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Modesto P. Sa-onoy (born July 4, 1938) is a Filipino historian and journalist [1] specializing in the history of Negros Island in the Philippines.
He was born in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. He is an alumnus of La Consolacion College in Bacolod City, graduating there from high school in 1956, Bachelor of Arts in 1961, Bachelor of Science in Education in 1963 and Master of Arts in Education in 1965.
He has twice been President of the Negros Press Club, [2] first in 1982-1983, second in 1989-1990. He is married to Ma. Verobina Abeto and has two children, Aufred Paul and Angela Rosario. Conferred with Ang Banwahanon Award by the City of Bacolod, its highest recognition, October 19, 2001 Recognized with Most Outstanding Alumni Award by La Consolacion College, Bacolod, March 12, 2006 Conferred by Pope Benedict XVI the knighthood, Pontifical Equestrian Order of Pope St. Sylvester with rank of Commander and Great Zeal - October 25, 2008 Acclaimed Stalwart of the Negros Press Club, October 10, 2009 Recognized by the Rotary Club of Bacolod East with Media Lifetime Award,
Negros Occidental, also known as Occidental Negros or Western Negros, is a province located in the region of Western Visayas, in the Philippines. It occupies the northwestern half of the large island of Negros, and borders Negros Oriental, which comprises the southeastern half. Known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", Negros Occidental produces more than half the nation's sugar output.
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod and often referred to as Bacolod City, is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent from it.
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Kabankalan, officially the City of Kabankalan or simply referred to as Kabankalan City, is a 1st class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 181,977 people making it the second most populous city in Negros Occidental next to Bacolod City.
The University of St. La Salle (USLS) is a Catholic private research university run by the De La Salle Brothers, located in La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City, Philippines. Established in 1952 as La Salle College - Bacolod, it is the second oldest campus founded by the congregation in the country. The university is a member of De La Salle Philippines, a network established in 2006 comprising 16 Lasallian educational institutions in the country. The university offers preschool, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate programs. It has seven colleges namely: Business and Accountancy, Engineering and Technology, Arts and Sciences, Education, Nursing, Law, and Medicine.
Rolando Ramos Dizon is a Filipino De La Salle Brother who was the President of De La Salle University and the De La Salle University System from 1998–2003, Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education from March 2003 to September 2004, Director-at-Large of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines from 1998 to 2003, and Acting Brother Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines from 1976 to 1977 as well as a member of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Consultative Commission on Charter Change from September to October 2005.
The Negros Revolution, commemorated and popularly known as the Fifth of November or Negros Day, was a political movement that in 1898 created a government on Negros Island in the Philippines, ending Spanish control of the island and paving the way for a republican government run by the Negrense natives. The newly established Negros Republic lasted for approximately three months. American forces landed on the island unopposed on February 2, 1899, ending the island's independence. Negros was then annexed to the Philippine Islands on 20 April 1901.
Ponciano Elofre, later called Dios Buhawi, was a cabeza (head) of a barangay in Zamboanguita in Negros Oriental, Philippines, and the leader of a politico-religious revolt in Negros in the late 19th century against the Spaniards.
Dionisio Magbuelas, Dionisio Seguela or Dionisio Papa y Barlucia, more widely known as Papa Isio, was the leader of a group of babaylanes who were, as conjectured by Modesto P. Sa-onoy, recruited from the remnants of the followers of Dios Buhawi upon the dissolution of his group under the poor leadership of Camartin de la Cruz during the years prior to the onset of the Philippine Revolution.
St. Theresita's Academy, informally referred to by the acronym STA, is the only private, Catholic secondary school in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Its students and alumni are called Theresians.
The La Consolacion College – Daet is a Catholic school in Daet in the province of Camarines Norte in the Philippines. A school was founded in 1948 as Daet Parochial School by Monsignor Antonino O. Reganit, the then parish priest of St. John the Baptist Parish.
The San Diego Pro-cathedral, formerly known as the San Diego Parish Church or the St. Didacus Parish Church before its declaration as a pro-cathedral in 1994, is an early 20th-century church in Silay City, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. It is the only pro-cathedral in the country and is unique in Negros Occidental for being the only church in the province featuring a cupola or dome.
La Consolacion College Bacolod is a private, Catholic, co-educational institution of learning owned and administered by the sisters of the Order of St. Augustine in the Philippines. It is located in Bacolod City, Philippines.
La Consolacion College may refer to the following schools owned and administered by the sisters of the Order of St. Augustine:
La Consolacion College, formerly La Consolacion Academy, is situated in the City of Iriga in Camarines Sur Province, Philippines. It is one of the 24 Schools in the Philippines administered by the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation (ASOLC). The Congregation had been known as the Order of St. Augustine (OSA). In May, 1984 the Order became Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation. The foundress of the congregation in the Philippines was Mother Rita Barceló y Pages and her sister Mother Consuelo Barceló y Pages whose beatification is in progress–was her co-foundress. The Patroness of the School is Our Lady of Consolation whose feast is September 4. Colloquially known as LaCo, LCC-Iriga maintains a respected position among other schools in the city. It is also the only catholic institution of learning in Iriga City. It maintains an accreditation from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities(PAASCU).
Antonio Ledesma Jayme was a Filipino lawyer, revolutionary, Governor of Negros Occidental, and assemblyman, as well as a lawmaker and a revolutionary nation's founding father and a signatory to a state's constitution.
The Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol is the seat of the provincial government of Negros Occidental located at Gatuslao St., Bacolod, Philippines. Within its complex is the Capitol Park and Lagoon.
Jose Ruiz de Luzuriaga was a Filipino judge, sugar planter, revolutionary and politician. Luzuriaga was a member of the Philippine Commission from 1901 to 1913.
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