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Born in Jaro, Iloilo City. Angel Magahum Sr. (1867–1931) – writer, editor and composer. Composed the classic Iloilo ang Banwa Ko, the unofficial song of Iloilo. Born in Molo, Iloilo City. Valente Cristóbal (1875–1945) – Hiligaynon playwright. Born in Polo, Bulacan (now Valenzuela City), lived in Iloilo City.
The 19th century also became the origin of feminist writings in the Philippines through Leona Florentino (1849-1884), the mother of Philippine women's literature, who is known for crafting the “bridge” from oral tradition to written poetry in Philippine literature. An outstanding dramatist, spoken word poet, and the first foundational poet ...
Hiligaynon is the leading Ilonggo weekly magazine published in the Philippines since 1934. It contains Ilonggo serialized novels, short stories, poetry, serialized comics, essays, news features, entertainment news and articles, and many others.
Magdalena Jalandoni – Hiligaynon poet, National Cultural awardee for Literature; Ramon Muzones – National Artist for Literature. Stevan Javellana – Ilonggo writer; Peter Solis Nery – Ilonggo Palanca Awards Hall of Fame awardee; first Filipino author invited to the Sharjah International Book Fair [1] Guillermo Gómez Rivera – Ilonggo ...
Ramon Muzones (March 20, 1913 – August 17, 1992) was a writer and lawyer and the posthumous recipient of the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature award in the Philippines in 2018. [1] He wrote in Hiligaynon and popularized Hiligaynon literature .
Magdalena Jalandoni was born on May 27, 1891, to an affluent land-owning family of Gregorio Jalandoni and Francisca Gonzaga in Calle Alvarez now renamed as Calle Benedicto in the former city of Salog now Jaro, Iloilo City, a present-day district of Iloilo City. She began writing at a young age wherein she already had her poems published at the ...
According to a 2010 census, 8.44% of the national population is Hiligaynon/Ilonggo, compared to 24.44% Tagalog (the plurality group). This makes the Hiligaynon the fourth most populous ethnic group in the nation behind the Tagalog (24.44%), the Cebuano (9.91%), the Ilocano (8.77%), [6] Two provinces have populations above one million since a 1990 census: Iloilo (1,608,083) and Negros ...
Poverty incidence of Iloilo 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 21.76 2009 26.62 2012 26.21 2015 22.03 2018 16.49 2021 12.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Iloilo City, the economic center of the province and the whole island of Panay. Iloilo is one of the most competitive provinces in the Philippines, recognized for its strong economy, resilience, and effective governance. This collaboration has ...