Bacólod Heritage Watch

[david_sonic15]

Originally Posted by SugarFreak

Summer art workshop set

The Negros Museum in Bacolod City will hold a Summer Art Workshop, April 16 to May 18, a press release from organizers said.

The event is aimed enhanching the participants' skills and interest in art. Courses will be taught by some of the foremost local artists of Negros Occidental, the press release said. Courses will include Play Art I (for ages 4-6); Play Art II (7-8); Visual Basics (9-12); Water Color (13-17); Acrylic/Oil Painting (13-17); Terra Cotta/Clay (for ages 13-17); and Junior Tour Guiding and Photography (open to all).

Interested parties may call The Negros Museum at Tel. Nos. 431 9451, 7085080, telefax 4334764, or email at negros_museum96@yahoo.com. source

Wow coOOOool!!! kung sino gusto sumali baka pwede pa...Go Artists!!!

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND ITS GENEALOGYhttps://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&i...f_gvzifmxa0&zw

[SugarFreak]

Originally Posted by david_sonic15

Thank you Bro!!! Soon makakapost na din ako..

OK! Pakisama nalang sa pics mo bro ang Museum dira. Di ba may ara nada? thanks. Btw, kakatapos lang naman ng Sinigayan Festival dyan sa Sagay.

[SugarFreak]

Bacolod artist holds US exhibit

Photo-artist Nanette Diaz-Milabo from Bacolod City successfully staged a one-woman exhibit, early this year at the Philippine Center in New York City, USA, a press release from event-organizers said.

Milabo brought along almost a hundred colorful photographs of the Philippine countryside, with her childhood paradise in Bago City, Negros Occidental, as the main focus of the exhibit called "Paradise in my Mind"

It aimed to promote the beauty of the country to Filipinos abroad and the rest of the world, and it is her heart's deepest desire to stir up a longing among her kababayans abroad to come back and visit their native land. source

[SugarFreak]

Homegrown talents

LA VIDA NEGRENSE

A variety show showcasing homegrown Negrense talents was recently held at the Fountain Area of Robinson's Mall by Sikat TV Variety Show that kicked off with R&B music by Willam Kramer and band to the delight of more than 500 guests.

The program featured a fashion show showcasing models like Pamela Lizares, Martina Yusay, Marj Dadivas, Tania Lopingco, Michael Yap, Angelo Araneta, Queenie and Nelsie Manahan, Geofrey Gonzalez, FHM model Jasmine Oquindo, Vernu Araneta, Eric Litonjua, Jesse Andal, Kevin Zaldarriaga, Margullan Macainan, Alan Motus, and Hollywood actress Lucy Liu look-a-like Charisse Imee Yap.

Other highlights were the dance numbers of Lithuim Elements, Danza of San Agustin, "Nursing All out 2 Dancers" of USLS and the children of NOHS. Fun portions include the game portion of Merci Pasalubong, that gave out free products to the audience. The show was hosted by Maika Limjap, Willam Kramer, Kirsty Jeanjaquet, and Gio Mendez.

The show is directed by Chona Gotiaoco, and coordinated by Tiffany Estrella with the special support from Aj Pelongco, Xerxes Malaga, Rey Ganon, Jude Cezar and Joe Rey Cabus who directed the fashion show. source


Pasalamat Festival opens
Monday in La Carlota City





The Pasalamat Festival in La Carlota City headed by Mayor Jeffrey Ferrer will kick off 6 p.m. Monday and end April 29, a press release from organizers said.

The activities will start with a "Rollo y Pinta" or scroll painting contest, at the festival park, at 8 a.m., followed by Pasalamat Agro- Trade Fair at the OLP ground; Palarong Panlahi, 9:30 a.m; Mass, 5 p.m., festival park. Slated on the second day, are the Pasalamat 4-Cock Derby at the Gallera de San Enrique, trisikad race; Palarong Panlahi, at Our Lady of Peach Parish Church and SMB Night at the Park, 7 p.m, the press release said.

The Pre-Pageant Night and Variety show is set 7 p.m. April 25; and the 26th, calendared are mural painting contest and other sports events and cultural programs

Event highlights are the festival dance and float parade, and arena dance competition from the Hall of Justice in Gurrea Street, down to the festival park, at 2 p.m., to be capped with a fireworks display at midnight. source

*ILLUSTRIOUS PHILIPPINE ARANETAS*

Throughout the ages the Araneta family has contributed to the society in which they lived. More recent notables include Filipinos who were prominent all over the country.

Felix M. Araneta, a prominent resident of Molo, Iloilo, was an influential supporter and financier of the revolutionary movement in the province of Panay, when the Philippine Revolution against Spain broke out in 1896-1898.

Juan Anacleto Araneta was designated Commanding General and Secretary of War of the Revolutionary Federal Republic of Negros in 1898.

General Pablo Soriano Araneta was a member of the revolutionary committee [comite de conspiradores] formed in Molo, Iloilo in March of 1898. He was one of the founders of the Federal Republic of the Visayas.

Gregorio Soriano Araneta, legal luminary, businessman, nationalist and patriot, served his country and people under three regimes.

Salvador Araneta, Harvard-trained Lawyer, Philanthropist, Cabinet Secretary and a distinguished Economist, was a delegate to the Philippine Constitutional Convention, circa, 1934 and 1971-1972. He was the founder and president of the ARANETA UNIVERSITY AND FEATI UNIVERSITY in 1946. He served as Secretary of Economic Coordination [1950-1952]. Appointed Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Philippine Republic in [1954-1955].

Teodoro C. Araneta, the prosperous lumberman, from Zamboanga was well-known in Manila business circles. He was a delegate to the Philippine Constitutional Convention in 1970.

J. Antonio Araneta was a well-known figure in Manila political and legal circles.

Luis Ma. Araneta was a familiar figure in local Architectural, Engineering and Construction circles.

J. Amado Araneta, a business tycoon, was the owner and founder of the ARANETA COLISEUM in 1960. He was the son of Marciano Yulo Araneta, erstwhile "El Presidente Municipal" of Bago, Negros Occidental.


Link - http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/raraneta/index.html

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[Animo]

By Rolly Espina

TWO genealogical tree researchers bared yesterday the first generation descendants of Placido and Ma. Jacobe Jaena and Fermin Lopez and Fernanda Regina Hechanova.

Both Placido and Fermin were sons of Maximo Lopez and Juliana Hilaria. Placido was the father of Graciano.

The confusion over who are the descendants of Graciano Lopez Jaena precisely stems from the fact that he was the only Lopez Jaena.

This was because he adopted a new family name - Lopez Jaena after sometime in Spain, apparently to distinguish himself from the many Lopezes there.

But because of the May 26 clan reunion in Silay City, both Ramon Conlu and Jose B. Lopez Jr. came out Thursday with the sons of Placido and Fermin, the two main branches of the Lopez family that will participate in the reunion.

Junior Lopez said the sons of Placido and Ma. Jacobe Jaena were Domingo Lopez, Pedro Lopez, Graciano Candelaria, Ramon and Doroteo. They were all Lopezes.

Only Graciano sported the shortened Lopez Jaena as family name. Normally in Spanish, there is a "y" before the maternal surname. But in Graciano's case, he simply went ahead and appended Jaena to Lopez.

Less known were the descendants of Fermin, the other son of Maximo and Juana Hilaria Lopez.

The reason-they had settled in Silay City and were not as involved in the life of Graciano, although later, they were just drawn into the circle of his fight against Spanish colonial policies.

Fermin's children included Eustaquio, Protacio, Marcelina, Vicenta and Cirillo.

The others were Pablo, Teopista, Mercedes, Agustin, Laurente, Agapito and Nicanor.

This became an urgent need when Edna Pamine of Victorias City showed up in Saturday's meeting of the clan leaders involved in the planning for the May 26 reunion at the Sta. Teresita Academy in Silay city.

Mrs. Pamine stressed that she had shrugged off invitations to join the clean meetings until she finally got hold of the court of appeals decision on a land case that showed that she was descanded from Agustin Lopez.

"First, we really need to help the descendants a chance to trace back their links to as far back as Placido and Fermin," stressed Conlu.

The reason-the clan reunion is principally sponsored by the progency of Fermin, especially Eustaquio. "We just want to put on record straight. Eustaquio, especially had helped Lolo Ciano.

That included helping finance his trip to Spain when Graciano went into self-exile," pointed out Jess Lopez of Silay who returned from the United States recently to help supervise plans for the reunion.

Virgilio Lopez also stressed the importance of the genealogical tree to make clan descendants more comfortable when they meet in what Conlu had dubbed as one family, one legacy.

Humbert Espina, former president of the Bacolod Capitol Lions Club now back in Seattle, Washington, said the reunion was long overdue and hailed the May 26 oplan as something that is worth supporting.

That was the same view from Mrs. Yolanda Espina-Llavore of San Diego California. Although she may not be able to attend the reunion, Inday also called on Lopez descendants all over to join the May 26 reunion.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac...in.negros.html

[Animo]

By the way the title should be Occidental Negros, no?

[kyle@1008]

Heritage Month 2007 schedule of activities

April 12


Thurs


Presscon @ Interconental Hotel

April 28


Sat


Gintong Lahi Primer featuring Philippine Youth Symphonic Band @ Harbor Square (beside CCP) 6:00pm (*)

April 30- May 2


Mon to Weds


Opening Ceremonies Samar, Leyte

May 1- 6





Philippine Landmarks @ Robinsons Lipa

May 3


Thurs


“Gintong Lahi”

(Performance of various artists using bamboo instruments.) @ CCP Main Theater 8:00PM

May 4-6


Sun


Bamboo Festival @ Marco Polo Hotel Davao 2:00PM

May 4-July 6


Fri


Lawiswis: Mga Kwentong Buhay Mula sa Kawayan @ Metropolitan Museum

w/ Banda Kawayan Performance 6:00PM

May 5


Sat


Bohol Churches Ceiling Paintings Photo Exhibit

@ Gameng: Museo Ilocos Norte, Laoag City (*)

May 5





Laguna Tour for Ambassadors

May 6




Sun


Lighthouse Exhibit @ Sta. Rosa Museum

4:30 PM

May 6


Sun


“Moda Flora Filipina” (Santa Cruzan)

@ Rajah Sulayman Plaza, 6:00 PM



May 7-12





Nat’l Artist Exhibit @Robinsons Galleria w/ Banda Kawayan

4:00PM

May 7-18


Mon


Manamit II , 12:00 nn



May 8


Tues


Lighthouse Exhibit with performance of Banda Kawayan

Marikina Quadrangle

10:00AM







Balagtasan, Hagonoy Bulacan 4:00PM

May 8





Santa Cruzan w/ Traditional Rigodon

Marilao, Bulacan 6:00PM

May 9





Vintage Jazz featuring Mon David & Tots Tolentino @ Eastwood (*)

May 11





Quisame: Bohol Churches Ceiling Painting Exhibit @ Makati Museum and performance of Banda Kawayan (*)

May 12


Sat


Pasig River Tour 4:00PM Guadalupe Port

May 15-28


Tues


Exhibit of Chinese & Filipino Traditional Medicine Medicine @ Bahay Tsinoy, Intramuros, Manila 4:00PM

May 14-28





Food Festival Featuring Filipino Cuisine at Lobby Lounge, Shangrila Hotel

May 16-23


Wed.


Philippine Colonial Bridges Exhibit & Stamp Launch @ Ayala Upper Level, Glorietta 6:00PM

May 17


Thurs


Mga Katutubong Awitin featuring Philippine Opera Company, Armando Salarza, Las Pinas Boys Choir & Banda San Jose @ St. Joseph Parish, Las Pinas

6:30PM (*)

May 17-June 17


Thurs


“Kawayanihan” at Intercontinental Manila Lobby

May 17- June 7


Thurs


Negrense Home Cooking Food Festival at Café Jeepney, Intercontinental Hotel

May 18


Fri


J Moreno Asean Collection Fashion Show @ NBC Tent, The Fort

6:30PM

May 18-20


Fri


“The resiliency o the Bamboo Tree in Creating works of Art” Exhibit in Silay City, Bacolod

“The Little Paris” Heritage Tour in Silay City w/ Culinary Competition

“Bamboo concert” at Kansilayan theater, Silay City

May 19-24


Sat


National Artist– Robinsons Place Manila w/ Banda Kawayan 4:00PM

May 20


Sun


Pampanga Tour

May 21


Mon


“Aton Panubli-on” Exhibit @ Robinsons Bacolod

May 22


Tues


Parao Parade in Iloilo City

May 23-31


Weds


Bangsa Moro Exhibit & Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group 5:00PM

May 24-


Sun


Bamboo furniture and accessories Exhibit

Rustans (*)

May 25


Fri


“The resiliency o the Bamboo Tree in Creating works of Art” Exhibit in Victorias, Negros Occidental

“The Little Paris” Heritage Tour / Culinary Competition

“Bamboo concert”, Victorias, Negros Occidental

May 28-29


Mon, Tues


Closing: Cagayan Valley

May 31


Thur




Ben Farrales Vintage Collection Fashion Show, Ballroom Waterfront Lahug, Cebu City 7:00 pm

follow the link:
http://filheritagefest.fateback.com/schedule.html

[kyle@1008]

There is an exhibit on negrense heritage houses in robinson's place bacolod ... it is part of the heritage month celebration,... Truly a must see for all you folks here in bacolod..

Link - http://rsaraneta.tripod.com/

[SugarFreak]

^yeap, nakita ko yong exhibit ng negrense heritage houses sa Robs Place Bacolod last saturday and with the some of ABS-CBN artists na nag caravan sila.

^Yes Neg. Occ. but understood naman siguro yong Occident Negros, ganda naman yan.

ARTICLES ABOUT THE ARANETA FAMILY
by Toto Gonzales

According to Araneta family members, you all come from the same ancestors who came from the Basque region of Spain eons ago. One of them joined the first Spanish expedition forces to Mindanao and served the Spanish Politico - Military Government of Mindanao based at Zamboanga City. One of his descendants even married a Muslim princess from the Kabungsul line of Maguindanao. In the middle part of the 17th century, they moved northwards to Molo, Iloilo where they married Chinese mestizas and established themselves in business, one of which was sugar planting and trading. In the early 1800s, some family members crossed the channel to Bago, Negros Occidental, and again established themselves as sugar planters. Also in the last quarter of the 1800s, a scion from Molo, Don Gregorio Araneta y Soriano, became a successful and prosperous lawyer in Manila and married Carmen Zaragoza y Roxas, of the prominent Spanish mestizo Zaragoza and Roxas clans of Manila, and established the Araneta name in Manila Society for the first time. In PostWar Manila, the industrialist Don J. Amado Araneta, of the Bago line, established the real estate empire of commercial Cubao.

In the Comments section of the post "`La Naval de Manila' at the Santo Domingo Church," you will find a digression on the line of Don Gregorio Araneta and why his marriage to Dona Carmen Zaragoza was a "social coup." There are also the posts "Patrician Iloilo" and "Chichi Bacolod" which mention the Araneta family members and some other relatives. And then the Comments sections of many of the posts talk about the same Manila people over and over again. It's just the way Manila is

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND ITS GENEALOGY
By Todd Lucero Sales

Published in Manila Bulletin & Cebu Daily News on June 2008

In fact in a complicated and Byzantine manner. almost all of our former leaders, prominent families and many of our current were and are related to one another, in one way or the other, other many times over. Most of all, these political leaders have paved the way for the perpetuation of kinship based politics. Politics in the Philippines was, is, and has always been, like the interrelated Rajahs and Datus and Sultans of pre - Hispanic Philippines, a birthright. To start off, one of President Emilio Famy Aguinaldo’s granddaughters, Ameurfina Melencio Herrera, served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court and was the second Filipina elevated to the high court. Two grandsons, Reynaldo Aguinaldo and Federico Aguinaldo Poblete, served as Mayors of Kawit, Cavite while two great-grandsons, Joseph Emilio Abaya and Emilio Aguinaldo IV served, respectively, as Cavite first district congressional representative and Kawit, Cavite councilor. President Aguinaldo's first cousin’s, General Baldomero Aguinaldo, great-grandson was Cesar E.A. Virata, a Prime Minster of the Philippines under President Marcos.


The Virata family, through marriage, is connected with the Acuña family. One Acuña member married into the prominent and rich Roxas family of Capiz, which is a branch of the Roxas family of Manila. The product of this marriage was former President Manuel A. Roxas, whose son Gerardo “Gerry” Roxas was a former Senator and whose grandson, Mar Roxas II is a Senator of the Republic. Also, due to his dalliance with Juanita McIlvain, former Miss Universe Margarita "Margie" Moran Floirendo just happens to be President Roxas' granddaughter. Margie Moran is also married to Representative Antonio “Tonyboy” Floirendo. President Manuel Roxas' wife, Trinidad de Leon, was the daughter of former Senator Ceferino de Leon. Senator de Leon's brother, Jose, married Doña Narcisa "Sisang" Buencamino, who became one of the most successful movie magnates of her time when she chartered her family-owned LVN Pictures into a dominant position in post-World War II Philippine cinema.. Narcisa's first cousin’s son was Philip Buencamino, who married Nene Quezon, daughter of President Manuel Luis Quezon.

Further, another scion of the Roxas family was Margarita Roxas, who was the first cousin of President Roxas’s great-great-grandfather and whose marriage to Antonio de Ayala produced Trinidad de Ayala. Trinidad later married Jacobo Zobel and started the legendary Zobel De Ayala family.

Some of the branches of the Roxas family married into the other aristocratic families of Manila: the Aranetas (Senator Gerry Roxas married Judy Araneta y Araneta), Ayalas, Elizaldes, Prietos, and more. One Roxas descendant is Enrique Zobel, head of the Ayala Group of companies; two others are the brothers Jose and Andres Soriano, current heads of San Miguel Corporation which their father started. Through the Roxas family's connection with the Aranetas, former Tourism Secretary and first Filipina Miss International titleholder Gemma Teressa Cruz-Araneta is also related by marriage to Pres. Roxas (click here to see the Roxas-Zobel-Soriano Family Tree) Gemma Cruz-Araneta’s husband’s cousin, Jorge L. Araneta, married the first Miss International, Maria Stella Marquez, who now runs the Binibining Pilipinas Pageant. It must also be remembered that Gemma Cruz's paternal great-grandmother was Doña Maria Rizal, the sister of Philippine national hero, Jose P. Rizal. Furthermore, Gemma Cruz's mother, Carmen, married twice. Her second husband was Angel Nakpil, the nephew of Julio Nakpil, composer of a second version of the Philippine National Anthem, who in turn was the second husband of Gregoria De Jesus, the “Muse of the Katipunan”. Gregoria de Jesus was also the widow of Katipunan founder Andres Bonifacio, who, some historians claim, was murdered upon the orders of Emilio Aguinaldo. Similarly, two of Gemma's first cousins, Paz and Maria Cruz Banaad, married Bienvenido and Roberto Laurel, respectively, relatives of President Jose P. Laurel. President Laurel’s own father, Sotero Laurel, was a member of the Malolos Congress of 1898 and his pedigree claims descent from Gat Masungit, allegedly a son of a Sultan of Brunei in the 1500s. Several of President Laurel's children became famous politicians in their own right. His eldest son, Jose Bayani, Jr., became Speaker of the House of Representatives and a candidate for vice-president in 1957 (Jose Macario Laurel, the eldest son of Jose B. Laurel, was a former Batangas Representative). His younger son, Salvador Roman "Doy" Laurel, was Vice-President from 1986 to 1992. Three other of Laurel's children also became prominent in politics and business. Sotero Cosme was elected to the Senate from 1987 to 1992; Jose Sotero Laurel III became Ambassador to Japan; and Mariano H. Laurel became president of the Philippine Banking Corporation (click here to see the Laurel-Rizal-Bonifacio connection).


Further into the Araneta family, two more of its members married presidential daughters; the first one being Juan Miguel Arroyo (of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental and a great-grandson of Negros Island Revolutionary leader Gen. Aniceto Ledesma Lacson and Rosario Emilia Araneta). He married then Ex President Ms. Gloria M. Macapagal, daughter of President Diosdado Macapagal. Former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo’s grandfather, Senator Jose Maria Pidal Arroyo, married Jesusa Araneta -Lacson, thus lining him to Senator Panfilo Lacson. Also, because the Macapagals have always maintained that they are direct descendants of Lakandula, the last King of Tondo, they can also claim to be related, albeit very distantly, from the royal family of Brunei. Thus, not only are GMA and President Laurel related many times over by marriage, they are also blood relatives because of their claimed descent from the royal house of Brunei.

The second Araneta to marry a presidential daughter was Gregorio Maria "Greggy" Araneta, who married Irene Romualdez Marcos, the youngest child of Ferdinand Edralin Marcos and Imelda Romualdez. (click here to see the Araneta connections). This Araneta-Marcos marriage further stretches these already complicated family connections, because Congressman Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is married to New York educated lawyer Mary Louise “Liza” Araneta-Marcos who is a grandniece of business tycoon J. Amado Araneta.

Ferdinand Marcos' grandfather's sister, Crispina Marcos, married Hilario Valdez. Their daughter, Angela Marcos Valdez, married Ambassador Narciso Ramos, who was also a district representative of Pangasinan from 1934 to 1946 and was the father of Fidel V. Ramos, also a President of the Republic, and Leticia Ramos-Shahani, a former Senator. Two nephews of President Ramos, Ranjit R. Shahani and Hernani Braganza, served as Governor of Pangasinan and Mayor of Alaminos City, Pangasinan, respectively. Narciso Ramos, after becoming a widower, married Alfonsita Lucero, whose father's maternal family, the Birondos of Argao, Cebu, married into the Almendras family of Cebu and Davao.

One of Alfonsita's cousins, William Birondo, married Kukit Tecala, whose uncle, Pedro Tecala Sr., married Sofronia Almendras. Two of Sofronia's siblings married into political families. Her brother, Paulo Almendras, married Elisea Durano, the daughter of Demetrio Durano and progenitor of the Durano family that has ruled Danao and Sogod, Cebu for many years. Its most popular member is Ace Durano, the present Tourism Secretary.

A son of Paulo Almendras was Senator Alejandro Almendras, whose marriage to a Bendigo of Davao City connected them to the ruling families of Davao: the Banggoys, Palma Gils, Lizadas, Nograleses, and many others. The current Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives is Davao City congressman Prospero “Boy” Nograles. The current mayor of Davao, Rodrigo Duterte, is also of the Duterte family of Danao, a rival political clan of the Duranos but one allied to them maritally, many times over. Senator Almendras' brother, Josefino, married Rosita Dimataga, the sister of Leonila Dimataga, who in turn was the wife of President Carlos P. Garcia. President Garcia’s father, Policronio, served as a mayor of Talibon, Bohol (click here to see the Ramos-Garcia-Durano connections).

Several other cousins of Narciso Ramos’s second wife Alfonsita, married into other political families or were themselves personalities in the Philippines: one cousin is Hilario G. Davide, Jr., former Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court and now the country’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations; another, Simeon L. Kintanar, served as Cebu’s second district representative to Congress; still another, James Lucero, married Nazarena Soon, whose sister, Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, is currently a member of the House of Representatives; still another cousin, Procopio C. Lucero, Jr. married Gliseria Gullas, the daughter Paulino Gullas and sister of Eduardo and Jose Gullas, all of whom served as members of the House of Representatives; still another cousin was Januaria Taguenca Cabrera, who married Don Victoriano Osmeña, an uncle of President Sergio Osmeña. Among all the Philippine presidential families, the Osmeñas of Cebu have had the most number of members who served in the government to date. Excluding Sergio Sr., the family has had four senators and four members of the House of Representatives. The clan has also produced a governor, a vice governor, a provincial board member, mayors, vice mayor, and several councilors. The Osmeña family remains the premier political dynasty of Cebu, and one of the most enduring dynasties in the country (click here to see the Ramos-Osmena-Cebu Reps. connections).

President Osmeña's half-sister was Doña Modesto Singson-Gaisano, the matriarch of the affluent Gaisano family of Cebu City. Modesta was a progeny of Don Pedro Gotiaoco, whose other descendants include Atty. Agusto Go, President of the University of Cebu and Honorary South Korean Consul; John Gokongwei, Jr., a great-grandson of Don Pedro Gotiaoco and the owner of Cebu Pacific, Robinson’s Mall, JG Summit, and many more; and the Sy-Gaisano family, who operate chains of shopping malls all over Visayas and Mindanao. A grandson of the brother of Don Pedro is Andrew Gotianun, who owns the FILINVEST Group and the East West Bank (click here to see the tycoons of Cebu).

Imelda Romualdez's marriage to Marcos also brought in many famous personalities. Imelda’s son, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., has served as Governor of Batac, Ilocos Norte while a daughter, Imee, currently a member of the House of Representatives, married Tommy Manotoc, whose mother was related to the wife of Eugenio “Genny” Lopez, whose family owns ABS-CBN, MERALCO, Sky Cable, and other major corporations in the country. A son of Imee Marcos and Tommy Manotoc is Borgie Manotoc, a model.

Aside from being a capitalist clan, the Lopezes are also into politics: one member, Fernando Lopez, was a former senator and served as Vice-President under President Elpidio Quirino and Ferdinand Marcos; all in all, six members of the Lopez clan have served as Vice-President, Senator, and House Representatives. A great-nephew, Manuel “Beaver” Lopez, Jr., married Jacqueline “Jackie” Estrada, daughter of President Joseph Ejercito “Erap” Estrada, whose own wife, Dr. Loi P. Estrada, and son, Jinggoy, have served as Senators of the Philippines.

Imelda’s own niece, Marean Romualdez, daughter of her brother Leyte Governor Alfredo Romualdez, married Thomas Pompidou, the grandson of former French President Georges Pompidou (click here to see the Ramos-Marcos-Estrada connections).

Imelda's first cousin, Senator Danieling Romualdez, married Pacita Gueco of Tarlac. In an ironic twist of fate, Pacita Gueco happened to be the first cousin of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. Of course, the Aquinos themselves are one of the premier political clans of the country and a scion of the Aquino clan was Senator Eva Estrada Kalaw, one of the Philippines' very first female senators. Ninoy Aquino’s own grandfather, Don Servillano Aquino, was a member of the Malolos Congress while his father, Benigno Aquino, Sr., also served as Philippine Senator. A sister of Ninoy, Tessie A. Oreta, also became senator of the Philippines while uncles Agapito and Herminio and nephew Jesli A. Lapus, served as members of the House of Representatives. Ninoy’s own son, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, currently sits as a Philippine Senator and, as already mentioned, is a presidential hopeful for the 2010 elections.

Ninoy's marriage to the heiress Corazon Cojuanco also allied his family to another political dynasty. Corazon Aquino, after her husband's heroic death in 1983, later became the country's first female Chief Executive. Her maternal family, the Sumulongs, have also produced several lawmakers: her grandfather, Juan Marquez Sumulong, was a three-term senator while an unlce, Lorenzo Sumulong, and cousins, Victor Sumulong and Emigdio S. Tanjuanco, Jr., served as members of the House of Representatives. The Cojuangco family, on the other hand, owns one of the oldest-existing haciendas in the country today, and the Cojuangcos control many of the country's business enterprises. Cory Aquino’s eldest brother and the acknowledged patriarch of the clan, Don Pedro Cojuangco, is married to Sari Cacho-Cojuangco. Sari Cojuangco’s sister Maria Milagros Cacho-Araneta is the mother of Liza Araneta-Marcos (Bongbong Marcos’ wife). In fact, Liza Araneta-Marcos’ sister was one the personal secretaries of Cory Aquino when she was President! They have also done very well in politics: Cory’s own grandfather, Melecio, was a member of the HOR. Her brother Jose “Peping” Jr., cousins Eduardo “Danding” Jr., Mercedes, Carlos, and Marcos, and nephew Gilbert C. Teodoro, have all served as representatives to congress. Gilbert C. Teodoro, as mentioned above, is another 2010 elections presidential hopeful.

Further, two Cojuangcos, sons of Cory's cousins Ramon and Eduardo, respectively, married Rio Diaz (Charlie Cojuangco), sister of former Miss Universe Gloria Diaz and Gretchen Baretto (Tony Boy Cojuangco). Gretchen's sisters are Claudine and Marjorie, themselves married to actors. Cory's niece, equestrienne Mikee Cojuangco, married Dodot Jaworski, son of basketball legend and Sen. Robert Jaworski. Senator Jaworski, on the other hand, married Susan Bautista Revilla, daughter of Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr., whose son Bong Revilla was a former governor and Senator. This connection, no doubt, extends this family tree to most of the country's movie personalities (click here to see the Aquino-Cojuangco connections).

Clearly, this Byzantine illustration of family connections is proof of the intricacies of Philippine politics. In this short presentation, we have already linked no less than 12 of our 14 Presidents (click here to view diagram), one Prime Minister, two former Ms. Universe and two Ms. International titleholders (click here to view diagram), several senators, and many other personalities, political or otherwise. We have even connected our "Philippine Family Tree" to a former French President and the Royal family of Brunei! Imagine what further research into the other family trees could reveal?

Philippine politics, undoubtedly, is still a family affair.

Author’s note: (1) The original title of this article was RP Politics: Family Affair. I have, since then, made a lot of improvements to the original article and now have actual charts to show how these people are related. (2) All the abovementioned facts can be checked. To give the readers an idea of where these information came from, I have collated genealogical data from several internet sites (GMA7’s research during the SONA2007 really helped a lot), from books such as the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s “The Rulemakers”, and Alfred C. McCoy’s “An Anarchy of Families”. Many of the information here were collected over many years of research, and, just like an actual tree, this article will continue to expand as more genealogical data will come to light. Of course, corrections or additions to this article will be appreciated! Thanks also to Roland Oscar Araneta for sharing the Araneta Family website and for the many information I got that helped connect many personalities here. (Todd Lucero Sales).

Author’s request: The writing of this article was a laborious process. While I am not asking for any payment for every reposting of this article, I would like to request all those who wish to cite or repost this article to please, please cite my name as a source. Thanks!






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WHAT IS GENEALOGY?
By Roland Oscar Araneta

Genealogy is one of mankind's oldest fascinations. It has roots in almost every religion in the world. In the Bible, both the old and new testaments have genealogical information enumerated in detail, albeit in the patrilineal (father's) descent. The classical Greek authors also elaborated on the ancestry of heroes and gods, and these later also became the foundation of the claims of Roman emperors to be descended from divinity.
Genealogy comes from the Greek ãåíåá, genea, which means "family"; and ëüãïò, logos, which means "knowledge". In other words, it is the study of one's family, one's family history to be precise. Before it even became a formal branch of history people already kept records of their family trees, which is really the most basic of genealogical work. From family trees people progressed to tracing their pedigrees, which is a chart showing the direct lineal ascent of a child to his parents, his parents' parents, and so on. Much of those whose ancestry were traced and documented, however, were from the ruling class. It was only later in the modern world when even the lowliest of social class started to document their family history.
Genealogy also often goes hand-in-hand with Heraldry, or the study of coats-of-arms and family shields and insignias. This is because in the Middle Ages, most of those who were granted coats-of-arms were of course from the nobility, and as such in keeping records of arms grants family trees were also recorded, as well. Heraldry, though ultimately as very essential part of genealogical research, is in its own right a discipline.
As already mentioned, genealogy in its original form, genealogy was mainly concerned with the ancestry of rulers and nobles, often arguing or demonstrating the legitimacy of claims to wealth and power. Many of these claimed ancestries are, of course, considered now by modern scholars to be fabrications, especially the claims of kings and emperors who trace their ancestry to gods, to biblical characters, or the founders of their civilization.
However, records of persons who were neither royalty nor nobility began to be taken by governments in order to keep track of their citizens (In most of Europe, for example, this started to take place in the 16th century). As more of the population began to be recorded, there were sufficient records to follow a family using the paper trail they left behind.
As each person lived his or her life, major events were usually documented with a license, permit or report that was stored at a local, regional or national office or archive. Genealogists locate these records, wherever they are stored, and extract information to discover family relationships and recreate timelines of persons' lives.
In China and other Asian countries, genealogy books are used to record family members' names, occupations, etc. Some books are kept for hundreds or even thousands of years. In India, in the eastern state of Bihar, there is a written tradition of genealogical records among Maithil Brahmins and Karna Kayasthas called as "Panjis", dating back to 12th century AD. These records are still consulted during marriages.

It was only in the seventies when the study of family histories started to get another fresh wave of interest from the common folks. The release of the television adaptation of Alex Hailey's novel, Roots: The Saga of An American Family, generated interest among people worldwide. In his book, Hailey chronicles the lives of his black ancestors, ending with his trip to Africa and meeting with the long-lost tribe of his slave forebear. Although much of the vivid details in the book, are, obviously imagined, Alex Hailey later said that in order for him to write those details he had to experience much of those he believed his ancestors experienced. As an example, for him to write as accurately as possible the feelings his ancestor Kunta Kinte had when he was chained to a filthy section of a slave boat going to America, Hailey had himself chained in a moving boat and ate, urinated, and defecated in the same area as he imagine his ancestor must have done in the past, thus creating a vivid, realistic feel in the narration of his forebear's suffering.

Since then, more and more professional genealogical institutions have sprouted offering genealogical services to the common man. The study of family history, in its entirety, has a lot of components, a brief discussion of each will be made here.

Family trees may be matrilineal, or traced through the female line, which was the common practice in ancient times. It must be remembered that in primitive times people regarded the female as divine, and the right to rule was derived from the female line. It may also be patrilineal, or traced through the male line. Modern day researches generally do bi-lineal tracing, which would include both the male and female lines.

First Name and Surname Histories

As a rule of thumb, most experts on family history would advise anyone interested in genealogy to always begin with what one already has: his first and last names. In many instances, people will already get a colorful history of his family just by working on his given and last names. Often, the first or middle names are derived from a relative or direct ancestor. For instance, in my maternal grandmother's family, it was always the practice to name the first child born after a death of an elder after the deceased. This practice has roots to antiquities; families tend to give a newborn child the name of a recently deceased ancestor to "keep the memories of the dead loved one"

Surnames developed in an almost predictive way: the first name is usually appellated with a description of the place, origin, or characteristic of the first bearer. Examples: a man named Jose who lived near a coastline would be known as Jose de Acosta, of Jose from the coast. Most often than not, this would soon be simplified to Jose Acosta; John, the son of Peter, would soon be known as John Peterson, and so on.

Most modern-day surnames are any of the following: patronymics, that is, names that designate the bearer as "a son of" or "a descendant of" the first bearer of the surname. In Russia, patronymics usually end with the suffix –ov: Romanov, "son or descendant of Roman", Semyonov, "son or descendant of Semyon or Simon", and Alexandrovitch, "son of descendant of Alexander". In Spain and other Spanish-speaking areas, patronymics usually end with –ez, such as Alvarez, "son or descendant of Alvaro", Rodriguez, "son or descendant of Rodrigo", and Martinez, "son or descendant of Martin". Some patronymics do not end in –ez, such as Manuel and Agustin. Other patronymics include English names like Williams and Johns; European names that end with –son or –sen such as Jansen or Peterson; and Islamic designations such as "bin" or "ibn", like Abdullah bin Saud, which means "Abdullah, son of Saud".

Another popular surname type are habitational or locational or place-names.These surnames are derived from any of the following: their house or original hometown of the first bearer of the surname, like Martin de Aragon, indicating "Martin, from the Spanish province of Aragon"; the common landmark found in the area from which the first bearer comes from, such as Jose Montano, which might indicate that "Jose lived near or in the mountains"; the common flora in the area, such as Espina, which would indicate an abundance of thorny bushes or plants in the place where the original bearer of the name comes from; or the common fauna in the area, like Gallos, indicative of the presence of many roosters in the area. In the Basque region of Spain families took as surname the name of their house, for instance Fernando de Araneta means Fernando from the Araneta house.

Occupational surnames are also common types of surnames, which would describe the trade or profession of the first carrier of the name. Such names generally developed in the same way as place-names started. Examples are Gunther Schmidt, which would mean that Gunther was originally a smith. Spanish surnames like Pescadero ("fisherman"), Labrador ("farmer"), and Herrero ("blacksmith"), are common Spanish occupational surnames.

The fourth surname category is descriptive or characteristic of the original bearer, such as Rufus or Red, which would mean the first bearer probably had bright, red hair. Others would include, other than colors, body structure, such as Slim; social status like King or Regis, which may indicate noble or royal birth or simply wealth, and so much more.

Other surnames have dual or even more origins. The surname Lucero, for example, which means brilliance or bright star, may indicate the first bearer as having red, flaming hair. It may also be occupational, as the early lamp-lighters were given the title "El Lucero". Other surnames may also simply be common words used in day-to-day language which have evolved through time. Many surnames in the Philippines, for example, are Spanish words or adjectives.

Heraldry

An important auxiliary to genealogy is Heraldry, which is the practice of designing, displaying, describing, and recording coats of arms and badges. Historically, coats-of-arms were used to distinguish the armies of one knight against another. Later on, these colorful banners were incorporated into family decorations and when these were already common practice, state authorities started regulating the use of arms.

Technically, a coat-of-arms is granted to a person, and not a family. The use of arms is also legally passed only to the eldest child. If other children wish to use it, the arms should be "differenced", or designed somewhat differently from the original. This early on, it must be understood that the only way for one to legally bear a coat-of-arms is first to prove descent from the original grantee of the arms.

When a woman inherits the right to use the arms, and gets married to another arms bearer (or armiger, as the technical term goes), the coats-of-arms of the man and woman have to be combined, or "marshalled".

There are many other colorful terms used in general heraldry. Through it's almost 900 years of history, heraldic terms have developed into colorful and interesting proportions. But the laws governing the use of arms today are not as strict as it was in the past. In the middle ages, when someone was caught using an arms that was not granted to any of his or her direct ancestor, imprisonment was the usual punishment.

Today, families who carry the same surname as that of an armigerous family indiscriminately use these arms. Such practice is common especially in countries like the Philippines and the United States where there are no governing bodies regulating the use of arms.

Pedigree Charts

A very important component of family tree tracing, a pedigree chart shows the direct lineal descent of one person to another. The most logical step to take in filling out a pedigree chart is to start with one's self, then with one's parents, and so on.

[SugarFreak]

CITY OF LA CARLOTA

INFANTE HERITAGE HOUSE (BALAY DAKU ANCESTRAL HOUSE)









CITY CHURCH

[SugarFreak]

Originally Posted by Pinoy_ako

Kyle@1008,

Is this the Balay ni Tan Juan Community Museum?

You're right. Tan Juan Araneta.

[kyle@1008]

one of the worst crimes the dictator did....

the former President , jealous of the power the sugar bloc that placed him in his position in the first place,....did many wrongs to their home, this was one of them and we must never forget, in honor of all those victims, eh and his social climbing wife inflicted upon the people...

[SugarFreak]

BACOLOD CHINESE TEMPLES: Colorful contributions


(Bacolod Chinese Temple along the street of Burgos Extension going to East Complex, Villamonte, Bacolod City)

The Chinese temples make up a colorful contribution to the integrated community in Bacolod. The oldest of these temples is the Fa Tzang Temple on Narra Avenue, whose high steps lead to the main altar of the Sakyamuni Buddha where devotees often go for the divinations of the kyu cham and kuak poy, the hundred wooden sticks and two half-moons that give the answers or advise to their problems and petitions.

Yung Tho Temple, a Taoist temple on Montelibano Drive, was built by the wealthy businessman Kaya Uy whose recent death was celebrated through a ritual performed by nuns from Taiwan meant to beckon the roving spirit of Kaya Uy to its resting place in the temple. At the main altar is the Lord Huan Sing Hu Chi, meaning very high and exalted, and to the left is the Kuan Ni Man, higher than a saint, the equivalent of Mama Mary. Inside the temple compound is the small chapel dedicated to Ma Cho Si, the saint of fishermen, also built by Kaya Uy who made his fortune in fishing.

Yuan Thong Buddhist temple is managed by monks from Kaohsiung, represented here by Master Yung Ko, the abbess. It worships the three Buddhas: the Gautama Buddha, the Buddha of the Eastern World (medicine) and the Buddha of the Western World (death). Tuan Thong, which has 1,200 members in the Philippines, 21 chapters and four temples, boasts of 10 million devotees all over the world and 1,600 monks and nuns. Their mission is education through media.

Another remarkable Chinese temple is the Bun Su Chosi Templein Tangub, which was built by a corporation owned by Adolfo Lim.

Although spectacular in architecture and embellishments, these temples share an ambience that is green and cool and calming. And redolent of a culture that has much to enrich Bacolod and the provinces of Negros.

THE FIRST PHILIPPINE ARANETAS

According to historical accounts and testimonies obtained from the elders in the family, the Philippine Aranetas originated from the Basque region of Northern Spain.

In 1723, during the Galleon Trade two brothers named Baltazar de Araneta and Don Jose de Araneta arrived in Manila aboard the Spanish Galeón,"La Sacra Familia". They came from the Basque region of Spain by way of Acapulco, Mexico. This was, however, not conclusive as some members of the family, disputed that the two are not brothers and Don Jose de Araneta must have been born in Gipuzkoa, but not Baltazar de Araneta, who was born in Mexico.

There are many conflicting testimonies about the beginning of the first Philippine Aranetas. Many of these stories were passed down verbally from one generations to another, it is more likely than not, that these stories have changed along the way. Some have it that Don Jose de Araneta was born in Zamboanga. If he was born in Zamboanga, therefore, he can not be the same person who arrived in Manila in 1723. Another stories has it that an Aranetas from the Basque region of Spain settled in Zamboanga. While others have their beginning with two brothers, who were priest, from Mexico. Until documentations to substantiate all these stories are found, the true facts remain unknown.

From articles written by Santiago Gomez [El Galeón de Manila en el siglo XVIII, Navios de la Carrera de Filipinas.] In reference to Baltazar de Araneta and Juan de Araneta. To wit; ''The Galeón Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Zaragosa", under the command of General Baltazar de Araneta and his master Captain Jose Antonio de la Madrid, sailed from Cavite on July 31, 1736, accompanied by the flagship N.S. Cavadonga, it arrived in Acapulco, Mexico, four months after. The same ship returned to Manila on August 20, 1739, (on board the ship was the newly appointed governor to the Philippines Gaspar Antonio de la Torre.)

Later, Baltazar de Araneta served the Spanish government as a Regidor of the Cabildo and Secretary of the Charitable Fraternity of the Mesericordia in Manila. He married Manuela de Aguirre. Baltazar died in Manila in 1750. "One line of the Araneta family descended from him."

Also there, was the Galeón Santisima Trinidad y Nuestra Senora del Buen Fin, familiarly known as El Pederoso (The mighty.) The governor, Jose Francisco Ovando y Solis ordered its construction, in the yards of Bagatao (island of Luzon), to replace the Nuestra Senora de Cavadonga, which was captured by British Admiral George Anson, commander of the frigate, HMS Centurion. Built in 1751, it was one of the largest ships in the islands. its first trip departed in mid - 1751, under the command of General D. Francisco Ustariz, with its master Captain Juan de Araneta. Without any setbacks, it returned to the Philippines in the spring of 1752.

A passage quoted from the book Islas Filipinas: Mindanao Vol. 11, by Benito Francia and Julian Gonzales Parrado which was translated in the Chabacano dialect by Datu Michael Mastura, establishes two facts: First, Don Jose de Araneta served the Spanish Politico-Military Government of Mindanao based at Zamboanga City. Second, he served as interpreter between the Spanish colonial government and the Sultan of Maguindanao, together with Placido Alberto de Saavedra. Another passage in the document revealed that in 1746, Don Jose Araneta was executed in Sulugan, Mindanao nowadays known as Anuling in Cotabato, Philippines. However, There are conflicting information drawn from translations of various documents pertaining to him.


Before the turn of the century, two of Don Jose's sons, Mathias Araneta and Vicente Araneta left Zamboanga province for Iloilo. They settled in Parian [Molo]. Don Jose's other son Benito, followed them afterwards. Years later, Vicente Araneta with his family moved and established their residence in the province of Negros Occidental starting the Negros branch of the family.

The Philippine Aranetas of today are descendants of Don Jose de Araneta and Baltazar de Araneta.

References:

Portal Archivos General de Indies (Por Santiago Gomez)
Islas Filipinas: Mindanao (Por Benito Francia and Julian G. Parredo)

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