Cuadrilleros Filipinos

Cuadrilleros Filipinos  Cuadrilleros were auxiliary guards to the Guardia Civil and were in charge of safeguarding the local population. They replaced the old Comisarios del Tribunal which used to perform their function. Cuadrilleros had strong ties to local power and at times turned into vigilantes. This photograph by Felix Laureano was published in Ilustracion Artistica … Read more

Iglesia de Molo Iloilo

This photograph of Molo Church, taken by Felix Laureano, appeared in Ilustracion Artistica in 1897 in Barcelona, Spain. Known as St. Anne Parish Church, the Gothic-Renaissance church of Molo was built in 1831 with coral rock under the supervision of Jose Manuel Locsin. It has five retablos and stained glass windows. It gained the name … Read more

Mount Mayon Volcano Eruption 1928

Mount Mayon Volcano Eruption 1928 Dr. Leopoldo A. Faustino wrote a descriptive account of the 1928 Mayon eruption that was published in the Philippine Journal of Science in September 1929. He went to Albay to observe the 1928 Mayon Volcano upon the request of Albay Governor Mariano Locsin. Here’s a summary of Mayon’s volcanic activities … Read more

Iglesia de Oton

This is a photographic reproduction of Felix Laureano’s Iglesia de Oton. Oton, Iloilo’s first church was erected in 1569. The nineteenth-century church was in Gothic revival style but had a Greek cross plan and a central altar under the transept. Fr. Joaquin Fernandez, O.S.A. finished the construction in 1883 and it was consecrated as the … Read more