On a recent repors I read from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, I learned that another heritage site in Laoag is endangered of being demolished to give way for the construction of a shopping center project, according to the report was already a done deal.

This endangered historical landmark is a Gabaldon building which is part of the Laoag Central Elementary School. Some of Gabaldon buildings that can be found all over the country were built before World War II and these buildings were primarily used as a garrison by the Japanese soldiers and were converted into field hospitals by the American soldiers during the liberation.

LCES Gabaldon Building

The teachers and PTA members of LCES oppose the school’s conversion and relocation and here’s what they said on their manifesto, “The Laoag Central Elementary School (LCES), for its more than eighty (80) years of existence, has become a historical landmark of the City of Laoag as a “Bastion of Education.” Read the full story