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| Atega, Francisco |
A captain of the Filipino Revolutionary Force who was
among those who resisted the Americans in Agusan.
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| Atega, Pastor |
The first Military Commander of Agusan as elected by the local principalia when Agusan was declared as a separate province from Surigao in May 1, 1899, the proclamation of the first revolutionary government in Butuan.
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| Calo, Consuelo V. |
The first woman Governor of Agusan del Norte. She is also the wife of Marcos Calo, the first congressman of Agusan.
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| Calo, Marcos M. |
Congressman of Agusan Province from 1946-1953. He authored
Republic Act 523, which created the City of Butuan. Consequently
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| Calo, Valentin |
Gobernadorcillo of Butuan in 1896-1897 who was the first provincial Governor of
Agusan as elected by the local principalia when Agusan was declared as a separate province from Surigao in May 1, 1899, the proclamation of the first revolutionary government in Butuan.
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| Calo, Timoteo |
One of the leaders of the revolution when Agusanons
took up arms against Spain.(Along with Lt. Cols. Martinez and Luis
Cassion).
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| Canuto, Francisco "Tahid", Lt. |
A hero from Surigao. He was beheaded by Japanese
Captain"Hidoka" because he refused to salute the Japanese
Flag. He was a lieutenant in Philippine Constabulary
and a veteran of the military campaign during the 1924 Colorum
Uprising in Surigao.
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| Carvallo, Jose Maria, Dr. |
The District Governor who erected a monument in 1872 portraying the "First Catholic Mass" Celebrated by Magellan and his men in 8 de Abril 1521 in a place which is now within the municipality of Magallanes.
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| Castillo, Recaredo P. |
The first provincial Governor of Surigao del Sur (He was inducted by Speaker Romualdez and was previously Vice Governor of Suriago ).
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| Cassion, Luis |
One of the leaders of the revolution when Agusanons
took up arms against Spain.
(Along with Lieutenant Colonels Martinez, and Timoteo Calo.)
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| Cebrian |
The alcalde-mayor of Caraga, who went to Iligan to ask
for help to rebuild the ruined Tandag fort with arms,
equipment and men strong enough to protect the entire
district, including Butuan. From Iligan he went to Butuan
and then overland to Tandag. (This was quite normal
route at that time). At the instance of the padre cura,
the Butuanons built a fort along the Butuan River, as
was done also in Siargao and other towns.
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| Concepcion, Adriano, Capt. |
A Cebuano resistance leader who attacked newly
organized Philippine Constabulary in Surigao that
killed its leader, Capt. Clark. Capt. Concepcion and
his men were later hanged in the gallows in June 1904
near the PC barracks (now the site of the Provincial
Constabulary Command) at 9 o'clock in the morning.
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| Curato, Apolonio |
The first elected Governor of Agusan, He was elected in a provincial election held in March 1922.
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Daniel Toribio Sison |
Captain of the Filipino Revolutionary Force who was one of those who resisted
the Americans in Agusan.
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| Datu Silongan |
King of Butuan who became Catholic convert but who later revolted against the Spanish colonizers.
He is brother to the king of Jolo who left Butuan when
Silongan yielded to the Spanish invaders.
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| De Castro, Francisco |
A Portuguese sailor who together with Fathers Ledesma and Martinez from the Society of Jesus, visited Butuan and Surigao and baptized the natives to Christianity.
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| Enrique |
The slave interpreter of Magellan during his visit to islands in ancient Philippine Archipelago.
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| Espina, Pedro R. |
The First City Mayor of Surigao City. (Town was made a city on August 30, 1970.)
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| Fray Agustin de San Pedro |
A missionary who
was assigned in Provincia de Caraga and who
because of his military achievements became
popularly known as "El Padre Capitan".
While prior of Butuan, he was consulted by Capt. Francisco
de Atienza, sent by Gov. Corcuera to capture the Maranaos
of Lake Lanao. From him came the advice to build six
collapsible boats, which being dimantled, could easily be brought
overland to the lake. With these boats the Spanish
force of 50 Spaniards and 800 Caragans (some Butuanons)
secured the surrender of the Maranaos right in their own
country.
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| Fr. Francisco Diego SJ |
The only Jesuit missionary who was left in Butuan due to the
request of the natives when the Spanish priests
were herded and held prisoners by the revolutionaries led
by Wenceslao and Simon Gonzalez.
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| Flores, Gumercindo |
Captain of the Philippine revolutionary Forces who resisted the americans in Agusan.
(G. flores Ave. in Butuan City was named after him).
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| Garcia, Pedro |
Also known Don Prudencio, he was the commander of the Spanish
garrison in Baganga (Davao Oriental).He revolted against
the Spanish Authorities during the Philippine Revolution
and became one of its key leaders. He would go on to serve
for a couple of years as transition governor with the
coming of the American forces under General Bates. It was
he who surrendered the Surigao revolutionary government
to the Americans. He was the superior of Capt. Hilarion Martinez who ordered
the shooting of the brothers Simon and Wenceslao Gonzalez in
what is now Kabawan Beach in Cortes Surigao del Sur.
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| Gonzalez, Florencio |
The brother of Simon and Wenceslao who died a martyr in
the Philippine Revolution when he joined the Cebu uprising led
by Gen. Leon Kilat. In his honor a street in Cebu has been named
after him.
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| Gonzalez, Juan "Jantoy" |
The first elected mayor of the capital Town of Surigao and father of Simon
and Wenceslao Gonzales who were appointed in 1889 by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo as Civil Governor of
Surigao and Military Governor of Surigao, respectively.
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| Gonzalez, Wenceslao |
Governor of Surigao under the Aguinaldo Regime who hoisted the Philippine Flag Rizal Butuan in January 17, 1899 (considered as the first hoisting of the Philippine Flag in Mindanao). He hails from Surigao.
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| Guingona, Teofisto Sr. |
Commissioner of Mindanao and Sulu during the 1930's
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| Honrado, Reynaldo P. |
Congressman of Lone District of Surigao who introduced house Bill No. 3050
during the Fuourth Congress. The bill which is otherwise known as
R.A. No. 2786, eventually created in 1960 the provinces of Surigao del Norte
and Surigao del Sur out of the province of Surigao.
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| Kiling (Ch'i-iling) |
Butuan King who sent representatives Lihiyan and Jiaminan) in
Chinese Imperial Court AD 30 October 1003, where exotic gifts
such as red Parrots, tortoise shells and other native products. He later
sent a formal request for recognition in the Chinese ourt Protocol.
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| Frs. Ledesma and Martinez |
The Priests who visited Butuan and Surigao in 1538 and who baptized the natives to Christianity.
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| Johnson, Frederick |
The first appointed Governor of Agusan. (The time when
province was separated from Surigao by Act. No. 1306
which was passed by the Philippine Legislators in 1914).
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| Ledesma, Valerio, Fr. SJ |
Spanish Missionary Priest who was sent to Butuan in 1596 by the First Bishop of cebu,
Monseņor Pedro Agurto OSA in order to start
systematic evangelization of the mission outpost in Mindanao.
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Magellan, Ferdinand "aka"
Fernando Magallano |
The Portuguese Sailor who landed in the Philippine Archipelago
in March 16, 1521 in a voyage financed by the Spanish Crown and who is
famous as circumnavigator of the globe.
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| Martinez, Hilarion |
A Captain of the Filipino Revolutionary Forces in Caraga
who escorted the prisoners herded by the revolutinaries and who
ordered the shooting of the brothers Wenceslao and Simon Gonzales (appointed in 1889 by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo as Civil Governor of
Surigao and Military Governor of Surigao, respectively) in Kabawan Beach, Cortes.
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| Martinez, Lt. Col. |
One of the leaders of the revolution when Agusanons took up arms against Spain. province like other provinces of Luzon and the Visayas, also took up arms against Spain. (Along with Luis Cassion and Timoteo Calo.)
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| Montilla, Exequiel Villanueva |
a Butuanon, was then a Scout Ranger during the American-
Japanese War in the early forties. He showed his valor and
heroism by saving a woman and her child standing on the
side of a street in Quiapo, Manila, where the bomb thrown
by the Japanese soldiers exploded. Both mother and child
were saved but Exequiel perished. Today, Montilla Boulevard
in Butuan City stands as a living memory of his heroism.
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| Morelos, D.F., Msgr. |
The first bishop of Butuan.
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| Ochoa, Elisa |
The first woman lawmaker of the country. She was congresswoman of Agusan from 1942 - 1945.
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| Plana Jaime Fr., S.J. |
A Jesuit missionary, Father Plana worked with the Mamanwas
in Surigao in 1875 even serving as a nurse and physician during a typhoid
epidemic. He converted the Mamanwas into Catholic faith and made them settle
into groups of communities.
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| Plaza, Charito B., Rep. |
Representive of District I in Agusan del Norte (Butuan City and Las Nieves) from 199_ to 1998.
She is the principal author of House Bill No. 10634
which together with Senate Bill No. 729
was the basis of the R.A. No. 7901 which created
Caraga Administrative Region.
She also filed House Bill No. 2550 "An Act to Declare the Site in Masao,
Butuan City as the Place where the First Mass in the Philippines was Held,
And for Other Purposes" at the House of Representatives.
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| Raia Kolambu |
King of Butuan and Calaghan who was recorded to have came to Magellan's
ship during his visit in an island upon entering the
Surigao Strait. He was recorded to have blood compact with
Magellan (casi casi) during Magellan's visit in Mazaua where
he later ordered the first mass in the Philippine
archipelago (March 31, 1521).
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| Raia Si-aui/Siagu |
Brother of Raia Kolambu and was the king of Mazaua who dined
and exchanged gift with Magellan during their visit to
Mazaua. He was said to have gold earrings and gold inlays in
his teeth, with the golden dagger and wearing silk Turbans.
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| Siroy, Martin |
A young soldier of the Cebuano resistance leader, Capt. Adriano Concepcion. He was the lone revolutionary who was spared from execution by hanging in the gallows because of being a minor when the revolutionary forces under Capt. Concepcion were defeated in a their commando attack that killed Capt. Clark, of the newly organized Philippine Constabulary in Surigao in June 1904.
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| Sri Bata Shaja |
Ruler of Butuan, who sent an envoy (Likan-shieh) to China in 1011 AD
that led to the recognition of Butuan as a state
under him. Thus allowing Butuan to trade directly with China without passing
Champa (A Kingdom in Central Vietnam).
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| dela Torre, Bernardo |
a member of the expedition of Villalobos in 1543 who called the eastern part of Caraga "CESARIA KAROLI" in honor of King Charles of Spain. (The name was later applied to the entire island of Mindanao).
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| Urios, Saturnino, Fr. SJ |
The missionary priest assigned in Butuan in 1879 - 1891
and in Feb February 11, 1901. He created numerous
township (reducciones) for the Manobo converts and put
an end to tribal slavery and the internecine warfare
between Manobo chieftains and was the crucial
intermediary between the revolutionary forces and the
American troops.
He was said to have a very good mastery of Butuanon,
Surigaonon, and Manobo tongue and was said to be close
to parishioners even to 'fierce baganis".
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| de Valderama, Pedro, Fr. |
chaplain of the Magellan
expedition who celebrated the first Mass in the island
of Masawa on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1521.
chaplain of the Magellan
expedition, celebrates the first Mass in the island
of Limasawa on Easter Sunday.
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| Yoshie, Col. |
The leader of the Japanese Forces who arrived in Surigao from Butuan (They formally took control of the town on May 28, 1942 under Lt. Ichichara).
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