Binalaybay ni
Flavio Zaragoza Cano
Sugiran ta kamo,
kag akon isaysay
isa ka natabu
sa isa ka lin-ay

EXCERPTS from the Binibining Pilipinas 2008 pageant on Saturday night…
Judge: The question is, what role did your family play to you as candidate to Binibining Pilinas?

BOMBS FELL. Bullets sprayed. Sirens peeled.  It was December 8, 1941.  In Baguio City, President Manuel L. Quezon has summoned Tomas Confesor to a vital conference. From, his quarters in Pines View Hotel, Tomas Confesor saw the Japanese bombers and Zeros attack their chosen targets: Camp John Hay and the Philippine Military Academy.
This was it!  [...]

IN JANUARY 1943, Gov. Fermin Caram of the puppet provincial government of Iloilo wrote Gov. Tomas Confesor (March 2, 1891-June 6, 1951) of the Free Panay and Romblon Civil Government a vital letter asking him to surrender to the Japanese Imperial Army because there is no ignominy in surrender and that the people were suffering [...]

IN 1942, TOMAS CONFESOR (March 2, 1891-June 6, 1951), the governor of the Free Panay and Romblon Resistance Government, circulated a letter to boost the morale of guerillas in the two islands who were fighting the Japanese invaders. But somehow, copies have reached as far north as the Ilocos areas and as far south as [...]

TOMAS CONFESOR had always been a fighter – in time of war and in time of peace – always for the good of the people. His heroic defiance of the Japanese Imperial Army earned for him the commendation of the American people, as voiced by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On the other hand, his [...]

 
TODAY IS THURSDAY and it’s market day in Jaro. In an alleged ancient Ilonggo-Bisayan calendar*, Thursday is called Baylobaylo (barter) because it’s the usual trading day. Perhaps, the age-old tradition of trading during Thursdays has been carried down in time until the Jaro Thursday Market was established.

 
ILOILO was once dubbed as the “Textile Capital of the Philippines.” The late 18th century saw the development of large-scale weaving industry in the province which propelled its economy. Its products were exported to Manila and other countries. Sinamay, piña and jusi are examples of the products produced by the looms of Iloilo. Because of the rise [...]

TAKEN IN 1890 by Dean Conant Worcester (1866-1924), an American zoologist who later became a member of the United States Philippine Commission from 1899-1901, this is the only surviving photograph of the original church and convent of Balete, then a town in Capiz and now part of the province of Aklan.

 
POTTERY MAKING has been a thriving industry in Iloilo since time immemorial, with Hibao-an as its home. In fact, the area has been dubbed as the “Pottery Capital of Iloilo.” Half of Hibao-an belongs to Mandurriao district of Iloilo City and the other half is in the municipality of Pavia.