Laur, Nueva Ecija
Encyclopedia
Laur is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 30,997 people in 5,500 households. During World War II The military camp, bases and general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army is located in Laur from 1942 to 1946 and the engagements of the Anti-Japanese Operations in Central Luzon from 1942 to 1945. Laur was infamous for Fort Magsaysay where Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.
and Jose Diokno
were in solitary confinement
for twenty-two days.
The establishment and founding of the military camp bases and military general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was active on 1942 to 1946 in Laur, Nueva Ecija and beginning the covers of all stronghold the local Filipino troops and military officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army units to the sending local military operations of the engagements of the Anti-Imperial Japanese Military Operations in Central Luzon included three provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija from 1942 to 1945 and aided the helpful to the local guerrilla resistance fighters, Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas and the U.S. liberation military forces against the Imperial Japanese military forces during the Japanese Insurgency (1942-1944) and the Allied Liberation (1944-1945).
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 30,997 people in 5,500 households. During World War II The military camp, bases and general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army is located in Laur from 1942 to 1946 and the engagements of the Anti-Japanese Operations in Central Luzon from 1942 to 1945. Laur was infamous for Fort Magsaysay where Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...
and Jose Diokno
José Diokno
Jose "Pepe" Wright Diokno was a Filipino nationalist. He served as Senator of the Philippines, Secretary of Justice, founding chair of the Commission on Human Rights, and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group....
were in solitary confinement
Solitary confinement
Solitary confinement is a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner, and has been cited as an additional...
for twenty-two days.
History
During World War II, the Imperial Japanese military forces did not occupy and entering the municipal town in Laur during the Japanese Invasion through the Allied Liberation on 1941 to 1945.The establishment and founding of the military camp bases and military general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was active on 1942 to 1946 in Laur, Nueva Ecija and beginning the covers of all stronghold the local Filipino troops and military officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army units to the sending local military operations of the engagements of the Anti-Imperial Japanese Military Operations in Central Luzon included three provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija from 1942 to 1945 and aided the helpful to the local guerrilla resistance fighters, Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas and the U.S. liberation military forces against the Imperial Japanese military forces during the Japanese Insurgency (1942-1944) and the Allied Liberation (1944-1945).
Barangays
Laur is politically subdivided into 17 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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- Barangay I (Pob.)
- Barangay II (Pob.)
- Barangay III (Pob.)
- Barangay IV (Pob.)
- Betania
- Canantong
- Nauzon
- Pangarulong
- Pinagbayanan
- Sagana
- San Fernando (a.k.a. Sorgue)
- San Isidro
- San Josef (a.k.a. Ariendo)
- San Juan
- San Vicente
- Siclong
- San Felipe (a.k.a. Makalaw)