This section presents the webmaster's position on the debate about observance of a founding anniversary for Leyte in early 1997.

This article disputed the choice of March 10, 1917 as the anniversary date for the creation of Leyte Province and offered more historically significant dates for this celebration.

This article raised serious concerns about pursuing the March 10 anniversary date. As a result of the objection aired over a local radio station, the governor cancelled the anniversary "for the moment."

Instead of the Leyte founding anniversary, the Leyte governor changed tack and decided to launch the Leyte centennial celebration on March 10, 1997. The significance of the new of the new label was again disputed through this article.

Faced with a publicly aired threat of a libel case, the writer in this article provided a chronology of the debate and "dug his heels" for any eventuality. The threat was not pursued, but the governor got her wish some other way.

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