worldwide. It's one of the most famous in the country and are held every year in February, receiving overseas people and non-residents of the city from other Panama provinces. The Holy Week, Corpus Christi, and St. John the Baptist, patron saint of the city, are also famous celebrations domestically. Province pride is played every summer in the Baseball championships. Chitre host whole matches of the province at Rico Cedeno Stadium. The historical success on National championships made us as one of the most winning provinces in this sport, who is the most important not only in Chitre city or Herrera province area even in whole country. The last title was obtained in 2007, when Herrera was triple champion from 2005 to 2007. Education For much of its history, Chitré did not have its own elementary school. In these times, classes (separated by gender) were taught in rented houses in the town. The Chitré School (Escuela de Chitré), later called Republic of Bolivia School (Escuela República de Bolivia), was built in 1928 using funds contributed by the Panamanian government and by local residents. In 1934, the building that would house the prestigious Tomás Herrera School (Escuela Tomás Herrera) was built. The parish priest, Presbyter Melitón Martín Villalta, blessed the ceremony. The school's first director was Arcadio Castillero. The Hipólito Pérez Tello School (Escuela Hipólito Pérez Tello), also an elementary school, operated in the Tomás Herrera building in its early days. The José Daniel Crespo School (Colegio José Daniel Crespo), a secondary school, was long the only secondary school to serve Chitré and Villa de Los Santos. It is among the best public secondary schools in the country. The Padre Segundo Familiar Cano School (Colegio Padre Segundo Familiar Cano), called Monagrillo Secondary School (Colegio Secundario de Monagrillo) since 2007, is also located in Chitré. It was founded in 1970 and is now has a national reputation as an excellent school. There are also many private schools in Chitré, including the Colegio Agustiniano, a Roman Catholic private school and Soyuz Bilingual School. The University of Panama has a site in Chitré, as do the Latin University of Panama and Columbus University. Notable people from Chitré Sheila E. Lichacz, international artist and diplomat (ambassador-at-large, Panama) Enrique Geenzier, poet, politician, and diplomat Ricaurte Arrocha Adames (Chitré 1939 - ), doctor, surgeon, and writer Annabel Miguelena writer, lawyer, actress Emilio Regueira, musician, bandleader (Los Rabanes) Félix