It may not yet be on the radar of travelers looking for new destinations, but as far as local people in the area are concerned, Labi River in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija has become a favorite weekend place for them. If from Manila, driving to the place may take four hours at least. But in our case, we were staying over in our daughter’s place in Sta. Rosa, the town before Cabanatuan City, so Labi River was just a little over an hour away passing through the capital of the province along the Nueva Ecija-Baler Road. We left early morning that Saturday as we wanted to take the better spots away from the Labi Bridge that spans the river, whatever is left of it presently, and we got our wish. As a historical footnote, this was the place where Doña Aurora Quezon, widow of Commonwealth President Manuel Quezon, was ambushed in 1949.

Cinco, L. (2021, November 26). Labi River: An emerging destination in Nueva Ecija. Manila Standard, p. C4.