Iloílo & Panay Island Heritage Watch

[Pacific_leopard]

Originally Posted by spacewagon1

Are we really selling our antiques? duh! let's keep them and display them in our houses na lang. Mas maayo pa. I'm sure many would love to buy and sell antiques in Iloilo.

yes they sell antiques...

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[METROPOLITAN_ILOILO]

Wow! Great collection of Antiques...

Tani di na lang pagbaligya instead it should be housed in a museum...

[overtureph]

Nice floors.

[spacewagon1]

IMpressive collections, Pacific. Thanks for sharing them to us.

[habagatcentral1]

The Antique shop is located in Washington Street, just behind the Bahay McDonalds and Jaro Precint. Its the pink antique house.

[spacewagon1]

where is this Bahay McDonalads?

Btw, what happened to the old building previously occupied by Iloilo Montessori School?

[eonynx]

last time i've seen it: deteriorating, unkempt, dissheveled

[kirby21]

lovely photos from Pacific. Thanks.

[Pacific_leopard]

Originally Posted by spacewagon1

where is this Bahay McDonalads?

Btw, what happened to the old building previously occupied by Iloilo Montessori School?

it's not Bahay Mcdonalds, it's bahay Bulilit, a charitable foundation by Mcdonalds.

[spacewagon1]

hmmmm ... no idea at all. Where Bahay McDonalds located?

[spacewagon1]

NHI chair underscores role of history in transformation

The chairman of the National Historical Institute (NHI) has underscored the role of history in transformation when he spoke at the University Centennial Celebration Lecture Forum of the West Visayas State University held August 24, 2007 at the WVSU Cultural Center.

Speaking to a capacity crowd of students, faculty, and staff, alumni and friends of the University, Chairman Lamberto “Ambeth” R. Ocampo underscored the importance of history as an agent of transformation. He challenged the audience to take lessons of the past and make it relevant today and in the future. “It is through history that we become a nation,” according to Ocampo who was instrumental in granting WVSU its rightful place in the history of Philippine education by approving the results of the research tracing the humble beginnings of the University.

Dr. Ocampo holds a doctorate, master’s and baccalaureate degree from the country’s top public and private schools. He is at present Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University, and Professional Lecturer in the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature, University of the Philippines, Diliman.

As a public historian, Ocampo writes a widely read opinion page column for the Philippine daily Inquirer entitled “Looking Back” and has published 14 books mostly compilation of his historical essays among them: Looking Back, Rizal Without the Overcoat, Aguinaldo’s Breakfast, Bonifacio’s Bolo, Mabini Ghost, and Luna’s Mustache.

The lecture forum is part of the year long activities of the WVSU Centennial Celebration on the theme “WVSU – A Century and Beyond: Providing Equitable and Transformative Learning Environment Through Service, Harmony, and Excellence”.

source: The ILOILO Daily Informer

[Animo]

BRIDGING THE GAP
By Henry F. Funtecha

Not long after the arrival of the Spanish expedition led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in the Philippines in 1565, the colonizers moved to Panay. This was in 1569 when they were compelled to vacate Cebu for lack of food supplies and also because of the Portuguese threat. Thereupon, they established the first Spanish settlement, in the town of Pan-ay in the present Province of Capiz. This second settlement in the country became the radiating center of further exploration and proselytization of the northern part of Panay. The parish of Pan-ay included the adjacent towns of Pilar, Dao, Ivisan and Pontevedra in Capiz, and Carles in Iloilo (Claparols 1967).

The Spanish colonizers, with Pan-ay as their base of operation, pushed further into some unexplored portions of the Capiz area which, at that time, included some sections of present-day Aklan. The colonizers established settlements in Dumalag, Dumarao, Batan, Ibajay, Kalibo and other places (Blair & Robertson 1903-1909). Kalibo (the present capital of the Province of Aklan) was founded by Fr. Andres de Aguirre, an Augustinian missionary and a companion of Legaspi. The capital of the Spanish administration was eventually moved to the town of Capiz (now Roxas City).

From the very start of the Spanish occupation of Capiz, there was already opposition from inhabitants. The leaders of the resistance movements were mostly babaylans who tried very hard to win back the natives to their indigenous beliefs and who made the Suhot Caves as their headquarters and meeting place. Significantly, the Negritos joined those led by the babaylans in opposing Christianity and the impositions of the Spaniards.

Another headache of the Spaniards in the Philippines at that time was the threat of the Moros from the south. In 1659, for example, when Legaspi was in the town of Pan-ay, the natives, especially from Kalibo and Ibajay, sought his aid against the Moro warriors who frequently devastated settlements in Capiz and the Aklan section. Legaspi sent the youthful Juan Salcedo to their aid, and his force consisting of Spanish soldiers and about 500 native warriors defeated the Moros and pursued the enemies who fled to Mindoro and Batangas (Regalado & Franco 1973).

Among the known uprisings to Spanish rule in Capiz was the Dumalag Rebellion. One time, a very strict Spanish government official by the name of Duran was put in charge of the town. He abused his position and committed a lot of grave abuses. Finding out that no form of protest could make Duran stop his misdeeds, the people rose up in arms against him, threatening to burn his house and to kill him. Fortunately for Duran, the local parish priest intervened and appealed to the enraged inhabitants and, in the end, the latter were pacified. (Regalado & Franco 1973).

As one can see in the above accounts, Capiz was considered by the Spaniards as an important and strategic point in their political and religious ambitions in the archipelago. This was the reason why, early in time, they already established a political base in the area from where they penetrated the interior sections and, moreover, laid the foundation of the Catholic religion, through the Augustinian missionaries, in the province as early as 1569.

http://www.thenewstoday.info/2007/08....of.capiz.html

[METROPOLITAN_ILOILO]

Originally Posted by spacewagon1

hmmmm ... no idea at all. Where Bahay McDonalds located?

Me too. Ano ni sya ang BAhay Mcdonald haw?

Is it also a Heritage Building?

Any pics?

[kirby21]

Bahay Dunkin Donut siguro kabalo pa ko. Is Dunkin Donut warehouse still in Plaza Libertad? The whole place including San Jose Church smells like Dunkin Doughnuts. I'm sure people in city hall are always hungry smelling donuts all the time.

[spacewagon1]

daw sa amo gid tuod Noy.

[habagatcentral1]

Lizares Mansion: An Inside Look










Ballroom converted into a Chapel


Silhouette Staircase


A view from above


The balcony of the ballroom


Mosaics adorn the house


Heritage Workers: Ivan Henares and Pacific Leopard of HCS.


The haunted attic window


Staircase

[spacewagon1]

Lizares Mansion still stands proud and grand as ever.

[IMPRESARIO]

[Animo]

By Henry F. Funtecha

By the beginning of the 20th century, the City of Iloilo already possessed the required facilities for fast means of communication (El Archipielago Filipino 1900). It had telegraph lines put up in the 1880s by the Spanish government that connected it with the town of Capiz (now Roxas City) in the Province of Capiz and San Jose de Buenavista in Antique. It had a telephone system inaugurated on June 1, 1884 which covered the towns of Iloilo, La Paz, Molo and Mandurriao. This was only four years later than Manila. It was also connected to Manila, and from there to the outside world with the inauguration of a cable line on November 6, 1897. This cable line was laid by the Eastern Extension of Australia and China Telegraph Co. Ltd. under contract with the Spanish government.

Added to its access to telecommunication facilities in maintaining direct communications within the archipelago and the rest of the world, Iloilo's postal services maintained regular flow of communication coming in and going out of the province. An efficient delivery of mail matters facilitated by the improvement in transportation enabled the Ilonggos to sustain personal and business correspondences with family members, friends and business associates, as well as clients not only in the neighboring provinces of the country, but also with those in other parts of the world.

Also of great importance was the fact that Iloilo was also the seat of a number of print media that enabled the people to keep abreast with the latest trends in the socio-economic and political happenings in the province and elsewhere through the active operation and publication of newspapers. The first publication of the print media came out in the town of Iloilo in 1884.

The arrival of the Americans brought with it a considerable improvement in public facilities. Communication facility was one. Through the initiative of John Bordman, an American businessman, the Iloilo Telephone and Telegraph Co. was organized in Iloilo in 1909 in order to improve the telephone system which was inaugurated on June 1, 1894 in the last decade of the Spanish rule. A local battery consisting of 56 telephones was installed by the Bryan-Landon Co. of Iloilo. However, the company soon found itself in the same predicament as that of Cebu because of lack of sufficient capital to support the requirements (David 1937). As the valuable services offered by a telephone and telegraph company had to be kept up in relation to the demand of the growing commerce and industry in the city, a new set of investors took interest in the promising business. J.E.H. Stevenot, backed up by Theodore Vail, Theo V. Halsey and his group, formed the Panay Telephone Co. The new company wanted to modernize the communication system as early as possible (Poblador 1951). The central office was transferred to a building in front of the central market where it remained until a modern structure replaced it in 1935. The maze of open wire in the city, which was one of the eye sores of the place, was completely replaced by new cables and concrete poles. In 1924, reinforced concrete posts with waterproof jacks were erected along the docks to expedite connection with the inter-island steamers which were equipped with marine-type telephones, as well as to provide facilities for the ocean-going vessels calling at the port. Later, a new battery system was also installed on it.

With the company's organization program, long distance or toll service was established between Iloilo and Bacolod on December 18, 1926, when Governor Jose Ledesma of Iloilo and Governor Jose Locsin of Negros held the first official conversation in this new set-up (The Tribune, June 17, 1939). Service between Iloilo and Manila was established on May 2, 1932 when Governor-General Theodore Roosevelt and Hon. Jose Yulo spoke with each other by telephone (Poblador 1951).

In 1928, Stevenot organized the Philippine Long Distance Co. to cover major cities in the country. The franchise was approved on November 28 of that year by Gov. Gen. Henry Stimson and, immediately, the new entity took over the functions of the Panay Telephone Co. (The Tribune, June 17, 1939).

With a view towards taking care of telephone requirements by providing additional facilities and the improvement of service, an extensive construction program included an up-to-date fireproof reinforced concrete building and dome in 1934. Subsequently, improvements were also made in its central office equipment. Cable facilities throughout the city and its suburbs were also extended and the entire cable plant was reconstructed in order to provide for future telephone growth in the City of Iloilo. As a result, the system grew from its modest beginning of 56 telephones in 1909 to 1,240 in 1937 (David 1937).

http://www.thenewstoday.info/2007/09...ly.20th.c.html

[IAMME]

Originally Posted by Pacific_leopard

it's not Bahay Mcdonalds, it's bahay Bulilit, a charitable foundation by Mcdonalds.

Originally Posted by METROPOLITAN_ILOILO

Me too. Ano ni sya ang BAhay Mcdonald haw?

Is it also a Heritage Building?

Any pics?

Bahay Bulilit is some sort of day-care center constructed by McDonalds. It's very small, but colorful nevertheless.