Rancho Caridad

Location: Nampicuan, Nueva Ecija (Region NCR)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Ranch
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: June 15, 2013

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text (Filipino):

RANCHO CARIDAD

LUPAING SAKOP NG BAYAN NG NAMPICUAN, NUEVA ECIJA, NA PAGMAMAY-ARI NG MAG-ASAWANG CARIDAD VELASCO ONGSIACO AT MANUEL VIOLA GALLEGO. DATING BAHAGI NG MALAWAK NA HACIENDA ESPERANZA NA IPINAGKALOOB NG HARI NG ESPANYA SA ISANG ESPANYOL, IKA-19 NA SIGLO. DITO ITINATAG ANG GALLEGO INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY (GIAI) UPANG MATUGUNAN ANG PANGANGAILANGANG PANG-EDUKASYON NG MGA TAGA NAMPICUAN AT ISULONG ANG EDUKASYONG PANG-AGRIKULTURA SA GITNANG LUZON, 1953. KALAUNA’Y IPINAGKALOOB ANG PAARALAN SA DIYOSESIS NG SAN JOSE, NUEVA ECIJA UPANG IPAGPATULOY ANG SINIMULAN NG GIAI, 2011.

Marker text (English):

RANCHO CARIDAD

LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAMPICUAN, NUEVA ECIJA AND OWNED BY CARIDAD VELASCO ONGSIACO AND MANUEL VIOLA GALLEGO. REMNANT OF THE VAST HACIENDA ESPERANZA, A ROYAL LAND GRANT GIVEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY. SITE OF GALLEGO INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY (GIAI). ESTABLISHED TO FULFILL THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF NAMPICUAN AND ADVANCE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN CENTRAL LUZON, 1953. THE INSTITUTE WAS DONATED TO THE DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE, NUEVA ECIJA IN ORDER THAT ITS MISSION BE CONTINUED, 2011.