Friends, students, owners, and volunteers, all for the love of Quiapo.
28/05/2026
🇵🇭 DID YOU KNOW? 🇵🇭
Starting today, May 28 until June 12, we are celebrating the National Flag Days Period!
According to the law (RA No. 8491), everyone is encouraged to proudly display the Philippine flag during this time.
Whether you are at home, in school, at the office, or running a business, let’s show our love for the country by hanging up our National Flag!
PINATAY NG WALANG PAKUNDANGAN
Paalam Dr. Manuel Zamora at sa mga natitirang alaala mo sa Quiapo at muli nang binura ng mga tao na walang pake sa naiambag mo sa bansa.
Last 2023, the Cielito Reality Development Corporation promised to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines to retain the facade of the historic Manuel Zamora in its townhouse development. 3 years later, they murdered every last remnant of the house. Nakakadiri at nakakahiya.
Truly a Heritage Murder on Heritage Month. Not only they did not fullfill their promise, they destroyed a work of a national artist and home of a beloved Filipino hero.
We are calling the attention of Isko Moreno Domagoso, Department of Tourism, Culture and Arts of Manila, National Commission for Culture and the Arts as to why you allowed this massacre.
Ano silbi ng National Heritage Month kung ganito lang makikita natin sa mga makasaysayang bahay ng siyudad??
19/05/2026
We are preparing for your visit.
It has been some very busy days in the Ocampo Pagoda! A huge thanks to our clean-up volunteers who had been visiting us these last two weekends; they are advocates from Manileños For Heritage & Kapitbahayan sa Kalye Bautista Atbp. Lugar, Inc. (KKB).
Our team is also installing new things to showcase the beautiful details even more!
Ocampo Pagoda will be open all day on May 23, 2026. You may arrive any time between 9AM-4PM, with Urban Sketchers showcasing their finished sketches by 11:30AM.
Register here: https://forms.gle/Me4RjUCDNbs89qEa9
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See you sa Pagoda!
18/05/2026
A Heritage Month without Heritage 😞
We've received reports that the Dr. Manuel Zamora Mansion is being demolished with the Pablo Antonio Sr. segment now completely destroyed, AGAINST the orders from NHCP dated 2022 that the facade be spared and incorporated in the residential townhouse inside.
The Zamora-Paterno Mansions are three interconnected row-houses that have survived for centuries and featured in many old photos of Hidalgo street. The Mansion was resides and became the home laboratory of Dr. Manuel Zamora, filipino chemist who invented the Tiki-Tiki Vitamin B1 supplement to combat beri-beri before the patent was donated to Unilever. The portion of the property was also renovated by National Artist for Architecture, Pablo Antonio Sr., the main architect of the largest Art Deco complex in the country, Far Eastern University - Manila.
As such, works of National Artists are considered important cultural properties under RA10066/11961 and is under the jurisdiction of the NCCA.
When passionate Filipinos do their best to promote and protect our history, there unfortunately some who are hind sighted and focus on capital. Heritage and development should not be exclusive from one another. They coexist, the same with other countries do. Personal interests of the owners should NOT be at the cost of cherished heritage sites that will increase in value more in the decades to come than any condominium or mall they'll ever build.
Tourists visit other countries not because theyre looking for the same thing back home, but because they look for something new and memorable. What happens now that the Zamora Mansion will become but a memory? Will our dreams of a revitalized Hidalgo street, forever stay a dream?
We will be asking the of Tourism, Culture and Arts of Manila National Commission for Culture and the Arts , National Historical Commission of the Philippines and National Museum of the Philippines for answers as to why this was allowed despite a being recognized as a valuable heritage site.
15/05/2026
For young content creators out there! Now's your time to shine :D
Contest runs till July 31, 2026. More details in the main post.
ANG PAGBABALIK! Byaheng Quiapo: Pagkaing Quiapo, Pamanang Lahi
Theme: Food and Delicacies as Quiapo Heritage
Register now!
https://forms.gle/cjL7zoegTrU3rQKJ7
After a long delay, we're finally relaunching our Byaheng Quiapo video series!
OBJECTIVES
• To spread and showcase the different delicacies and flavors of Quiapo with the
participation of the Filipino public, and importantly the youth, through a short video
making contest.
• To instill viewers the values and importance of Quiapo’s cultural diversity and
heritage, through its cuisine, evoking the different influences leading to Quiapo’s
culinary diversity.
• To explore and showcase the different communities of Quiapo, its residents,
livelihood, its religion and other beliefs, as reflected within its food scene.
TARGET PARTICIPANTS
(1) Filipino Youth, preferably residents in the City of Manila or Metro Manila
(2) Age 16-22, amateur, non-professionals, no professional experience in film-making
(3) Can join as an individual or as a group.
More details in the link below OR scan the QR code:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15RMTXeKatUvFBt6ivYen4Sg9Ta89l9Bh/view?usp=sharing
FOR QUESTIONS AND OTHER INQUIRIES
• Kindly email to [email protected]
14/05/2026
TARA SA PAGODA!
On Saturday May 23, we'll have a special promo experience for all: you can explore many parts of our unique structure at your own pace in celebration of National Heritage Month.
Register here: https://forms.gle/Me4RjUCDNbs89qEa9
You may explore in two ways:
Showcase Access - come up close to its architectural details until the front balcony
Full Experience Access - to those who'd like to reach the tower, and more
Walk-ins are welcome, but online registration gives you a privilege to receive reminders & avoid queue.
Click the link here: https://forms.gle/Me4RjUCDNbs89qEa9
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See you sa Pagoda! 😍
12/05/2026
Wala pong madadapa o magwwrestling sa hagdan na ito, pagkatapos namin siya linisin.
Dinampot na namin ang mga bato na pakalat-kalat sa lugar.
11/05/2026
Cleanup drive at the Ocampo Pagoda
KKB along with our friends from Manileños For Heritage and volunteer residents from Quiapo, gave our famous architectural folly needed dusting and mopping to remove decades of layered dusts to reveal the true color of her machuca floor tiles and the decorative motifs from the lobby up to the tower!
The cleanup drive was held on May 09, 2026 coincidentially at the 151st birth anniversary of Gregoria de Jesus, the Lakambini of the Katipunan.
Both teams worked tirelessly and meticulously in humid weather and though we weren't able to clean everything, the energy was felt throughout and we hope continue doing more cleanups there in the future!
DISCLAIMER:
The volunteers were briefed beforehand on the rules and regulations of the Ocampo Pagoda as it is a functioning dormitory and reminders on the proper methods cleaning heritage structures. Some areas are sensitive and fragile hence needed special tools and techniques to ensure original elements are not removed during the cleanup drive.
We thank the owner of the Ocampo Pagoda Ms. Rona Abundo for her trust in us to do this cleanup and the manager Mr. Paolo Burton and Kuya Joel for providing the tools and materials plus the generous lunch afterwards.
Magkapitbahay po tayo at nasa puso namin magtulungan para sa ikagaganda at ikauunlad ng ating mahal na Quiapo
Our friends from Manileños For Heritage are looking for Quiapo residents interested in cleaning up a heritage structure :)
Mga kapitbahay, pagkakataon niyo na ipakita ang pagmamahal sa ating pamana! One small act can make a huge difference!