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Saturday, 18 October 2025
VICTORIAS TOWN HISTORY: THE TOWN COUNCILORS AT THE WAKE OF DON FELIX MONTINOLA
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On the previous post, I talked about the photograph of the wake of Don Felix Montinola on the second floor of municipio that he helped build...
Thursday, 25 September 2025
SEPTEMBER 25, 1949: THE WAKE OF DON FELIX L. MONTINOLA AT THE AYUNTAMIENTO OF VICTORIAS TOWN
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On September 25, 1949, Don Felix L. Montinola, who was the 9th mayor of Victorias from 1934 to 1940, died peacefully in his home in Victoria...
Friday, 22 August 2025
History That You Can Touch: 1811 Mexican Reales Coin used in the Philippines during the Spanish Period
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I wonder if this coin is the oldest one in town. In my blog about my 1821 Mexican reales coin (read blog here) , I referenced to the histor...
Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Our 50-Year Old Uway Baskets
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Back in the 1970s, my father, who worked at the local branch of PNB, was gifted by his client with this uway basket with an attached cover....
Monday, 30 June 2025
Philippine Elections 2025: A Letter to a Mayor-Elect
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Days before he is sworn in as our City's new mayor, I wrote a letter to the mayor-elect to teach him a few lessons on how to be one. ...
Friday, 9 May 2025
Throwback Blog: THE 2002 CLORETS URBAN HUNT
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One workday morning in early April 2002, Remy, my classmate at Alliance Francaise de Manille, the cultural arm of the French Embassy where w...
Monday, 24 March 2025
My Mother's La Familia Sagrada Carved in Wood
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I noticed a small wooden sculpture of the Holy Family that was gathering dust at my mother's altar in her old room. I took it out, clean...
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