Ang Republika Federal sg Kabisay-an (The Federal Republic of the Visayas)

Historical Facts obviously omitted or deliberately hidden in our School History Books
(Source: History Reborn"The Federal Republic of the Visayas" -by: dinggol a.divinagracia*June 12, 2007)

*That Spain had already formally surrendered to the Federal Republic of the Visayas even before Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was proclaimed Philippine President in Malolos, Bulacan on January 23, 1899. That our Independent Visayan Republic, had never been under the authority and jurisdiction of Aguinaldo's "Katagalogan" Republic in Luzon.

excerpted: "...A paper written by Jose Manuel Velmonte, a research associate at the UP Third World Studies Center, found that the Visayan revolutionary elites not only had sophisticated political ideas but also resented attempts by Malolos to assert its authority. A Tagalog military expedition sent by Malolos to Panay to assert its presence was met with hostility. The Luzon force led by Generals Ananias Diocno and Leandro Fullon was regarded by the Visayan revolutionaries, led by the Visayan supremo, Gen. Martin Delgado, as an ''invasion'' force ..." (Source: Inquirer-1999- 06-13 "View of revolt in provinces spurs revision" By: Amando Doronila)

According to Dr. Luis C.Dery, an eminent Filipino Scholar: "Expounding the extent of Aguinaldo's Philippine Army; the Bangsamoro nation's Mindanao, Sulu, and the rest of its islands never fell under Aguinaldo's politico-military control and sovereignty. In fact as late as August 1898 much of northern Luzon, southern Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao remained outside of the control of Aguinaldo's Republic. Thus, several military expeditions were sent to these places to bring' them to recognize the First Philippine Republic."

*That the 1898 Treaty of Paris preliminaries, should not have included territories of the sovereign "Visayan Nation"; the confederation of both the Central and Western Visayas Cantonal Governments by virtue of Spain's formal surrender prior to this U.S. and Spain treaty of peace (Paris) and the $20-million buy-out. Spain had no more legal rights to sell. In legal parlance "nemodat quod non habet” -meaning “you cannot give what is not yours”. It states that the purchase of a possession from someone who has no ownership right to it also denies the purchaser any ownership title.

This diplomatic "Faux pas" that was supposed to be officially consummated and became legal and internationally binding only on APRIL 11, 1899 should, or rather must be rectified.
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*June 12, 1898 -Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed Philippine Independence from Spain in Kawit, Cavite --but never won the war against Spain, as explained in the infamous betrayal --the "Mock Battle of Manila of August 13, 1898".

*Nov. 6 & Dec. 23, 1898 -Spain formally surrendered to both; the Negros Republic that merged (Dec. 2, 1898) with the Federal Republic of the Visayas based in Iloilo (respectively)

excerpted: "...These two nations, from a purely legal point of view, are COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE UNTIL TODAY. This could imply that the Manila-based Tagalista-oriented Unitarian central government of the Philippines in the Visayas and Mindanao is an Occupational Government, that ultimately originated from an invalid Treaty of Paris...."

Dr. Jose P. Dacudao; National President -Save Our Languages thru Federalism Foundation (SOLFED), Inc.

*July 4, 1946 -The United States of America granted Philippine Independence on a silver platter with strings attached.

"True Independence could never be just self-proclaimed nor bestowed upon, it has to be won and duly achieved with dignity" -- DinggolAranetaDivinagracia (Founder: Ilonggo Nation Movement (INM) Global Network ..Dec. 25, 2005)

Dinggol is an Ilonggo Historian of modern times. He is a lover of nature and reform activist by profession; a genealogist by avocation, and an avid advocate of the Cooperative Movement and "Parliamentary" Federalism. He is, likewise, a duly registered Researcher at the U.S. Library of Congress in the nations capital --Washington D.C.

"It is rather speculative as it is without basis of history if we mean of "history" is that which had been written for us by the "tutas" or lackeys of our colonial and imperial masters.." -- Benjie Evicner Estuche (INM Co-Founder)

"Federalism is not the best way, it is the only way"..
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*When Christopher Columbus said that the world is round, people asked -What? and then they laughed.

*When the Wright brothers said they'll fly and soar the skies, people asked -How? and then they laughed.

*When Jules Verne wrote someday man could travel below the seven seas and shall walk on the moon, people asked - When? and then they laughed.

*When John the Baptist prophesied the coming of the Lord, the Messiah, people asked -Who? and then they laughed.

*When the Ilonggo Nation Movement (INM) Global Network announced its mission and vision, people did not even bother to ask, What? How? When? or Who? --They just laughed and laughed. *People are still laughing, ...but the laughter is fading!

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"ACTA DE CAPITULACION~1898" (The Formal Surrender Document)

"ACTA DE CAPITULACION~1898" (The Formal Surrender Document)
*Nov. 6 & Dec. 23, 1898 -Spain formally surrendered to both; the Negros Republic that merged (Dec. 2, 1898) with the Federal Republic of the Visayas based in Iloilo (respectively)
Ergo! we won our battle-scarred freedom and legitimate independence and became a sovereign nation. The "First" Republic in the whole of Asia, but was nipped-in-the bud by the "ugly" Americans. A diplomatic faux pas, a political blunder and a travesty of history! --DinggolAranetaDivinagracia~~~

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Thursday, April 01, 2021

The Araneta Ancestral Home in Molo, Iloilo City-Philippines.


The Araneta Ancestral Home in Molo, Iloilo City-Philippines.

(By DinggolAranetaDivinagracia - IlonggoNationMovement)

The herein vintage photo was obviously taken from the “Campanella” or Bell Tower of the Sta. Ana Church in “Parian”, now Molo in Iloilo City, Philippines.

Upfront is part of Molo Plaza along Calle Locsin going to Tabucan, Mandurriao. On the right side along Calle Avanceña going to La Villa Rica de Arevalo and encircled in blue was the former ancestral house built by Don Felix Militante Araneta and Dña Paz Ditching Soriano de Araneta. Don Felix was the son of Hermenegildo Estrella Araneta (Molo Gobernadorcillo in 1853) and Petrona Locsin Militante of Mandurriao in Iloilo City. While Dña Paz was the daughter of Don Anselmo Flores Soriano (Molo Gobernadorcillo in 1860) and Maria Dy Ching (Christined Ditching) of Binondo, Manila.

Don Felix and Doña Paz Soriano-Araneta had seventeen (17) children, namely: Leopoldo*, Angel, Isabel, Pablo, Marciano, Gregorio, Anastacio, Maria, Felomina, Rosario, Lina, Jose, Concepcion, Candelaria*, Encarnacion*, Felecito, and the youngest Remedios. (died a minor*)

Don Felix had a twin brother named Gabriel Militante - Araneta who married Antonina Gonzales by whom he had two daughters Cornelia (married to Simplicio Benedicto Montinola) and Natividad (married to Raymundo Escarilla).

Their younger siblings were: Leocadia and Epifania who both died a minor; Ceferina (married to Placido Esteban); Maria (married to Vito Locsin Tionko); Agaton (married to Josefa Locsin); and Pedro (married to Silvestra Magno).

While Doña Paz had 2 sisters: Trinidad (married to Vicente Gay), and Candelaria (married to Francisco Tejedor Cacho).

Sometime in the early 1950s, after the demise of Rosario “Lola Sayong” Soriano Araneta, the Araneta ancestral lot in Molo of about 2,500 sq. meters with concrete “ruins” was inherited by the siblings Arturo Locsin Araneta and Adela Locsin Araneta vda de Divinagracia; the children of her elder brother Lolo Marciano married to Felipa“Lola Pipay”Locsin, daughter of Pedro Lacson Locsin of Silay, Negros Occidental.

Later, however, the property was sold to help finance the operation of the sugarcane plantation (Hacienda) in Brgy. Ma-ao in Bago, Negros Occidental.

I was informed that a replica of this Araneta ancestral house, was oil-painted on canvass based on his memory by the late Molo antique collector and controversial Lawyer, the late Atty. Jose “Tarzan” Tionko. I tried last year to locate this painting if by chance he donated it to Museo-Iloilo but it proved futile.

Hopefully, next time I might be able to contact the family of Atty. Tionko for the whereabouts of this precious (to us) oil painting. Kabay pa! --dinggolSDname~~~

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