By:
Sarreal D. Soquiño-CHI Incorporator
The need to promote the study of the Capisnon history and culture has now become an urgent task. The continued research and interpretation of our local history will lead us to understand fully well our past in a proper perspective, the Capisnon view. Thus, the founders and pioneering members of the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘History’
June 14, 2009
Capiz Historical Institute: Its Inception
March 17, 2009
64th Anniversary of the Liberation of Panay and Romblon
March 18 has been declared a non-working special holiday in the islands of Panay and Romblon including the cities of Iloilo and Roxas in line with the commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the liberation of Panay and Romblon.
The celebration will be observed at the Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine in Jaro, Iloilo City. It [...]
February 23, 2009
Proclamation No. 1728: Feb. 23, Special Holiday for All Schools in observance of the 23rd Anniversary of the EDSA Power Revolution
February 23 was declared as a Special Holiday in all schools nationwide. This declaration was based on the Proclamation No. 1728 signed by the Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita as ordered by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
According to Sec. Ermita, this special holiday for all private and government schools in all levels is in relation to the observance [...]
October 26, 2008
THE CAPIZEÑOS: March of Excellence
And since the character of Capizeños has been molded through the years in the crucible of excellence, Capiz and Capizeños have nowhere to go but on the top of the heap, so to speak.
In her universally acclaimed magnum opus, THE MARCH OF FOLLY(New York: Ballatine Books, 1984), Professor Barbara W. Tuchman, eminent American historian, [...]
September 21, 2008
The Revolutionary Uprising in the Ilaya Section of Capiz (1897-1898) by Sarreal D. Soquiño
The excesses of the Spanish colonial regime, compounded with the abuses of the guardia civiles (civil guards), had exacerbated further the miserable lives of the inhabitants of Ilaya (now Capiz)1, located at the northeastern portion of Panay island, Philippines. As the majority of the population of the province- referring only in the Ilaya section [...]
