The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Bayawan-Kabankalan road completed The newly-constructed four-lane concrete road in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental has a length of over 1.6 kilometers. It connects the remote barangays to Kabankalan City. It now provides easier safe access to health centers, public market, and schools. Source: @PIADesk via Assistant Secretary Jonji Y. Gonzales (office of the Presidential Assistant for … Read more
Nene Lungay: the grand dame of Boholano artists She was born Hermogena Aceron Borja on September 2, 1929, in Tagbilaran, to a clan of artists and artisans. Her grandfather, Ramon, was a painter, one of those employed to assist Cebuano masters Raymundo Francia and Canuto Avila as they painted murals on the ceilings and interior … Read more
Inocencia Solis (Athletics) Inocencia Solis (2nd Hall of Fame Awards Enshrine) is the 1998 Distinguished Filipino Woman Achiever in Sports Philippine Centennial Celebration. She is the 1958 PSA Sports Athlete of the Year. Born to farmer parents Victorio and Leonarda, Inocencia Solis was raised in the small village of Bolalacao, in New Lucena, Iloilo. With … Read more
Bawal Billboard Tuwing Bagyo Act The House of Representatives, led by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, approved on third and final reading Tuesday, House Bill(H)B 7174, which seeks to regulate the use of billboards during typhoons as a public safety measure for the protection of motorists and pedestrians. Voting results were 205 affirmative, zero negative, and … Read more
On this day, March 2, in 1847, Cayetano Arellano, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, was born in Udyong (now Orion), Bataan. He set the foundation for the Philippine judiciary. Born to Don Servando Arellano, a Spaniard, and Crisfora Lonzon of Bataan, Cayetano Arellano was a working student in his early … Read more