BONIFACIO BALUYOT CAMACHO, a lawyer from Abucay, was the 11th congressman of Bataan. He was a member of the so-called Second Congress. His term started on June 1, 1946, a month before the inauguration of the Philippine Independence and served until December 30, 1949. He still holds the title of being the only Abucay native […]
JOSE ISIDRO NAVATO CAMACHO is the first Balanga native who served as Secretary of Energy and, later on, Secretary of Finance of the Philippines.
CESAR BANZON BAUTISTA was the 13th Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom (England) and Northern Ireland from 1999 until 2003. He was also the Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) from 1996 to 1998. Ambassador Bautista is the son of the late Pascual Bautista and the former Milagros T. Banzon, first muse […]
THEMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVES I wrote this writing on my grandfather, Don Manuel Banzon Sr because he has a place in the History of Bataan and our country (Philippines) due to the significant contributions which he has doneand given for the Progress and History of Bataan and the Philippines. I researched, explored and […]
HUGO BANZON (1850-1898), an uncle of former Bataan Congressman Manuel Banzon Sr., was a revolutionary leader and patriot. He was the lone fatality during the successful uprising of Balanga rebels against the Spaniards in May 1898. When the Filipino-Spanish hostilities broke out in Balanga in the afternoon of May 28, 1898, Hugo Banzon, a wealthy […]
MANUEL DE LEON BANZON SR. (1884-1976) was Bataan’s sixth Congressman. He represented the province in Congress from 1925 to 1928. One of his major accomplishments was the completion of the old Bataan National Road from Dinalupihan to Lamao, Limay. Congressman Banzon was born in Balanga on June 13, 1884. He was the eldest of seven […]
MERCEDITAS NAVARRO-GUTIERREZ of Samal served as Ombudsman of the Philippines during the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo starting on December 1, 2005. Prior to her appointment as the country’s top graftbuster, Atty. Gutierrez was the chief presidential legal adviser of President Arroyo.
The Miclats of Orani ALMA CRUZ MICLAT is a native of Barangay Masantol, Orani, who gained international prominence in the fields of arts and literature. The book “Beyond the Great Wall: A Family Journal” which she co-authored with her husband Mario Miclat and two daughters, Maningning and Banaue, was a 2006 National Book awardee for […]
LIGAYA PAGUIO JORGE, PhD is a multi-titled and multi-awarded lady professional from Hermosa who also served as Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (MPWTC) from 1977 until 1981. She is a retired professional lecturer in Public Administration at the Graduate Schools of the University of Santo Tomas, Centro Escolar University […]
FE GARCIA BANZON-FUENTEBELLA was vice-consul at the Philippine Embassy in New York in the 1990s and later on, appointed as Consul General at the Embassy of the Philippines in Ankara, Turkey.
