People Behind Biliran
Biliran has been slowly putting up the pieces of its progress for its success – to be able to cope up with the developments of the country and to be known as a competitive province. And these pieces have been connected in the puzzle by people with the heart and soul to help others, without asking for anything in return.
Our Island Province owes a lot to these people. And it is just right to give them credit, simply by being remembered. These are the people who gave part of their lives and all their heart to be a blessing from heaven – and they are… the People Behind Biliran.
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Wayne's WorldGov. Jaro is a man of many faces. He is a dentist by profession (graduated from the University of the East), a businessman by avocation and a Colonel by appointment (he served under President Fidel Ramos during the former days as a general), but of these, his most cherished title is father. Read More.. |
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A Woman On A MissionThis past February, Nita Matheson returned to Naval, her hometown on the island of Leyte in the Philippines, for the first time in 34 years. On her person were stashed several envelopes containing a total of $10,000 in cash. No one knew she was coming. The only person expected by her Philippine contacts was a man named Brett Hawkes. Read More.. |
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Gerardo Sabinay Espina Sr.is a recipient of three US scholarship grants, the Smith/Mundt, Ford Foundation and Fulbright scholarships all at the same time, 1962-1964, University of Oregon, USA. A self-made man, he was a ward of Boys Town Orphanage as a young boy, his father having died during the Second World War. Read More.. |