The photograph of the old Pasuquin Fil-Hispanic church could strengthen Josue’s book research about the history of the town, which he presented at the Universidad de Navarra in Spain in 2011. When the Inquirer visited the Pasuquin church within the compound of St. James Academy at the town center, the church foundation was still intact. Josue said he believed that a typhoon struck the province in 1913, destroying the old church and damaging almost all places of worship there. Old-time residents recalled that the remaining walls of the old church were demolished with explosives after World War II to give way to the construction of a new church. Noche noted that the church was among the more spacious churches in the old Ilocos province.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 16, 2019 21:45 UTC