Remembering Angono Greats

Ang Uno sa Lahat

November 2 2016

                                Lucio D. San Pedro (daughter Cristina at the background)

This post having not much to do visited the graves of some of the Angono Greats.  Notable are Carlos V Francisco (for painting and murals) and Prof Lucio D. San Pedro (for music)  They placed Angono at the national level (made Angono famous)  But it seems no one seem to care and remember.  The folks have now embraced different heroes and icons. They are interred at the Catholic Cemetery where they occupy two separate mausoleum

I also visited the mausoleum of the 3 generations of mayors  all surnamed VillaMAYOR.   Domingo, Vivencio Jr. and Aurora;   They are interred at family mausoleum at Angono Municipal Cemetery

                                 She  fmr Mahyor Au was mayor before the incumbent now

                                             The three generations of Villamayor\\\

                                  Their mausoleum amongst niches and houses

Angono, the Art Capital of the Philippines must generate more income from sales of native products or art works

Ang Uno sa Lahat

Rizal Philippines
September 10, 2016

This post earlier noticed that Lukban is both a destination for religious event, and  for a shrine and food items

I guess the  current campaign for branding and positioning of the town must generate income and employment for our townsfolk and many more events

For instance:  for being the Art Capital, we should have more public sponsored art schools, exhibits here in Angono that draws in tourists.  We should have more art work in exhibits in public places (art galleries stunt the work of artists)  We can have facsimiles for sale and even mass produced art work of art students.   It should not generate good name for the town but cash, for the hungry stomachs

Simultaneously we can have the DTI OTOP  Or products created and sold by entrepreneurs:   to cite some:  there are burong isda in pampanga, mga kakanin, the Cebu lechon, and many more.   Marikina is drawing lot of visitors no longer because of shoes but great place to eat.  The munisipyo must encourage more entrepreneurs. Cainta has been famous for latik and suman. What about our town?
Fried itik was a success.  The support seemed to have lost steam.

Benchmarking Lucban for Inclusive Growth

Ang Uno sa Lahat

Rizal Philippines
August 31, 2016

We biked to Lucban last August 28-29 and since this was a two day sojourn, we happened to observe the town more closely.  While our town, Angono has excelled in publicizing the town as art capital of the Philippines, the results have not been inclusive.  The progress and growth has been in the image of the town and personalities of the artists.

However in Lucban, the fiesta and its tourism drive has resulted in more livelihood and income of its townspeople.  The kamay ni Jesus, the pahiyas have led to many people selling delicacies, pasalubong, hats, etc thus increasing their income and possibly that of munisipyo.

Lucban too has solid tourist attraction that draw millions to go to Lucban.   We too have fiesta but the traffic jams it has created and the vendors the tiangges have not created new jobs and employment for local people.

Perhaps, a realignment is needed.  Some funds can be realigned to having handicrafts, pasalubong, delicacies, food stuff manufactured in Angono? We have the fried itik as a success.  Where are the other innovation?