Philippine Mythical Creatures

If you want to learn more about many of the Philippine mythical creatures, you can visit the website link below to check the comprehensive list and information about the unusual creatures embedded in Philippine folk literature and passed down in generations through oral traditions and in written literary form.

A Compendium Of Creatures From Philippine Folklore & Mythology / List Of Philippine Mythical Creatures And Information

https://www.aswangproject.com/creatures-mythical-beings-philippine-folklore-mythology/

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Names Of The Months And Days Of The Week In Hiligaynon

In the pre-Hispanic period, the Atis or the original settlers of Panay and the rest of the Western Visayas has no formal method of naming days, months, and years and only the seasons were given utmost importance and only in the colonial period where the calendar system is widely adapted for all purposes.

The Ilonggos has a name for each of the months of the calendar in Hiligaynon and were usually based on the event or phenomenon which usually occurs on that particular month. 

Months 

ULALONG is the first month of the year in Hiligaynon term for January and was so named probably because it was formerly the month for cotton spinning. The Hiligaynon term "ulalong"  can also mean rough, botched, bungled, careless, coarse, not well done, and is applied to all kinds of work. For example, Ulalong (Inulalong) nga trabaho in English - rough or careless work or a task that has been badly performed or another term in Hiligaynon is patarasak. 

DAGANGKAHOY is the Hiligaynon term for the month of February. The trees turn scarlet on this month. The fiesta of Candelaria or the Feast of Our Lady of Candles is in Dagangkahoy. The patroness of Western Visayas, our Lady of Candles fiesta is the most opulent religious pageantry in Western Visayas with the blessing of candles bought by many devotees and the procession of Nuestra Senora Candelaria and the chosen Fiesta Queen and Her Consort.

DAGANGBULAN is for the month of March. The moon turns scarlet on this month. The Paraw Regatta, generally regarded as the oldest traditional craft sailing competition in Asia among seafarers in colorfully painted sailboats called paraw in the strait between Guimaras and Iloilo City takes place in Dagangbulan. The Pintados de Passi festival of Passi City is held every second week of this month.

KILING is for the month of April. The ring attached to the traces and through which ring the rein or nose-rope is passed is called kilíng. It is also a steadying device put on a kite, so that it may fly straight and smooth. The Semana sang Iloilo (Week of Iloilo) is on the second week of Kilíng.

HIMABUYAN is the month of May. Himabúyan is the time when each day is bursting forth in full bloom (of mostly flowers and other plants) across much of the country. We might consider Himabúyan to be the opening of the growing season or an open door to a new growing period. Iloilo City celebrates its Heritage Month in Himabúyan. Various activities are lined up by the city government of Roxas City for its Charter Day celebration in this month. The Katagman Festival (of Oton) is on the first week of Himabúyan.

KABAY is the month of June. Typhoons sometimes leave hundreds of thousands homeless and cause a lot of damage in Kabáy. The Biraw-Paraw Festival (of Leganes) is on the last week of Kabáy. The Feast of St Anthony de Padua (in Toboso, Negros Occidental) is held in this month.

HIDAPDAPAN is July. It is a kind of tree with red flowers. Its wood is worthless even for fuel. The Iloilo City District of Molo Fiesta in honor of St. Anne is held in Hidapdápan.

LUBAD LUBAD is the month of August. It was removing of the string or rope that held them or that had been tied around them. Iloilo City culminates its charter day in Lubádlúbad.

KANGOROLSOL is for September. The Tumandok Festival is celebrated in kangorólsol. Talisay City, Negros Occidental celebrates Minuluan Festival in this month.

BAGYOBAGYO, the month of October. The Masskara Festival, the annual celebration in Bacolod City, is held in Bágyobágyo. Typhoons gave so much deluge in the country in this month.The Tigkaralag Festival (of Pavia) is held on the 30th day of Bágyobágyo.

PANGLOTDIOTAY, November. The annual fiesta of the district of Mandurriao, Iloilo City celebrated with a mass procession and carnival is in Pánglotdiótay. 

PANGLOTDAKU is the month of December. The cold winds usually build up and blow into the country in Pánglotdakû. The coldest part of the day will be the early morning between 4 and 5 AM just before sunrise. It could get warmer around noon and the afternoon, but not by much as there is less humidity during this month. The Pantat Festival (of Zarraga) is on the third week of Pánglotdakû.

Days Of The Week

TIGBURUKAD (Monday) from the root word "bukad" - the start or opening of something like the blooming of flowers

DUMASUN (Tuesday) from the root word "dasun" - next or following after in chronological order

DUKOTDUKOT (Wednesday) from the root word "dukot" - something which sticks or adheres to

BAYLOBAYLO (Thursday) from the root word "baylo" - market day or barter day because during the old days the people used to barter (baylo) things or exchange things with the absence of money to trade on this day. this is also where the Huebesan (market day) probably originated; changing, transitioning or shifting

DANGHUS (Friday) from the root word "hangos" - exhaustion from heavy work, to wheeze, puff, gasp for breath, pant, breathe heavily or with difficulty.

HINGUTHINGOT (Saturday) from the root word "hingot" - 

LIGIDLIGID (Sunday) from the root word "ligid" - To roll, whirl, revolve, turn over and over; to lie down (lazily, to rest); rolling, revolving.

Source:

Creatpler by Roger Rueda - http://rogerbrueda.blogspot.com/2011/10/names-of-months-in-hiligaynon.html

List Of Iloilo City Mayors

Ramon Campos, the first mayor of Iloilo City when it was granted a full chartered city status on August 25, 1937 after the surrounding towns of La Paz, Mandurriao, Molo and Arevalo merging with the progressive town of Iloilo on July 16, 1937, by virtue of Commonwealth Act No.158

Rodolfo "Roding" T. Ganzon, the longest serving mayor of Iloilo City who served for four (4) terms including consecutive terms from 1955 to 1961, 1972 and again from 1988 to 1992

Date                    Name                     Position / Designation

1900 - April 11, 1901 - Jose Maria N. Gay   Municipal President
1901 - 1902           - Matias Ybiernas            Municipal President
1903 - 1904           - Rosauro Jocson             Municipal President 
1904 - 1905           - Juan de Leon                Municipal President 
1906 - 1908           - Rosauro Jocson             Municipal President
1909                      - Rosauro Jocson            Municipal President
1910 - 1912           - Quirico Abeto              Municipal President
1913 - 1916           - Quirico Abeto              Municipal President
1917 - 1919           - Gerardo Hervias           Municipal President
1920 - 1921           - Vicente Ybiernas          Municipal President
1921 - 1922           - Vicente Ybiernas          Municipal President
1923 - 1925           - Serapion Torre              Municipal President
1926 - 1928           - Eulogio Garganera        Municipal President
1929 - 1931           - Eulogio Garganera        Municipal President
1932 - 1934           - Leopoldo Ganzon        Municipal President
1935 - 1936           - Eulogio Garganera        Municipal President
1936 - 1941           - Ramon Campos          City Mayor (Appointed 
                                                                    by Virtue of RA 365 / 
                                                                    Commonwealth Act No. 158)
1941 - 1944           - Vicente Ybiernas       Appointed City Mayor 
                                                               (Virtue of RA 365 / 
                                                             Commonwealth Act No.158)
1945                      - Mariano Benedicto   Appointed City Mayor 
                                                                (Virtue of RA 365 / 
                                                             Commonwealth Act No.158)
1945 - 1947    -   Fernando Lopez Sr.    Appointed City Mayor 
                                                             (Virtue of RA 365 / 
                                                             Commonwealth Act No.158)
1947 - 1949    - Vicente Ybiernas       Appointed City Mayor 
                                                             (Virtue of RA 365 / 
                                                             Commonwealth Act No.158)
1950 - 1952    - Rafael Jalandoni       Appointed City Mayor 
                                                            (Virtue of RA 365 / 
                                                             Commonwealth Act No.158)
1953               - Juan Borja                Appointed City Mayor 
                                                           (Virtue of RA 365 / 
                                                            Commonwealth Act No.158)
1954               - Dominador Jover     Appointed City Mayor 
                                                          (Virtue of RA 365 / 
                                                           Commonwealth Act No.158)
1955 - 1959  - Rodolfo T. Ganzon  First Elected City Mayor (RA 1209)
1960 - 1961 - Rodolfo Ganzon   Elected City Mayor
1962 - 1963 - Reinario Ticao      Elected City Mayor
1964 - 1967 - Reinario Ticao      Elected City Mayor
1968 - 1971 - Reinario Ticao      Elected City Mayor
1972            - Rodolfo T. Ganzon  Elected City Mayor
Oct. 1972 - Apr 1976 - Francisco Garganera Acting Mayor by 
                                                                       virtue of succession
May 1976 - Apr 1979 - T Simeon Zafiro Ledesma Appointed City Mayor
May 1979 - Mar 1986 - Luis C. Herrera   Appointed/Elected City                                                                      Mayor
Apr 1986 - Nov 1987 - Rosa O. Caram  Appointed City Mayor
Dec 1987 - Jan 1988 - Antonio Hechanova Appointed City Mayor
Feb 1988 - June 1991 - Rodolfo T. Ganzon  Elected City Mayor
Jul 1991 - Mar 1992 - Mansueto A. Malabor Acting City Mayor
Apr - June 30, 1992 - Jerry P. Treñas    City Mayor by Succession
June 30, 1992 - June 30, 1995 - Mansueto A. Malabor Elected City Mayor
June 30, 1995 - June 30, 1998 - Mansueto A. Malabor Elected City Mayor
June 30, 1998 - June 30, 2001 - Mansueto A. Malabor Elected City Mayor
June 30, 2001 - June 30, 2004 - Jerry P. Treñas   Elected City Mayor
June 30, 2004 - June 30, 2007 - Jerry P. Treñas   Elected City Mayor
June 30, 2007 - June 30, 2010 - Jerry P. Treñas   Elected City Mayor
June 30, 2010 - June 30, 2013 - Jed Patrick Mabilog  Elected City Mayor
June 30, 2013 - June 30, 2016 - Jed Patrick Mabilog  Elected City Mayor
June 30, 2016 - June 30, 2019 - Jed Patrick Mabilog  Elected City Mayor
June 30, 2019 - present - Jerry P. Treñas Elected City Mayor

Vice Governors Of ILOILO Province

Demy Sonza

Rolex Suplico

Here is the list of the Vice Governors who served Iloilo province with the effective date of their appointment:


Jan. 1, 1960 - Dec. 31, 1963  - Guardalino Mosqueda
Jan. 1, 1964 - Dec. 31, 1967  - Conrado Norada
Jan. 1, 1968 - Sep. 10, 1969   - Conrado Norada 
Sep. 11, 1969 - Dec. 31, 1971 - Fortunato Padilla (Succeded)
Jan. 1, 1972 - Dec. 31, 1975  - Ramon Duremdes
Jan. 1, 1976 - May 31, 1980  - Ramon Duremdes (PD 826)*
Jun. 1, 1980 - Feb. 26, 1986  - Ramon Duremdes
May 8, 1986 - Nov. 26, 1986 - Carlos Lopez, Jr. (Appointed)
Dec. 22, 1986 - Mar. 31, 1987 - Simplicio Griño (Appointed)
Apr. 9, 1987 - Jan. 31, 1988 - Ramon Lopez, Jr. (Appointed)
Feb. 1, 1988 - April 1990     - Ramon Duremdes
May 1990 - March 1992      - Robert Maroma (Acting Capacity)
April 1992 - June 30, 1992  - Ramon Duremdes
July 1, 1992 - June 30, 1995 - Robert Maroma
July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1998 - Demetrio Sonza
July 1, 1998 - June 30, 2001 - Demetrio Sonza
July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2004 - Roberto Armada 
July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2007 - Roberto Armada
July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2010 - Rolex Suplico
July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013 - Oscar Richard Garin Jr.
July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016 - Raul Tupas
July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2019 - Christine Garin
July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - Christine Garin 

Insurgency and Rebel-Free Philippine Provinces

These are the Philippine provinces which are free from insurgencies and rebels:


Aklan
Bataan
Batanes
Camiguin
Guimaras
Marinduque
Pampanga
Romblon
Siquijor

Alimodian Hymn

This is the official Alimodian Hymn.



Stanza 1 
Maaway kami tungod lang sa imo
Kami karon naga ambahan sa pagpadungog sa imo
Kay ikaw ang lalauman banwa kong Alimodian
Kabay pa sang Diyos iwagan sa pagpangabuhi
Ining mga Anak ni Magtanong nga hangkilan


Stanza 2 
Busa karon kaming gadayaw sinang imong kadungganan
Hayahay nimo ibayaw banwa kong Alimodian 
Makigsumpong sa mabangis ning imong kaanakan
Unongan ka sang mga Alimodianensis


Stanza 3 
Makigsumpong tungod sa imo kon ang kadungganan tasakon
Sinang mabudhi mong mga kaaway gani karon ikaw ang bugal
Sa puod sang Iloilo ang dungog nimo nga mahal sa manggad di igbaylo
Ngalan mong labing matam-is sa dughan gintanum
Unongan ka sang mga Alimodianensis


Repeat Stanza 3

Research Center of Iloilo: The History Of Iloilo Chapter 16 - Iloilo In The New Millenium

Chapter 16

Iloilo in the New Millennium

Mall, Hardware and Convenience Stores

By the year 2000, the population of Iloilo grew fantastically. To cater the growing retail stores, SM Holdings bought a land in Bolilao, Mandurriao.

Education and Leisure for Koreans

The lower cost of living and leisure made Iloilo appealing to the Koreans. Starting in the early years of 2000, there was an upsurge of Korean tourist. According to Moon Dae Jin (Tiger Moon), president of Metro Korea and the vice-president of  the Iloilo Korea United Community Association Inc., there are around 3, 000 Koreans in this city about 70 percent of them students.


Iloilo - Safest place for Koreans

More than 20 Korean language schools have been established and they hire Ilonggo English tutors.

“Iloilo City is a very safe place for Koreans" Titus Jeon, vice president of the Iloilo Korean United Community Association Inc., said that except for Iloilo City, some areas in the Philippines were already declared as “red alert” for Koreans. Iloilo-Korea Friendship Festival has been launched to seal this cultural bond on September 17-22, 2012.  It is the first of its kind in whole Philippines.

Iloilo International Airport

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo inaugurated the project on January 25, 2004 and construction work on the new airport started on April 14 that year. The original expected deadline of completion was June 2007 although this was moved to the first quarter of 2007. A joint venture between the Taisei Corporation and the Shimizu Corporation of Japan served as the contractor for the project with Phil-Japan Airport Consultants, Inc. managing the project and serving as the government's consultant to the project. The project was 75 percent complete as of July 14,  2006 and fully complete by March 18, 2000. While construction was completed ahead of schedule, the airport was constructed over budget with a final cost of around 8.8 billion pesos ($201 million) caused by increases in the cost of civil works and consultancy services.

Heritage Conservation

Iloilo Cultural Heritage Conservation Council was created by a group of citizens desiring to arrest the continuing decay of heritage buildings and the decline of cultural appreciation amongst the youth during the administration of Mansueto Malabor to make Iloilo City the cultural heritage capital of the Visayas to raise public awareness of the rich culture Ilonggos ought to preserve.


Iloilo Risk-Reduction Flood Control Project- A Success

No flood since 2009

Iloilo successfully eliminated the risk of flood. As early as 1995 local governments of Iloilo have been appealing to the national government to act on the issue of perennial flooding in the province. However, it was only in 2002 when the loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) was approved. It is a project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Iloilo City, Philippines. The construction of the Iloilo Flood Control Project has an original cost of P4,262,000,000 with the national government counterpart fund of P1,309,830,000 and an acquired loan of P2,952,170,000 from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). The 4 billion project aims to  reduce flood damage by diverting the excess flood discharge of Jaro River towards the Iloilo Strait. The project involves the improvement of Tigum River, Aganan Bridge, construction of the flood-way from Jaro River mouth, Iloilo River, Upper Ingore Creek up to Carpenter’s Bridge, dike embankment at Barangay Hinactacan, Lapaz which includes the raising of river banks, excavation of high water channel, excavation and embankment of diversion structures, development of relocation sites, and improvement of existing drainage facilities. There's virtually 0 zero flood in Iloilo starting 2009 while Manila, Davao, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos experienced flood every year.



Urban Poverty and Poorly Paid Professionals

Problem of employed and unemployed
The lack of opportunity compounded by lack of talent and education are among the root causes of poverty. Agricultural lands could not provide an adequate basic necessities such as food, clothing and a decent home. Both in rural and urban areas, poverty just hit not only the unemployed but also the working group. It is called the working poor and many of them have earned a degree such as nursing, teaching or commerce. Even jobs provided by malls, private hospitals and hotels are not enough to cover the cost of living every single day. The following table is a good example of calculations of income versus the estimated expenditure in a month.

             Income versus the estimated expenditure in a month.


 Private Hospital Nurse    Mall Sales    Hotel Attendant/Restobars
Average Basic Salary             6000            8000               6000
Deductions (Philhealth)         1500            1500               1500


Government help people protecting themselves

To provide cushion, Iloilo Provincial and City government is employing measures through enrolling them in Philippine Health Insurance Coverage (PHIC) as a medical insurance to cover the cost of healthcare for a household which is economically struggling.
        

 Social Security and its Protection

Welfare Program

An impoverished household always have no choice but continue to bombard government with social problems such as crime, disease, and malnutrition. In order to ease the burden, government allocates financial allowance that allow a family to purchase basic commodities such as food. Their counterpart is to send their children to school and to vaccinate them from vaccine-preventable diseases.


Health-Insured

Even a hard-working household earns adequate money an illness can rob them of their savings and it will be used for Health Care Finances. More often that not, it is the  main cause for personal bankruptcy. The most vulnerable are the poor household.


Iloilo Health-insured
Iloilo - 1, 879, 083 ----- The rate is 77 %
Negros - 2, 297, 933---- The rate is 71 %

Insurance for Trikes

Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog turned over insurance cards to leaders of tricycle transport groups in Iloilo City recently.

An exclusive group personal accident insurance of P10,000 one-year coverage period for accidental death and disablement were given to each officers and members of Metro Iloilo City Federation of Tricycle Owners  and Drivers Association, Inc.(MICFTODA).


Housing Program

Real Property Asset like House and Lot is reality for some. With the partnership of Government and Charitable Institutions, hundreds of thousands were able to live in decent houses in Lanit, Jaro , So-oc Arevalo, in Gawad Kalinga in Ajuy, Zarraga, and Barotac Viejo, Iloilo.


A Big Question of Self-entitlement

The Philippine government is sustained by every person who forced himself to get up every single day to work, produce money  and contribute to the tax earnings. The Philippine government budget is outsourced from this working class with a total revenue of 600 billion pesos approximately enough to run all government offices, hospitals and schools.  There is another segment of society who consume government revenue by receiving cash can seek health-care with zero billing even without undergoing that tough process of working each passing day. It is called " Entitlement" because the benefits are established by law rather than by appropriations by Congress.

There are 3 categories:  the disabled, elderly and the lowest income group. The first two are understandable they are not capable to work with reasons while the latter is a different case. Based on the survey by the DSWD, most of this group came from rural poor or the squatters in the city. Squatters often built their makeshift houses along the water ways. Some of them clog the rivers not just with their garbage but also with their human waste which pollutes the river. While this segment does not produce money (gross domestic product) but only consume government budget their toll on  environment and welfare of other people is huge making them a double burden to the society.

                 Iloilo - Model Future City

Esplanade - Wellness and health

Iloilo owe its beauty through the efforts of Senator Franklin Drilon. Esplanade offers a venue for wellness and fitness aimed for longevity. Their aesthetic and health-enhancing value is a wonder to many.

Plazuela de Iloilo - Park to Unwind

A lot to do things here a massive tablet of stones, a grand staircase, a fountain, a posh restaurants, cobbled-stone plaza, massive columns to typify the Spanish piazza.

Ensuring Food Security and Self-Sufficiency

The future belongs to the ready. In order for Iloilo to ready itself from food insufficiency, the government initiated a project that can bolster the food production by creating an irrigation system of Jalaur River anchored towards the Department of Agriculture agency target through National Irrigation Administration. Export Import Bank of Korea (ExIm Bank). The additional benefits of this project include electricity generation and potable water supply to the residents of Iloilo province.



It's proven that food is the only way that sustain the existence of  mankind. For over thousands of years, mankind simply depend on  agriculture which sustained a civilization to survive despite ravaging cycle of disease, natural disasters or war. Tons of money, gold, cars or homes have no value during worst conditions in the world because simply humans need food. An Ilonggo civilization thrived for over 500 years depending on agriculture free to move and cultivate the land's bounty.

Iloilo is strategically-important for a number of reasons. It sits astride enormous coal to energy production perking up economy. Iloilo is known as the breadbasket of the Philippines. It's finest agricultural region in the world with 150 rivers and highly developed irrigation system. Its topsoil is widely-acknowledged by agronomists to be among the world's best capable to produce vegetables, fruits, root crops, sugar, rice and poultry and cattle whole year round. Iloilo oceans is teeming with marine life, its coastal towns produce tons of fishes. Because of Iloilo enormous importance, its loss would be a crippling blow to the food production countries who produced cars, television and phones will necessarily leave those manufacturing plants to start planting for food in order to survive.  Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) subject on food production, importation and its trade,  modern agricultural technology  and economic policy will be discussed in Iloilo in the year 2015.

Call Center Industry

Initially, Iloilo City government neglect of infrastructure leads  BPO companies to turn-back and locate somewhere else. With strong support from the private companies it is gaining ground in Iloilo City giving unprecedented employment for a dynamic younger population in the Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) industry considered to be a gainfully promising job.

Fort San Pedro - A Baywalk

Because of its historical value, Iloilo begun to revive the Fort San Pedro. A cobbled-stone were installed and a lamp post to illuminate the port at night.

Iloilo hosted APEC - September 2015

Various government agencies are in unison to build Iloilo society  to aim for national objectives. As Iloilo continue to rise in education, life expectancy and income.


Effective and efficient bidding policy.
Iloilo Convention Center has P747.16 million, or P63,894 per square meter 28 meters high — about six to seven stories — and has a total floor area of 11,693.57 square meters. Hilmarc’s Construction Corp yielded to  P482.5 million includes the installation of two escalators, three elevator pits and airconditioning units. Because of “effective and efficient bidding policy, the government was able to save 130 million pesos after value engineering specifically on the structural aspect adopting top international requirements” and complies with quality standards for convention centers.



Ilongo in the future
For over 500 years Ilonggo Civilization had thrived. It was such a long time the yesteryear have long been gone but our stories as a people is unfolding. We continue to make history every single day. We are not mere on-lookers everybody is a part of it.