Balete Drive is a street located in New Manila, Quezon City

Quezon City

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, Philippines

Philippines

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. According to legend

Legend

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 it is a favorite spot of "wandering spirits".

Commercial Zoning

This street from Aurora boulevard to E. Rodriguez Street has been classified by the Bureau of Internal Revenue see http://www.bir.gov.ph/zonalvalues/zonalvalues.htm#rr7

Movie

Hiwaga sa Balete Drive (Mystery on Balete Drive) is a Filipino movie that was filmed in 1988. The white lady was played by Zsa Zsa Padilla

Zsa Zsa Padilla

Zsa Zsa Padilla is a Filipina singer and actress. She is currently part of ABS-CBN contract actresses.-Biography:Padilla was born as Esperanza Padilla in 1964, the daughter of actor and sportsman Carlos “Sonny” Padilla, Jr. who served as the referee in the Ali-Frazier world heavyweight boxing...

. In the story, she died in the Spanish Era but her spirit keeps on searching for her undying love. Some of the scenes were filmed on location on Balete Drive. The movie is frequently shown in Halloween

Halloween

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 specials on the Filipino TV broadcasters ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN

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, Cinema One and TFC

The Filipino Channel

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.Midnight DJ

Midnight DJ

Midnight DJ is a Filipino drama-horror television series starring Oyo Sotto, who works as DJ at night and at the same time he works to find solutions to the paranormal problems of his listeners. The series debuted in 2008 on TV5...

Episode 12 Babae sa Balete Drive