Category Archives: Northern Mindanao history
75 NA KA TUIG!
Fr. Jose Alan F. Pulgo It was on February 6, 1579 that the Holy See erected the Diocese of Manila as a suffragan diocese of Mexico. It was undeniable that the Philippine District had a wide area of coverage and … Continue reading
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DIVIDING THE OLD SURIGAO
Butuan suburbs. I came across an article[1] discussing the doubtful basis of the celebration of Adlaw nan Surigao. But I don’t delve on that in this entry. What interest me is the background of the creation of two separate province … Continue reading
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WHAT THE MIGHTY AGUSAN RIVER LOOKED LIKE IN EARLY 1900′s
view of downtown Butuan from Magsaysay bridge. Dean Worcester, the Secretary of Interior during the administration of Governor General William Howard Taft, came to Mindanao in 1907 to oversee the newly created province of the then undivided Agusan. In the … Continue reading
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