Club Filipino

Club Filipino is an exclusive members-only social club and recreational facility located between North Greenhills subdivision and Greenhills Shopping Center in the city of San Juan, Metro Manila. Established in 1898 as an elite Filipino country gentlemen's organization, the club has developed a reputation for being a meeting ground for Filipino political progressives throughout its history.

"Club" is pronounced "Cloob" in the Spanish fashion. Today the club's amenities include a swimming pool, tennis, badminton and squash courts, bowling alleys, outdoor restaurant, salon, and "Kalayaan Hall," an indoor events/reception room.

Club Filipino was most notable in recent Philippine history for serving as the inaugural venue for President Corazon Aquino during the People Power Revolution of 1986 and as the location where on 9 September 2009, her only son, Senator Benigno Aquino III announced his bid for the Presidency in the upcoming 2010 Philippine presidential election after the latter's death on 1 August 2009 due to colon cancer, promising to continue the fight that his parents started.

  • Club's entrance with photo of the 1986 oath-taking of Corazon C. Aquino

  • Corazon C. Aquino Kalayaan Hall

  • Photos of the Club's Board of Directors

  • Photos of the Club's Past President and the 113th Anniversary

  • Club Filipino entrance with photos of Corazon Aquino's oath-taking

  • Club Filipino, fine dining

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  • 1898, Club Filipino

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Famous quotes containing the word club:

    We have ourselves to answer for.
    “Jennie June” Croly 1829–1901, U.S. founder of the woman’s club movement, journalist, author, editor. Demorest’s Illustrated Monthly and Mirror of Fashions, pp. 24-5 (January 1870)