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                                                                                    BASTA RADYO, BOMBO!                                                                               Dr. Troy Alexander Gozum Miano                                                                                                        06 July 2021 Fifty five years ago, Bombo Radyo was born. In 2017, I was given the privilege to co-anchor a paid 30-minute Saturday weekly broadcast sponsored by the Provincial Government of Isabela together with the Provincial Information Officer, Mr. Jessie James P. Geronimo. The segment “Nagkaisa Para Sa Isabela” focused on updates on the programs, projects and activities of the provincial local government unit. It was a dream come true for me since during my younger days, it was my desire to sit at the announcer’s booth of the country’s number one radio station. I was also a regular guest in the past decades most especially during public holidays wherein local and natio

                                                         THE COMMUNITY PANTRY PHENOMENON                                                                            Dr. Troy Alexander Gozum Miano                                                                                                26 June 2021 For the past four Saturdays of June, the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate Isabela conducted its Barangayanihan in Salvacion, Echague; La Paz, Cabatuan; Bagong Sikat, San Mateo; and Manaoag, Cauayan City. Personal contributions from the JCI Senators coming from Cauayan City, Cabatuan, Roxas, Echague and San Mateo made up the community pantry which benefitted more than a thousand souls. This phenomenon was initiated by 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non at Maginhawa Community Pantry in Quezon City. Her simple act of kindness sparked a nationwide movement. More and more community pantry sprouted in the metropolis and in the countryside. A handwritten slogan can be spotted on cardboard p

                                                                             BURGOS IN ISABELA                                                        Dr. Troy Alexander Gozum Miano                                                                                             18 May 2021 Most Filipinos are familiar with the name “Burgos”. We instantly refer to one of the three martyred Filipino Catholic priest, collectively known as the GomBurZa, who was executed by  garrote  on February 17, 1872 in Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park) by  Spanish colonial authorities  on charges of subversion brought about by the  1872 Cavite Mutiny . The execution of José Apolonio Burgos y García, born on February 9, 1837, made him a martyr of the period before the Philippine Revolution. His name is immortalized by the naming of streets, barangays and even towns in our country. Seven municipalities are named after the martyred priest located in the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Q

                                                                                 OLD ANGADANAN                                                             Dr. Troy Alexander Gozum Miano, LPT                                                                                                27 April 2021 During the initial stages of my research on the historical development of Angadanan, Isabela, I became very much interested in the town site transfer of this old pueblo of yesteryears which was relocated not only once but twice. This year marks the 276 th foundation of Angadanan and today we commemorate the 256 th establishment as an ecclesiastical mission. As a local historian, I am very much thrilled to share this historical event which is a rare and an almost unknown fact to Isabeleños. On November 18, 2016, I posted on Facebook and on my blog an article entitled “From One Place To Another” narrating the relocation of pueblos in Batangas province during the Spanish period. I also men