La Union's Best

La Union was carved from the nine towns of Pangasinan, three of Ilocos Sur and villages of the Eastern Pais del Igorotes in the Cordilleras. It was formally created by a Royal Decree issued by Queen Isabela of Spain on April 18, 1854. The name La Union indicates the union of towns from different provinces.
Spanish colonizers saw a thriving community when they arrived in La Union in 1572. The area was then a dynamic trading center especially for gold for Japanese and Chinese merchants.
Presently, La Union is still "young" when compared to older provinces such as Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Pampanga, Cebu and Cavite. It is a class - A, progressive and developing province. Its 155 years of existence since 1850 testifies to reality of the original vision -- a province geared towards peace, prosperity, growth and development. The original "dozen" towns have grown to 19 municipalities and a city.
The network of modern infrastructure has contributed to the present progressive condition in agriculture, commerce and industry. In the late 1990's, the national leadership declared La Union as one of the archipelago's 12 regional industrial centers.

Since the advent of martial law in 1972, La Union has all the more progressed markedly. In commerce, merchants visit and trade from neighboring provinces. Every town has a "tienda" day. Aside from rice and tobacco, the inhabitants grow cotton, silk coconuts, cacao, mangoes and vegetables. The prime commercial and savings banks have their branches in San Fernando.

TOURISM DESTINATIONS
• Poro Point Special Economic and Freeport Zone
• Thunderbird Resort Hotel and Fiesta Casin o & Golf Course
• Guinabang Falls – Bacnotan
• Pebble Beach with Baluarte – Luna
• St. Catherine Parish – Luna (Our Lady of Namacpacan)
• Ukkalong Falls – Luna
• Coconut Garden – Balaoan
• Centennial Tree – Bacnotan
• Guinabang Falls – Bacnotan
• Surfing – Urbiztondo, San Juan
• Board Walk – Poro Point San Fernando City
• Fiesta Casino – San Fernando City
• Botanical & Zoological Garden – San Fernando City
• Provincial Capitol – San Fernando City
• Amburayan River – Sudipen
• Hidden Valley – San Gabriel
• Lon – oy Spring – San Gabriel
• Bakes Swimming Pool – Santol
• Bagulin Forest – Bagulin
• La Unions Highest Peak – Bagulin
• Tuddingan Falls – Bagulin
• Bolikewkew Rice Terraces – Burgos
• Imelda Lake – Burgos
• Tapuakan River – Pugo
• Eco Park - Santol
• Basilica Minore – Agoo















Come and visit La Union. Explore its beauties and have a great journey!

Just a Quote to Share

Hey guys! Check this love quote! "There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved." -George Sands , this is very familiar for most of us, right? we often hear this for like millions of times, and I really like this because of its shortness and simpleness, yet this quote tells a very essential fact in our human lives that everybody experienced, is experiencing, and will be experiencing.

Truly, love is a very strong emotion of affection we feel to others and they feel towards us.

Love can be done in different ways, and as the song goes, "love moves in mysterious ways" which indeed is correct. We can do it verbally, in action, or we can also have it both which is actually the best way to show our love for others.

The simple saying above is telling us that loving is an ability we can do that will turn out to be our happiness as well as others' happiness.

Just a Quote to share to you!


BY: BARBIE JOY PAET

Be a Louisian!

The CICM works of evangelization have also challenged and inspired many Filipinos to give themselves to serve the missions worldwide.
The CICM Philippine Province considers the educational apostolate as one of the most effective means of evangelization. As such, it maintains the school apostolate among its priorities as a missionary institution.


Saint Louis College in San Fernando, La Union is one of the schools that CICM established during their stay here in the Philippines. “The Beacon of Wisdom in the North” is a name given to SLC.
The historical background of Saint Louis College dates back with the establishment of Fr. Burgos College in 1948. Later on was renamed as Saint Louis College - San Fernando, La Union.

Vision: Saint Louis College envisions an integral human formation of the youth to prepare them to become mature Christian leaders in the Church and Society.
Mission: To provide programs that builds a dynamic Christian missionary community and enhances human dignity for the development of the person and the improvement of the quality of life.
SLC Goals: True Christian Living; Relevant Academic Excellence; Competent Professional Leadership; Committed Social Involvement


The Saint Louis College Elementary School offers to its pupils a three-storey building which houses the following: Administrative Offices strategically located to ensure accessibility; Spacious, well-lighted, ventilated and sufficiently furnished classrooms; Computer Laboratory Room; Dance Room; PE Room; Industrial Arts Room; Science Laboratory; Guidance Office and Testing Room; EPP Laboratory Room; Arts Activity Room; Library with Adequate volumes of books; Saringit Publication Room; ES Stage and Quadrangle for Pupil activities; Clinic (Medical - Dental); Audio Visual Room (AVR)


The Saint Louis College - High School offers to its students a three storey "J" shaped building which houses the following:Administrative Offices strategically located to insure accessibility; Spacious well-lighted, well-ventilated and sufficiently furnished classrooms; An air-conditioned Audio-Visual Room with state-of-the-art audio and video facilities; An air-conditioned Internet Center that revolutionizes the classroom by connecting students to the world and brings new ideas to life; High School Library building with adequate volumes of books as well as up-to-date magazines and periodicals; Separate Physics, Chemistry and Biology rooms with updated equipment, apparatus and supplies; Guidance Office and Psychological Testing Room with full-time and qualified Guidance Counselors; A separate Sports Complex for physical educational activities; A Home Economics Practice and Lecture Rooms; Two full air-conditioned Computer Rooms.
The Following Facilities and Services are also available: A gymnasium for educational, social, cultural, physical and spiritual activities; an air-conditioned Social Center for social gatherings of students, faculty and parents; A bookstore where school supplies are sold; A post office for mail services; A Disaster Equipment Center to facilitate quick response to fire and other related emergencies; A separate clinic (medical-dental) with full-time school nurse for health services; A two-storey canteen with 2 concessionaires.

Have a look to what SLC got for you. Be a Louisian! Be a member of our family!

Think GREEN!

Green is a restful color because of its calming attributes, and as they say, time moves faster in a green room. It is considered one of the additive primary colors.I Just can't turn away my eyes from the color of green as I pass by the road since green is dominant in the environment. Green is my favorite color, I'm really obsess with this.
Green can be associated with many different things, events, and the like. Green really is the color of almost everything, perhaps the second dominant color on earth if not the most dominant.

Green is the color of LIFE. Abundant in nature, green signifies growth, renewal, health, and environment. In many folklores and literatures, green has traditionally been used to symbolize nature and its embodied attributes, namely those of life, fertility, and rebirth. Green was symbolic of resurrection and immortality in Ancient Egypt; the god Osiris was depicted as green-skinned.



Green is the color of LOVE. Not only red, but even green! Good to know right? It deals with higher consciousness and love.

Green is the color of prosperity. In areas that use the U.S. Dollar as currency, green carries a connotation of money, wealth, and capitalism, because green is the color of United States banknotes, giving rise to the slang term greenback for cash.



Green is the color of safety. It can communicate safety to proceed, as in traffic lights.

Green is the color of nature, fertility, life. Grass green is the most restful color. Green symbolizes self-respect and well being. Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony. Green is a safe color, if you don't know what color to use anywhere use green.

Green is favored by well balanced people. Green symbolizes the master healer and the life force. It often symbolizes money. It was believed green was healing for the eyes. Egyptians wore green eyeliner. Green eyeshades are still used. You should eat raw green foods for good health. Friday is the day of green. Green jade is a sacred stone of Asia.

Green contains the powerful energies of nature, growth, desire to expand or increase. Balance and a sense of order are found in the color green. Change and transformation is necessary for growth, and so this ability to sustain changes is also a part of the energy of green.

Green gemstones are used to attract money, prosperity and wealth. They are balancing stones that promote growth and fertility. Carry, wear or place green gemstones around your home or office to promote balance, change and growth.

Green says growth - balance - harmony. It is a color of healthy relationships.



So, wear GREEN! Go Green! Think GREEN!


BY: BARBIE JOY PAET

The Pearl of Natural Discoveries

Banaue Rice Terraces, Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Chocolate Hills, Mayon Volcano, Boracay Beach, Siargao Island, Hundred Islands of Pangasinan, Pagsanjan Falls, and Taal Volcano, these are just some of the great wonders of nature to behold and enjoy by nature lovers only found in the Philippines.

Philippines is known to be the Pearl of the Orient Seas, comprised of 7,107 stunning islands. Its principal islands are Luzon, on the north;Visayas, on the center and Mindano, on the South. It is a country in the southeast coast of Asia. The capital city of this captivating paradise in Asia is Manila City.

Are you bothered of where to spend a travel in a tropical paradise? Then, Philippines is just perfect for you to enjoy natural wonders of discovery.Some of the featured places are included in the on-going search for the seven wonders of the world.

Banaue Rice Terraces, this wonder of nature is known to Filipinos as the 8th wonder of the world. This rice terraces has been carved into the mountains by the indigenous people of Mountain Province and Ifugao more than 2000 years ago. The Banaue Rice Terraces is included in the Unesco World Heritage List in 1995.
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Next is the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, this Unesco World Heritage-listed marine park is located in the Municipality of Cagancillio, Province of Palawan. Tubbataha is made of about 10,000 coral reefs lying in the middle of Sulo Sea. Tubbataha is a nesting place for green sea turtles. It has almost 500 species of fish, about 45 species of birds, 9 species of dolphins and whales and it has about 400 species of corals.



Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, This great wonder of nature is another sight to enjoy. It is located in Palawan, Puerto Princesa. It has about 8 kilometers of navigable Underground River considered to be the longest in the world and features a limestone karsts mountain landscape. The river winds through a cave before it flows directly to the sea. This underground river has several chambers and also contains major formations of stalactites and stalagmites. Like the Tubbataha Reef, this nature park is included in the Unesco Heritage List.



Philippines also offers the very well- known Chocolate Hills located in Bohol, Philippines. It is made up of around 268 small cone-shaped hills that are almost of the same size and spread over an area of about 50 square kilometers. These coned-shaped hills are covered with grass and turns brown like a dark colored chocolate during summertime.


Another is Mount Mayon located is located in the province of Albay and about 15 kilometers northwest of the capital city of Legaspi.
Mount Mayon is an active volcano and has erupted about 47 times in the last 400 years. The volcano is known the world over as the most perfect cone shape volcano, surely, most of us knew that simple fact about Mayon Volcano.



Yes! We have the very famous Boracay Island located in the province of Aklan with a land area of about 10 square kilometers. The island is famous for its powdery white sand and now considered as one of the best beaches in the world. From an unknown travel destination years ago, Boracay is now teeming with upscale tourists from all over the world.



Then we have Siargao Island located in the province of Surigao del Norte. It has a land area of over 400 square kilometers. Siargao is known the world over as one of the best Surfing destinations, actually this isn't very familiar for me, but I guess this contribute much of the philippine wonders since it is home
to Siargao Cup, a Philippine and International Surfing competition sponsored by the local government of Surigao.



Then another familiar spot in the Philippines is the Pagsanjan Falls ocated south of Metro Manila in the province of Laguna. The place is very popular among domestic and international travelers. Shooting the rapids is its major attraction. Boatmen will take you in their banca (wooden boat) to the river upstream, go swimming and shoot the rapids on your way downstream.



Lastly, is also the famous Taal Volcano located in the island of Luzon in the province of Batangas, about 50 kilometers south of Manila. It is an active volcano with a large lake in its crater. The lake is popular fishing ground for residents living in the vicinity of the volcano.



That's the end of the travel we offer you, but hey, these aren't just the natural discoveries you'll love to visit in the Philippines, certainly there's so much more to discover as you, nature lovers come and experience our country's majestic creation! Mabuhay Philippines!



BY: BARBIE JOY PAET

Somebody to Care About my Feelings

Such a wonderful feeling, to have somebody or someone to feel everything that anyone feels. To have a friend, or friends to be with, and friends to live life with.

Angelica, Micah, Patricia, Princess, Mauline, and Roma, they are my friends, my friends whom I call Behens. Why Behen? Behen means sister in India, we learned that in our Arts Subject when we are in the second year, with Mr. Abat. With them, I can always be the real me, and I don't need to hide the negative things about me. My friends who understand and accept my everything, even the worst thing I have inside me. With them, I am free to feel everything. Somebody who would listen, and somebody to talk with. They are my friends, who comforts me in my darkest moments, ready to listen when I have burden inside me, ready to lend a helping hand when I'm in grief, ready to tell words when I need pieces of advice, ready to lift me up when I fell on my feet. Aside from that, they are always ready to crack jokes with me, to laugh crazily, to smile sweetly, to chat loudly, to dance wildly, to ambush foods quickly, to sing songs happily, to share secrets privately, to reveal our feelings anytime, my friends whom I can tell and reveal everything, even the most embarrassing secrets keep inside me. They are my friends, and I am only me, when I am with them!

Such a wonderful feeling to have friends ready to care about what I feel. They make my days so much better and brighter. Memories I spent with them will surely be remembered and brought to mind....
by: BARBIE JOY Q. PAET