By Cesar Torres* The expression: “Everyone needs a hometown to love or to hate…” seems to apply to the Villahanons. I am not really sure where I got this. Perhaps, it was an original idea by Samar’s Poet Laureate, Aniceto Llaneta, a classmate in Samar High. When the late Postal […]
By CESAR TORRES* (March 26, 2004) For a true and concerned Samarnon and a proud Filipino, to be at ease wherever one maybe is beyond our wildest imagination. For those who are a little more discerning and reflective, we will never be free of Samar. We will never be free […]
by Marivel Camilon-Sacendoncillo (The Author is the Executive Director of the Local Government Academy of theDepartment of the Interior and Local Government. She is the eldest daughter of IgnacioJumadiao-Camilon and Maria Varela-Gelera. She is married to Engr. Danilo J. Sacendoncillo and was blessed with three children: John Paul, June Marni […]
By Ruben Gerardo (The author is one of the pioneers of the Coca-Cola Bottlers in Norway. He started as a Business Operations Analyst at Coca-Cola Beverages and moved on to being its Account Manager for Logistics at Coca-Cola Drikker A/S. He was later appointed Business Analyst for the Coca-Cola Nordic […]
City Prosecutor Ruperto Bardaje Golong (The author is Atty. Ruperto B. Golong, Jr., City Prosecutor of Tacloban City, a law professor, a management consultant and guest lecturer at the University of the Philippines-Tacloban College and Leyte Normal University.) “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things […]
BY DR. QUIRINO AGOTE RAGUB (Dr. Quirino Ragub is a Villahanon born and raised in Tayud, Villareal, Samar. He is married to the former Gertrudes Seludo Llarenas with whom he has two (2) sons, Bernardo Anthony Ponciano (Bap) and GerRino (GR). He was a former Professor with an academic rank […]
By Prof: Cesar Torres Many years ago, I once wrote: “Everyone needs a hometown whether to love or to hate”. Now after being away from Villa, this line seems to be constantly reverberating over and over again. Sometimes I feel that it has been transformed – it is now coursing […]
(A Tribute) Quintina Gelera-Cabuenos (The author is a retired District Supervisor of Villareal and served as the First Lady of Villareal for 20 years. She is an epitome of genuine service to people. She is married to Former Mayor Augusto Cabueños, the longest serving Mayor of Villareal.) For its rolling […]
By Maricon Gelera Latoja (The author is the eldest daughter of Francisco Bermejo Latoja and Elizabeth Brillante Gelera. She is an assistant professorial lecturer at De La Salle Unviersity Manila, and a research writer-editor at DLSU Angelo King Institute. She is the favorite grandchild of (the late) Ladislao Gelera and […]
By Gertrudes Seludo Llarenas-Ragub (The author is the daughter of the late Ponciano Dalwatan Llarenas and Socorro Dasmarinas Seludo-Llarenas. She was a former teacher at the Villareal Elementary School. She is married to a fellow Villahanon, Dr. Quirino Agote Ragub and they are now happily settled in Ottawa, Canada with […]
By: Simplicio Solis (The Author is a retired Head Teacher of the Bureau of Public Schools (now Department of Education) after 40 years of government service. After retirement, he ran for public office and won a seat in the Municipal Council, Villareal, Samar for three (3) consecutive terms (1992-2001). He […]
(The Author, Ernilo Amistoso Maraya is presently residing in Tacloban City. A graduate of law and working at the Department of Agriculture RFO 8. He is the son of Ernesto Bohol Maraya and Loreta Presnilla Amistoso, a native of Villareal Samar. He was born in Tacloban City but grew up […]
(by Mark Fullmer & Panrehiyong Sentro sa Wikang Filipino-R8, Leyte Normal University) The Road Full of EngkantosLocation: Brgy. San Fernando, Villareal SamarInformant’s age: 47Occupation: Farmer Transcription of Myth: “According to a tambalan of whom we have consulted to treat my daughter’s condition, she is suffering because engkantos find her weak. […]
A poem (taken from Budyong Han Samar) dedicated by a daughter to her parents (Jose Dalwatan and Nenita Dalwatan) who lost their lives in an ambush in Villa. A Bullet’s Noble Fate Does a bullet want to knowfor whom it will serveits sole purpose for being?Does a hi-powered gun ever […]
By Ruben Gerardo Waray pa pantalan hine nga mga panahon. An amon parigu-an dida han kanda Man Binok. Ha kabutnga-an hit pantalan yana, damo na an mga kalusayan, dahunan ngan lato han hadto nga panahon. An high School, dida han atubang nira Man Binok. West Coast Academy an ngaran hine. […]
“There are only two things that can prompt a man to defy the most brutal of all tyrants and dismiss the threat of death as a flimsy possibility or as a much-awaited moment of personal epiphany: the first is the feeling of reckless heroism and the second is the sense […]
June 21, 2009 By NUKI CALUBID (Nuki Calubid is 23 years old. He was in his senior year in college when his parents were abducted three years ago. He now lives with his siblings and continues to struggle for justice, with hopes that, one day, he and his siblings will […]
The Villahanons Blazing a Trail, Showing the Way By Cesar Torres* There is so much that we Villahanons could claim that would set us apart from the broader Samarnon society. This fiesta celebration for instance in Metro Manila is one of them. Originally, only a single hermano or hermana would […]
Villareal is a coastal town located in the southwestern part of Samar island. It is bounded in the north by Villareal Bay, in the east by Pinabacdao, in the west by Talalora and in the south by Sta. Rita.Villareal has the following Coordinates – Geographical coordinates in decimal Latitude : […]