The next day, Bernard and I left the Governor’s Mansion in Legaspi City and took a jeep to Quick & Hearty for a buffet Filipino breakfast. Here, we met up with Mr. Martin A. Calleja, head of Bicol Adventures Philippines and Viento de Mar Beach Resort in Bacacay. After breakfast, we made a short stopover at the DOT Region V office at Rawis where we met up with Regional Director Maria O. Ravanilla. From here, we made the short 11.5 km. drive to the nearby quaint town of Sto. Domingo.
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| The author with Bernard and Dir. Maria Ravanilla |
Sto. Domingo, formerly called Libog (a corruption of the Bicol term libot meaning “roundabout”), is nestled at the foot of Mayon Volcano. The town is noted for its numerous beach resorts along the jet black sand Kalayukaii Beach in Brgy. Kalayukaii, located 3 kms. east of the town. At the Spanish-era (the former tribunal and presidencia built in 1832) municipal hall in Plaza Pugad Lawin, we made a courtesy call on Mayor Herbie B. Aguas.
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| The municipal hall and fountain at Plaza Pugad Lawin |
Also at the plaza, across the fountain and municipal hall is the picturesque Church of St. Dominic Guzman, the town’s most prominent landmark.
Check out “Church of St. Dominic Guzman“
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| Church of St. Dominic Guzman |
The town is also the birthplace of Potenciano V. Gregorio (May 19, 1880-February 12, 1939), the composer of the famous local ditty Sarung Banggi (meaning “one night”), the best known song in the Bicol dialect, on May 10, 1910. The 8-day (May 18-25) Sarung Banggi Summer Festival, which features a folk song festival, immortalizes this love song and pays tribute to its illustrious local son. His ancestral house was burned when a fire hit the town in 1961.
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| Potenciano V. Gregorio Mausoleum |
On May 2005, Mayor Aguas, together with then Albay Gov. Fernando and First District Rep. Edcel Lagman, had Gregorio’s remains exhumed in La Loma Cemetery and brought home to Sto. Domingo for a municipal vigil and reinterred at the town’s cemetery with military honors. In 2006, a mausoleum and his bust, also at the town plaza, was erected and his remains transferred there. In 2010, Gregorio was declared a municipal artist by the Sangguniang Bayan.
Mayor’s Office: Municipal Hall, Plaza Pugad Lawin, St. Domingo, Albay. Tel: (052) 435-1357.
Department of Tourism Regional Office V: Rawis, Legaspi City. Tel: (052) 435-0085 and 482-0715. Fax: (052) 482-0712. E-mail: dot_bicol@yahoo.com. Website: www.wowbicol.com.
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