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                                                  THE AMERICAN GOVERNOR OF ISABELA                                                                            Dr. Troy Alexander Gozum Miano                                                                                                                         03 April 2021 Exactly 160 years ago today, George Curry was born on April 3, 1861 at the Greenwood Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. Curry is one of the two Americans who served as governor of the province of Isabela. The other was Don William H. Johnson (Johnston in some documents), a captain in the 16 th U.S. Infantry who served as the first governor during the American occupation (1901-1902). Last November 24, 2015, I scribbled a pamphlet entitled “Ang Amerikanong Gobernador ng Isabela” and disseminated copies to different schools and lovers of history. The pamphlet aims to inform the common Isabeleños that a foreigner served the province of Isabela as

                              REINA MERCEDES, CORN MILL CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES                                                                  Dr. Troy Alexander Gozum Miano                                                                                      17 March 2021 Almost daily, since 2015, I traversed the Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway or AH 26, on my way to my work at the provincial capital in the City of Ilagan and would normally pass through the old town of Reina Mercedes. Since my childhood days, I enjoyed stating the name of this place since I am fond of royalties and it compliment the name of our province, Isabela which was also named after a queen of Spain. Today, the queen-municipality celebrates its 133rd anniversary as a community independent from the mother-town of Cauayan and I scribbled patches of history of the locality to commemorate this day. There are several versions on the historical development of Reina Mercedes which was

                                                            MAYORS OF CALBAYOG CITY, SAMAR                                                                       Dr. Troy Alexander G. Miano, LPT                                                                                           09 March 2021 The demise yesterday of Mayor Ronaldo “Onald” Porlares Aquino of Calbayog City, Samar at the age of 59, reminds me of two other local chief executive of this city who shared the same fate. On Palm Sunday, April 4, 1982, Mayor Pablo Balanquit Lucero (1934-1982), who was elected twice in 1971 and 1980, was shot dead while playing tennis at the Calbayog East Central School. On Labor Day, May 1, 2011, Mayor Reynaldo “Ining” S. Uy (1951-2011), who was elected in 1992, 1995, 1998 and 2010, was assassinated by a sniper at the plaza during the Hinabangan town fiesta, 130 kilometers away from the city.   And yesterday, Calbayog’s 12 th city mayor, who became mayor by succession in 2011 upon the death