Historia de Bais City

Baisanon Historian : Prof. Penn Tulabing Larena, CPS,MPA, KCR Photo by : Hon.  Thirdy Bouffard  and Sir    Lloyd R. Dionson The Gabaldon School Buildings or simply known as the Gabaldon's is a term used to refer to heritage school buildings in the Philippines built during the American colonial era               Sen.  Isauro Gabaldon These were the Commonwealth-era school buildings that were made possible by R.A. No. 1801, a bill Gabaldón had authored as a member of the Philippine Assembly in 1907. The early-20th-century bill ensured that a million pesos would be allocated to the building of schoolhouses (especially in the provinces) to go alongside the newly-implemented free public education system. The buildings were then designed by American architect William Parsons, who had also been the architect behind the Paco Railroad Station and the first Manila Hotel. As the Gabaldon School Buildings Conservation Act notes, the ...

HON. HERMENEGILDO “BINDOY” T. VILLANUEVA  Writer : Prof. Penn T. Larena ,CPS,MPA  Hermenegildo Villanueva was born on September 25, 1896 in the municipality of Bais, Negros Oriental, Philippines, son of Hermenegildo Regis Villanueva and Anselma Pinili Teves. He was Filipino citizen married to Asuncion dela Peña Larena who was the eldest daughter of prominent sugar baron Demetrio Larena and Maria Luisa dela Peña.  He learned his first lessons from his private tutor employed by his parents. He continued his studies in Cebu, attending one of the best schools of that time there, where he finished his secondary training. He finished a business course in Iloilo City. Just budding into full manhood during the early part of the revolution, young Hermenegildo saw glamours in the services for his country. Immediately at the outbreak of hostilities, he became Chief of the Local Revolutionary Army and secretary of War in the Negros Republic. He was also largely responsible ...