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BY JOHNNY NOVERA
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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IN PURSUING the project, Writing History in our Streets, we say it again that we are inspired by our discovery that many of our people today are clueless or lacking in knowledge or information on the personalities or events that identify our streets even in their own neighborhood.
Our idea was to course the research through our history students and so we involved in the project the A. Mirasol Memorial School in Mandurriao through their history teacher, Analiza M. Padernal.
She grouped the students of her class to gather historical data on two streets that we have so far assigned to them, namely, Quirico Abeto Street from Mandurriao plaza eastward and extending up to Mandurriao – Jaro Bridge in Barangay Taft North connecting to Jaro district, and then R. Mapa Street, likewise starting at Mandurriao Plaza going eastward and turning right after Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park to Barangay Tabucan, Mandurriao up to Carpenter Bridge that crosses the Iloilo River to Molo district.
The Barangay Council of Quirico Abeto under Kapitan Arsenio J. Gabanto Jr. is now implementing to put up the first historical street sign in their barangay, to be followed by Roman Mapa Street when we finish with the latter’s historical data in a few days.
Barangay Kapitan Manuel J. Solnap Jr. of Barangay Airport that has jurisdiction on R. Mapa Street has informed us that he is ready with the site and the materials for the street marker and he is just awaiting for the complete historical data to proceed with the project, after approval of his barangay council.
Meanwhile, while our student research partners at A. Mirasol Memorial School are on vacation from class, we would like to finish first with the installation of the two markers at Q. Abeto and R. Mapa Streets in Mandurriao.
We like our students not to miss this chance of learning history in our streets, hence we will reserve for them the opportunity to do more research for other streets of the District and render a service that we believe will be much appreciated by a poorly informed citizenry.
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Retired RTC Judge Rodney A. Bolunia
We are sad to learn of the passing away of Retired Negros Regional Trial Court Judge Rodney A. Bolunia, 79, on April 18, 2017. He was laid to rest on April 22, 2017 at the Rolling Hills Memorial Park in Bacolod City after a 2 p.m. Mass at the Our Lady of the Candles Parish Church.
The deceased was survived by his wife, the former Cynthia Cordova Alunan, and their only child, Therese Blanche A. Bolunia who followed the career of her father as a lawyer and currently is RTC Judge in Negros.
Like many Ilonggos who have relatives in Negros, the late Judge Bolunia was a second degree cousin to us, which means that we came from grandparents that are siblings.
Our profound condolences to the family and our prayers for a dear departed relative! (For comments or re-actions, please email to jnoveracompany@yahoo.com/PN)
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