The Panay phase of the Filipino-Amnerican War began on February 11, 1889 and ended in the middle part of 1901 upon the surrender of Gen. Martin Delgado, Gen. Adriano Hernandez, Gen. Leandro Fullon, Col. Quintin Salas and other prominent leaders. By the end of 1901, there was no more “ilustrado” revolutionary leader of note left [...]

Writ large in blazing red was the theme of the regional assembly of the Panay Alliance-Karapatan, Aug. 10, 2009, at the Jubilee Hall of the St. Clement’s Compound in La Paz, Iloilo City: Papag-unon ang ikasarang kag palaparon ang kahublagan sa pagdampig sang tawhanon nga kinamatarung sang pumuluyo sa atubang sang malubha nga pagpanglapas. (Strengthen [...]

Nationalism is a concept that has a very broad and vague meaning. It is a concept where the meaning lies on how people interpret it on the basis of their experiences and pre-conceived beliefs. Ideally, it is understood as the feeling of belongingness which uplifts the spirit of oneness to fellow countrymen and, at the [...]

“Isko! Isko! Uyugon mo! Uyugon mo!” Shake it! Shake it! The kids at the bottom of the tree were insistent. Isko was nestled on a branch of the datiles, savoring one ripe, juicy datiles fruit he had just picked and gobbled. Still chewing, his left hand circling the trunk for balance, he vigorously shook a [...]

Japan has been given the moniker “Land of the Rising Sun” throughout most of its history. This has come about because of the myth that the country’s imperial family descended from the Sun Goddess. But, another implication of the title is because of the enviable position of Japan as a very progressive, powerful and influential [...]

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 [...]

At times in the workaday world, we hear the stressed employee say as he goes about his work: “trabaho lang.” Yes, it’s just a job. Be done with it. Everything gets mechanical, perfunctory, emotionless. He/she hurries up with the routine, oblivious of the “tlc”—tender, loving care that must go with the work at hand. Absent [...]

Janiuay is one of the municipalities of the province of Iloilo. It is an interior town about a thirty-minute jeepney ride distance from Iloilo City and is located on plain land by the southeast and on partly hilly land by the northwest. It is bounded by three other municipalities: Maasin in the south, Lambunao in [...]

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Who were the Pulahanes? What role did they play in Philippine history? Very little is known about these groups or these movements. In most standard history books, they are just consigned to the footnotes. The work of Richard Arens (1959), on the other hand, although it deals substantially with the Pulahanes, retained the mainstream interpretation [...]

On the occasion of its 34th Foundation Anniversary on June 26, 2009, the Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS) formally opened to the public its Museum of Local Textiles featuring more than two dozens of patadyong woven locally. This, in effect, is an expression of recognition on the role that the patadyong played in the [...]