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Tigbauan, Iloilo (August 28, 2017) -- This town, 20 kilometers south of Iloilo City honors its Communist son, Jose Aquilino Tronco Tangente with local and national heroes today, celebrated nationwide as “National Heroe’s Day.” Town employees led by Mayor Suzette Alquisada, young people, teachers and kins of Tangente laid flowers to the foot of the monument of national hero Jose Rizal followed by the unveiling of the marker four meters away which sums up the life and struggle of Tangente, born on October 9, 1949. Two representatives from the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation, Maria Cristina Rodriguez and Susan D. Macabuag who is in charge of the Bantayog Museum, attended the ceremonies. The foundation. a private entity, maintains a park in Quezon City called Bantayog ng mga Bayani which has memorial walls where the names are etched of some 300 persons who died fighting the Marcos dictatorship whether in the legal opposition or the armed  resistance. Tangente

Budol-budol, salisi con gangs prey on home owners

Iloilo City (January 31, 2017) Homeowners of Parc Regency, a subdivision in Pavia, Iloilo are victims of the combined "budol-budol" and "salisi" gangs, actually company officials disguised as officers of a bogus homeowners’ association. Buyers started residing there in 2011 and more are still coming to occupy over 3,000 plus units. They are all up in arms because to date, the subdivision has no connection to the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD), telephone land lines and cable TV. The basic amenities of modern urban life is yet to reach this subdivision. MIWD cannot set up its pipes inside Parc Regency. The subdivision sells homeowners coliform-contaminated water, at P35 per cubic meter, about twice the rate charged by government-owned MIWD for residential units. Homeowners have to buy drinking water outside. What riled more the residents though is that a cabal of Parc Regency officials usurped the functions of the home owners association that charged th

Iloilo town honors Communist son on National Heroes’ Day

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Jose Aquilino Tronco Tangente wearing his pre-sacerdotal vestment EG Tangente holding copy of the resolution; flanked by Mayor Alquisada and Vice Mayor Teruel PNP officers PNP officer The newly unveiled marker to Tangente EG Easter Grace Tangente, elder daughter of Tangente Iloilo City (August 28, 2017) -- Tigbauan town, 20 kilometers south of this city, celebrates today the National Heroes Day by laid boquettes to the monument of Jose Rizal and unveiling the marker for its own son, Jose Aquilino Tronco Tangente, communist guerilla killed in combat 30 years ago.   Bantayog nga mga Bayani Foundation's Maria Cristina Rodriguez  Tan with Boy gente's younger Sibling Orvillo Mayor Suzette Alquisada, was almost in tears, as she expressed gratitude that Tangente, her uncle, is finally recognized and thanks members of the municipal council for enacting a resolution for that. "I am grateful to the municipal council for recognizing his grea