Iloílo & Panay Island Heritage Watch

[overtureph]

Thanks!

[habagatcentral1]

Originally Posted by [dx]

Yup, here it is:

Those cannons that you see in the right portion of the portrait are now found in front of Museo Iloilo in Bonifacio Drive, Capitol Grounds.

On the other hand, only the base of the Fort exist...no walls or physical traces of the old Fuerza exist today except the base no thanks to the American's "to liberate is to destroy."

[oboi]

I happen to passby this structure last week and I noticed the building is being gutted inside. I don't know whether they're doing restoration works or they're demolishing the building.

I wasn't able to take a recent pic of the building. Below is the pic I took in 2007.

[habagatcentral1]

Neither do I. I haven't heard of anything about the Distillera's fate since I left Iloilo last year.

[oboi]

I thought I wasn't able to snap a shot of the structure. Here's the building now.


April 14, 2009

[spacewagon1]

they need to improve the old buildings in the city. Right now, some or many of them look like an eyesore than a turistic site.

[habagatcentral1]

Another heritage site has been torn down in Molo, Iloilo City.
The Locsin ancestral house was sold to a private investor and has been torn down. The local heritage council was powerless to have it prevented as their mandate only covers the Calle Real CBD and the six plazas of the city...the price of snail-paced planning and implementation!


The house on the lower left corner of the photo beside Molo Church was the one demolished.

Originally Posted by IAMME

Is it too late?
I can't believe my eyes when I passed by the right side of Molo Church a while ago.

[BergenScooterPatrol]

Old Iloilo Pictures from the Old Philippines Facebook page. Pictures and text are from the owner of the FB account


Bull carts parked in front of Castle Brothers Wolf and Sons building, Iloilo, 1907


Iloilo Presidencia, Iloilo, 1928


Miagao Church, Iloilo, 1890s


Municipio at Arevalo, Iloilo, 1907-1916

[habagatcentral1]

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[BergenScooterPatrol]

Originally Posted by habagatcentral1

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[Pacific_leopard]

Calle Santo Rosario
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anyways more pictures from downtown Iloilo
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[shyaman]

Originally Posted by Pacific_leopard

Calle Santo Rosario
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Where is this? Never been to this place before...

[habagatcentral1]

Originally Posted by shyaman

Where is this? Never been to this place before...

Just beside Plaza Libertad going to Fort San Pedro. If maghalin ka sa Fort San Pedro, because General Hughes is one way going to the port, Calle Santo Rosario is one way going to Plaza Libertad.

Jaro CPU jeepneys pass by here.

[habagatcentral1]

Originally Posted by habagatcentral1

My blog post about the sad fate of Casa Locsin
A Loss in Ilonggo Heritage: Locsin House of Molo, Iloilo

Correspondence with Iloilo City's local heritage council (ICCHCC)

Iloilo City Cultural Heritage Conservation Council (ICCHCC) tried to talk to the Locsin heirs, but they were in a hurry to dispose of the house. It was only the house that was sold - the wood, to a buyer in Bacolod. The representative of the family, Mr. Dennis Locsin, has put down in writing that the family will consult the council (ICCHCC) in the event that the lot will have a buyer - we really don't know how binding this is. The council is planning, to have the area surrounding the church declared a heritage zone which will be subject to the council"s IRR. In the meantime, we are focusing on heritage and culture awareness. On August 19 and 20, we will be conducting a workshop in cooperation with UP Visayas Center for West Visayan Studies and the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc (RAFI) to promote pride in Ilonggo-Bisaya culture and heritage. The target group will be cultural workers and educators.

-Dr. Kristin Treñas, ICCHCC

[Asturiano]

Truly Sad that house had witness so much history. It add another character into the plaza as a whole w/o it something is not right. Just like that another ancestral house went into ruble. Too bad the preservation society had little power to stop it.

[Animo]

Henry F. Funtecha, Ph.D.

Although the town of Molo, which is now one of the districts of the city of Iloilo, is small in size when compared to other towns, it played a giant role in the history of the Philippines. Its area is only 4,205,600 square meters (Angayen 1970) but it served in various periods as Iloilo’s trade center, as “Athens of the Philippines” and as the birthplace of prominent leaders in the country’s history.

Long before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Iloilo was already having a flourishing trade with the Chinese through Molo. Some of the Chinese traders eventually decided to settle down in the place and took local women as their wives. Thus, upon the arrival of the Spaniards, they found Molo already having a considerable number of Chinese inhabitants who were engaged in the buy-and-sell business. Today, the descendants of these early Chinese settlers can be found in such names as Consing, Ditching, Lacson, Layson, Locsin, Yulo and Yusay. On the part of the native Moleños, it can be found in family names like Mabilog, Mabaquiao, Mabunay, Macalalag, Magahum, Maluto and Mejica (Ibid).

In the second half of the 19th century, Molo earned the sobriquet “Athens of the Philippines” or center of learning. It was here that schools like the Instituto de Molo, Centro Escolar and Colegio de Santa Ana were established. Instituto de Molo was founded by Manuel Locsin while Centro Escolar was owned by the brothers Perfecto, Fernando and Felix Salas. Colegio de Santa Ana was an exclusive school for girls founded by the Avanceña sisters: Jovita, Ramona and Josefina. Some of the teachers in these schools were graduates of universities in Manila, Madrid in Spain, London in England and Paris, France.

Molo was also the birthplace of prominent personalities who played significant roles in the nation’s history. Among them were: Gregorio Araneta, the secretary of the Malolos Congress under the leadership of Emilio Aguinaldo; Gen. Aniceto Lacson, revolutionary leader and president of the independent cantonal government of Negros; Ramon Avanceña who became chief justice of the Supreme Court; Jose Zulueta who served as Iloilo’s representative in the Philippine Congress for twenty-one years; Raymundo Melliza, one of the leaders of the revolutionary movement against the Spaniards in Iloilo; and Esteban de la Rama, famous entrepreneur and owner of the De la Rama Steamship Co.

Other prominent individuals associated with Molo were: Gil Montilla, Francisco Villanueva, Jose Ma. Arroyo, Espiridion Guanco, Mariano Yulo, Gregorio Yulo, Mariano Arroyo, Jose Yulo Regalado, Angel Corteza, Pablo Araneta, Rodolfo Ganzon, Timoteo Consing, Perfecto Salas, Felicisimo Feria, Miguel Unson, and many more.

Speaking of famous persons, it must be noted that Molo was visited by the national hero, Jose Rizal, in August 1896 on his way to Manila from Dapitan. He saw the Molo Church which, according to him, was beautiful in both its external and internal features. He also admired the beauty of the house of Don Lucio Lacson found in front of the church. Don Lucio was the father of Gen. Aniceto Lacson who, together with Gen. Juan Araneta, was responsible in liberating Negros Occidental from the hands of the Spaniards and who, subsequently, became the head of the independent cantonal government of Negros.

Not to be ignored is the fact that Molo is where the most beautiful neo-classical Gothic church in the whole of Western Visayas is located. Viewed outside, the church is the dominant structure in Molo. Its twin belfries break the skyline and one can hear the tolling of its bells for kilometers. It is affectionately known as the “Women Church” because of the sixteen nearly life-sized images of female saints occupying the columns on either side of the church’s central aisle.

[Eduardo Olivares]

Originally Posted by Animo

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Epifanio B. Montinola

Saludos! This is my grandmother, maiden name Potenciana Aldeguer, wife of Eduardo Olivares Tello de Meneses. I have sent a private message, please reply. I am Eduardo Carlos Olivares Remedios, Aldeguer y Aldeguer. My parents were both born in IloIlo, their mothers were first cousins. If Spanish is your preferred language, hablo y escribo en Espanol. My email address is <edward.olivares1@gmail.com>

[jpdm]

Originally Posted by Pacific_leopard

Calle Santo Rosario
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These are very nice old houses/buildings!

Hopefully they will be restored just like those old houses in Vigan for tourism purposes..

[Wonderboy]

I received this e-mail from a friend. I hope we can help our fellow Ilonggo regarding this issue. He can be reached through his e-mail below.

Thank you.

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From: James Amsua <jamesamsua at yahoo dot com>
To: G Barretto-Tesoro <barrettotesoro at yahoo dot com>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:32:45 PM
Subject: Eloisa bridge

Demolition of heritage bridge in Iloilo

24 August 2009

Mayroon po kaming heritage group dito sa alimodian. We called it Alimodian Heritage Conservation Society, Inc. Isa na po akong nag organize at founder ng group. Last August 3, our mayor wrote a letter to the President requesting to demolish the bridge and replace with the new bridge under presidential bridge program. Kaso, we didn't knew it about this? siguro isa kaming NGO at any moves ng mayor hindi namin alam. eventually one of our member, was the sangguniang bayan so immediately inform us regarding the approval of the sangguniang bayan to demolish the bridge. So we wrote to the president also and we express our opposition for the demolition of the old spanish bridge. eventually the president take action under the office of usec. yabot informing the dpwh regional office to cancel the demolition. Right now the mayor is asking for the support of the people to pursue their plan.... and what is the image of our heritage group? kami pa ang mga masasama
dahil sa development ng bayan.
Para clear ang pangyayari ito ang mga precursors:
1. Last July 30, may accident na nangyari sa bridge at namatay ang tatlong tao sa lugar, ito ang unang rason na sinulat ni mayor sa presidente.. . in fact the cause of the death of three person was mechanical at negligence ng driver...hindi ang tulay ang dahilan...pano overloaded at nawalan ng break so tumalon ang jeep sa tulay.
2. Last August 5, unting unting nahuhulog ang parte ng tulay sa bandang east at gumoho ito dahil mahina na ang napatungan ng tulay. kaya gumuho sa tubig.
Sulat ni Mayor:
1. Sumulat si mayor sa presidente na wakasan na ang tulay dahil may na matay sa lugar refer to his letter dated aug. 3 2009 address to madam gloria and replace under GMA bridge program worth 10 million.
2. Ayon sa DPWH, ang tulay ay hindi safety sa tao dahil may crack sa loob at baka guguho ma ng malaki.
3. Nag sulat si mayor sa regional office ng dpwh na nag collapse na ang bridge last aug. 4, 2009 at requesting usec. yabot to release the funds.
Reaction ng Alimodian heritage society:
1. Hindi ang tulay ang dahilan sa pagkamatay ng tatlong tao, dahil kasalan ng driver overloaded. Ang pag hulog ng jeep noong july 30, 2009 ay natama-an ang isang poste ng tulay.. at baka gumalaw sa loob nito.
2. ang pag guho ng parte ng tulay sa may bandang east ay hindi na maka support ang lupa nito. at ang crack ay noong pang 1948 pa.
3. Pano masasabi ng mayor na nacollapse ang bridge? noong august 13, 2009 na daanan pa ni gloria at yabot ng dumating sila rito sa amin, at nag ground breaking pa sya? at hindi nila pinakita kay gloria nag tulay na dinaanan nila.
4. we wrote to the president thru pres. adviser for visayas sec. banias to give the letter to the president requesting her to suspend the request of the mayor for the demolition of the bridge. so nag take action ang palasyon at hindi pa magalaw ang tulay. kaso nag campaign na ang mayor at approved na ng local legislative body ang request ni mayor na eh demolish ang tulay.
Sana ma panatiling ang tulay, at gawa sila ng bagong tulay sa itaas yan ang gusto namin. sayang naman. nag kakagulo ngayon dito sa group namin at sa mayor.

[The Prince]