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SANCIANGKO STREET
Sanciangko street runs westward from D. Jakosalem passing through Junquera, Pelaez, Juan Luna, Leon Kilat, J. Climaco, the former Philippine ailway and ends at Tres de Abril.
The street was named after Don Gregorio Sanciangko y Gozon, a famous Filipino lawyer who was born in Malbon, Rizal. He worked with famous people and was one of the advisers of President Emilio Aguinaldo. He was also the first Filipino to become doctor of Law in the Central University of Madrid in Spain. As a writer he published his famous EL PROGRESO DE FILIPINAS which Dr. Rizal highly praised. Accused of having connections with people who were trying to start a revolution in Manila, he was exiled to Lingayen, Pangasinan.
He was known as the First Filipino Economist and died on November 17,1897.
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