kasi ako ng kaklasing lalaki ang apelyido ay Carino, anak ng dentista, nakatira nuon sa isang subdivision sa may bandang Flerida, nalimutan ko na ang pangalan, baka kamag-anak ng Mrs. mo. Kumusta na lang sa inyo.

silos dela calzada
September 2, 2010 at 2:52 am | Reply

Hi Cesar. I was in Manila last May 2010 and I met the Polet Family. kamaganak ni Evelyn Halal, nagkakumustahan at ang sabi nila andito na raw sa US si Evelyn sa California and she’s married. Were you in our batch sa St. Joseph?

cesar
September 3, 2010 at 11:08 pm | Reply

Silos dela calzada,
Kumusta pare ko, salamat sa “update” tungkol kay evelyn,Naging kapitbahay namin ito nuong araw sa Certeza,ganda nito nuon ,parang “model” kung maglakad.Hindi ako nag-aral sa St. Joseph,isa ako sa libo-libong bulakbulero ng “Manila High School” pagkatapos ng Zamora. Regards…

Aramin Lacson
September 26, 2010 at 11:05 pm | Reply

I was born in 1955 and lived in Pandacan for up to about 1968. My family own’s Diana Theatre in Labores Street. The family’s that I can still recall are the Magsanoc from Kahilom, Street(?) and the Pharmacy owned by the Mercado’s in front of the theatre. Labores Elementary School used the theatre for graduation and programs. The theatre burned. I appreciate if anyone can share a photo of the Diana Theatre or old pictures of Labores. I haven’t been in Pandancan since 1970. What I can recall is Diana therate is the terrotorial boundary between oxo and sputnik.

jake
November 13, 2010 at 9:18 pm | Reply

mzta na po mga lxsa labores

cesar feliciano
November 26, 2010 at 7:50 am | Reply

Hello Aramin ,
si cesar ito,kumusta na. Naalala ko iyong sinehan ninyo.Madalas akung manuod diyan nuong araw kahit maraming surot, marami tuloy
sa kanila nakapag”migrate” buhat sinihan ninyo papunta sa higaan ko.
Mabuhay ang Pandacan!!!!!!!

coolcat_lumbang
November 26, 2010 at 1:39 pm | Reply

gnda tlga ng labores..

malou
January 22, 2011 at 4:15 am | Reply

kudos to the creator of this site! this is such a blessing that I uncovered your site when I was looking for the beata elementary school. Nakatira ako sa Pandacan mula 1956 and moved dito the CA early 1980s. Our first house I remember was right in front of the eating place corner of sto. nino and beata. iyong mayri ay dalawang chinese, si mang tony and I ching (they are both chinese) both are so generous kapag pasko, may paabot sila sa mga bumibili ng either piece of kesong de bola o tasy (tinapay). ito din kanto na ito, may nagtitinda ng balot, chicharon o diario. malapit sa kanto na ito e may pharmacy (botica boie(sp?), itong pharmacy na ito has been there forever, i am not sure if its still there.
now at this same street (sto. nino) if you go in, may tindahan may ari e si aling tayang. anyway, this is the same street where I guess the de guias live and the alano’s at that time.
so anyway, we moved from beata, then sa tomas claudio, malapit sa riles at estacion ng pandacan and then the sta. maria.
ang tatay kong jeepney driver sa pandacan for so many decades, not sure how long, his co-drivers calls him domeng kambing. he competed in jeepney king contest (placed 2nd one time).
i know where the lanuza’s place, at that time not that far to place where you can take a bangka papunta sa kalahi.

this is so neat to connect to my co-pandacanes! again, my hats off to you wonderful folks who keep this site going! cheers!

apo ni maciong anunciacion
January 26, 2011 at 3:22 pm | Reply

I just came across this site while doing a research on the elderly of district 6 in manila. nabasa ko yung mga kwentuhan, nakakatuwa. although I didn’t grow up in pandacan, we visit the place once in a while. Si papa kase was born and raised there, well,most of the people who share the same surname i know, did. hence, the laura, labores, zamora, kahilum landmarks were familiar. the thread made me miss my dad. kung nabasa nya to, malamang andaming kwento nun. salamat!

rose cordero
October 18, 2011 at 11:15 am | Reply
Hi to apo ni maciong anunciaction. nice to read your comment on the pandacan site. i remember tio maciong very much kasi we used to go to their place very often esp. during pasko and other occasions. i remember your tia tessie, i forgot the name of your dad, is it Boy? barkada kami nila noon. we used to live in laborest ext next to zamora elem school. i don’t know if you still get to see tio kulet who was married to a lady doctor, we have fond memories of all the anunciacions. hope we can still get in touch. regards to all. i’m rose cordero the eldest daughter of julian anunciacion cordero.

Cristobal
February 24, 2011 at 4:16 pm | Reply

Napakaganda ang brotherhood ng mga Pandaquenos na kahit na napad-pad sa iba’t ibang panig ng daigdig ay marunong pa rin makipagugnayan sa isa’t isa. Mabuhay kayong lahat.
Alamnin niyo ang website ni Ivan Henares na may kinalaman
sa Revitalization projects ng Santa Ana, Paco ngunit hindi nila isinama ang Pandacan. Nasa Facebook si Henares kung
nais ninyon i-follow up ang projects nila. At ano kaya ang
“nakatago” sa ancestral house ng mga Romualdez near the
Sto Nino Church. Eto pa ag inside info.. naguunahan ang mga
developers to acquire the oil depo property. Sumainyo ang
magandang umaga. Born and raised ako sa Pandacan with few gray hairs na. Brother ko si Jess (Boy) Cristobal now based in Bay Area in California.

Dennis Santos
April 2, 2011 at 4:47 pm | Reply

Hi to all Pandaquenos. I was born and bred in Pandacan and our ancestral home is still there where my two nephews lived. Our place is in Balagtas subd. in kalye Febo, but we used to live in beata in front of the Mauricio’s residence. We and the Capistranos are the first ones who own the buses in pandacan. I now live here in London but I go home every year and I still hang out in balagtas coz most of my mates are still there. Once a pandaqueno always a pandaqueno. Regards to every pandaquenos in the world. Mabuhay tayong lahat

Sally Cristobal
October 18, 2011 at 9:10 pm | Reply
If your Dad’s name is Onnie for Honorio and your Mom is Nida? or Nayda? U use to live near the Mendoza’s in Balagtas.. if so then I think my Dad use to play mahjong with them. I also remember Lila Capistrano who went to J.Zamora Elem Sch. I migrated to the US and now Japan based. Nice to
hear from a Pandaqueno.

awawa
April 26, 2011 at 11:48 am | Reply

Mariano M. Coronel Jr
May 20, 2011 at 7:28 pm | Reply

Hi,kamusta Dennis, remember me?I’m the brother of Bong Coronel. Nakita ko name mo dito while surfing the net. Matagal na tayong di nagkita. Ako dito sa Pilar Village,Las Pinas. Nagkita kami nina Bong and Tess sa Los Angeles, California last 2004. Sana magkaroon tayo ng pagkakataon magkitakita ulit na mga Pandaquenos. Regards sa familty mo dyan . Let’s communicate with each other again.

JAIME LOPEZ
September 17, 2011 at 3:00 am | Reply

Hello sa mga taga-Pandacan! Hindi ako taga Pandacan pero noong nasa P.I. pa kami, the family used to go to Beata dahil sa Fiesta. Tagarito ang naging asawa ni utol ko. Mga pamilya ng Geronimo malapit sa simbahan. Anyway, isa pang nabasa ko ay kay Roland Stohner, siya yata yung naging classmate ko sa Feati HS. Do you still remember me Roland? Kami yung may tailoring shop sa Quiapo where your Dad used to have his trousers done, katabi ng Malabon Restaurant. I wish Roland mabasa mo ito, kasi the group now are preparing for the Grand Reunion sa P.I. this coming Feb. 2012. Please get in touch when you’re free, the whole family now is residing in Ca, US. Or, you may get in touch with Nonoy & Zen Vida whose from Pandacan also.

Melquisedec C. Reyes
September 18, 2011 at 9:19 am | Reply

Hi to all Pandacaquenos,

  It is a bliss to have found this site, by chance while googling.
I was born and raised in Tomas Claudio Street, Beata. Nag aral ako sa Beata Elementary School mula grade 1 – 4, then grade 5 – 6 sa Labores Primary School. Nag high school naman ako sa M. A. Roxas High School.
  Malou mentioned people and places that I am familiar with: Mang Toni’s restaurant, where I used to eat saging na may yelo at gatas, tinapay na may palamang corned beef, kanin at ulam, at pansit. Masarap ang mga pagkain nila dun. It was such a treat for me when I ate there. Most of the customers there were jeepney drivers.
  Across the street going to Lorenzo de la Paz, was a small store/carinderia na masarap magluto ng menudo at mechado. The owners were an old couple, the woman was a teacher, I 4got her name. Beside that store was a small shack – like a waiting shed – na may nagtitinda ng biko, palitaw at kalamay, masarap din hahaha.
  Aling Teyang’s store was my Mom’s fave, “Kapag wla kina aling Teyang saka ka lng bumili sa iba ha!” That what she always instructed me. Kasi maraming tinda si aling Teyang at mejo mura kesa sa iba. Yung magkapatid na kambal na lalake na tindero nya dun eh kaklase ko sa Beata Elem. Sch., Domingo ang last name nila.
  Let’s go out of Sto. Nino and back to Beata street. May maliit na tindahan dyan si Mang Victor na bading hehehe, asawa nya mataba, si aling…ano ba pangalan nun? hehe, na kapatid ni aling Norma, asawa ni Mang Poping – hahaha gumulo na ba? – meron sila jan tindang meryenda like pansit, ginatan, tsamporado almost everyday, but during Christmas time, simbang gabi onwards, sikat na sikat sila at palagi pila ang bumibili sa kanila dahil masarap sila gumawa ng bibingka at puto bungbong!
  Sa kanto ng Sto Nino at Beata, tapat ng restawran ni Mang Toni ay bakery at tindahan ng bigas. Ito yata ang kauna-unahang 3 storey building sa Beata.
  In front of our house, across the street was the Mobile Terminal Oil building with Security Bank office inside. It had a wide, long, concrete cement parking lot outside the building, beside the street, used to park their gasoline trucks – and our playground too. Way down yonder was the Pandacan Train Station, which is still there up to now. I didn’t venture much further down to Kahilom street,which was the end of Tomas Claudio street. People were so bad that when they sensed you are not resident there or “dayo” in slang, they will extort money from you, and do you harm if you can’t give them the money or try to fight back.
  Going out of Tomas Claudio Street to the left was the railway crossing with two kawayan poles, painted striped black and white, that went down when train was about to pass by. Turning right and go straight, following the railway track will lead you to the steel bridge, over the Pasig river, going to Sta Mesa.
  A little bit down on the left side, is going to Peter Paul Candy Factory, at the bank of the river. Before you reached the factory, you will see a vast stretch of grassy land where there was scarcely any house, but many carabaos…yes! carabaos! This was in the early 60s, I was about 10 years old. Would you believe that! There was once some carabaos in Pandacan! hahaha. The fun part was that there was a somewhat rounded shallow lagoon that the carabaos used to hang out. During and after the rain, that lagoon will have a clean water and we would go there to swim, dive…swim, dive..swim, till all our skins had wrinkled up!
  Di ko napansin haba na pala na type ko hahaha. Well, cguro ito muna yung part 1 ng kwento ko. Part 2 will be some tragic moments and horrifying accidents I’ve witnessed myself in Pandacan. Till then,..cheers.

Andres
September 19, 2011 at 1:49 pm | Reply

nice story, baka meron ka pa jang pwede maibahagi

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A Glimpse of Labores

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