Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
"AWIT ng Tarlac" is the anthem of my province, which will be commemorating its 150th year of establishment in 1873, on Friday, May 26 (anticipating the actual date May 28 which is incidentally National Flag Day). It was commissioned by former governor Margarita "Tingting" Cojuangco in 1996 from lyricists and composers Rodolfo C. de Leon and Celso Balmores and was arranged by National Artist Lucio San Pedro. Through selected lines from this song, we celebrate the story and character of Tarlac province.
Tarlac’s entry at the Anuario Filipino, an official colonial publication, putting the definite date of the founding of Tarlac province COURTESY of Lino Dizon