PART 20 THE WRITERS OF THE LLAMAS FAMILY
PART 20 SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE LLAMAS FAMILY OF THE PHILIPPINES
BY: DEO ANTONIO D. LLAMAS
THE WRITERS OF THE LLAMAS FAMILY
The Llamas family is also noted in the field of journalism and literature. Seeing history in the making and making history as well. A passion that runs in the blood. Being in the forefront in leadership it is but second nature in communicating ideas and delivering inspiring stories, news worthy articles, documenting events and emotions,expressing hope, dreams and supports our aspiration.
Exposing the truth that lies amidst confusion and mistrust. Giving direction and challenges that moves into action. Fearless integrity, creative discipline in the art of writing. Acknowledging that the pen is mightier than the sword in changing the world for the better. And showing the truth and light .Having the mastery of words that truly speaks the heart of the matter and the matters of the heart.poets and linguist, educators and leaders ever involved and always leads.
And in the business of printing the Llamas family has been in this business for decades. I remember visiting Llamas en Prenta in Cubao , Quezon City in the 80's who is own by my cousin Jojo P. Llamas and lately visited Sonia . Llamas- Tan printing press in Panay Avenue in Quezon City beside Gideon Bible head office. And another cousin Alice P. Llamas has her own printing press as well .
Remember Llamas means to call and flame or blaze . We are the watchman of our generations, the flame that is undying .trail blazers in what ever field engage in, revolutionary in many ways .with deep sense of spirituality and nationalistic fervor with social responsibility that is the mark of a Llamas.so enjoy a glimpse of their life and thoughts
And so I present to you the writers in the Llamas family and their works:
CORA LLAMAS
FREELANCE WRITER
MANILA BULLETIN
The Expansion of Mang Inasal
A local franchise gets a significant chunk of the pie via a timely concept and time-tested strategies for business success
By CORA LLAMAS
June 27, 2010, 11:16am
It started with an old, almost forgot ten space in a car park that had been left unused for a few years. The management in Robinsons Mall in Iloilo City had already lowered the rental fee to bargain prices in order to attract tenants. There were no takers until a young local businessman in the community decided to acquire it, based purely on what he now describes as a hunch.
Today, that once abandoned area is a booming Mang Inasal fast-food diner where hundreds of grilled-meat lovers converge everyday, the pioneer and founding father of about 250 franchises all over the Philippines.
“The space came ahead of the concept,” chuckles Edgar “Injap” Sia II, the owner and CEO of Mang Inasal, as he looks back at that turning point seven years ago. “When I saw it, I knew that it could become a magnet for people to come to. I bought the space not knowing what to do with it. I had to come up with a concept.”
One thing was clear to the young Ilonggo businessman’s mind, though—whatever he put up would have to be popular and flexible enough to spread on a nationwide scale. Sia, the son of Filipino-Chinese grocery owners in Roxas City and who had helped in the family enterprise as early as the age of 10, was enjoying modest success as an entrepreneur who dabbled in the laundry and photo printing businesses in his native town. But he had long harbored a dream to come up with a venture that could spread from one end of the archipelago to another.
Food was an obvious choice to a people who had made a celebratory experience out of it—and chicken barbecue was a favored delicacy in Iloilo. Sia did notice though that, “Although there were lots of barbecues, all of them were fine dining. We wanted to serve barbecues but in a fast food and at affordable prices. My wife and I just concocted the mixture at home.” (These days, professional chefs mix the brew and create the menu.)
Organic Progress Sia focused his attention first on his own backyard, the Visayas and Mindanao areas. At first, there were only three Mang Inasal restos during the first year. He added six more restos by the second year. The year 2007 saw more growth with 45 branches. Mang Inasal reached 100 locations in 2009 and as of a few months ago, has expanded to more than 200. Things came to full circle with the putting up of his most recent franchise a few weeks ago in Iloilo, the place where it all started.
Of the 250 restaurants, only 28 are owned by the company—the other 200 are franchises. Sia estimates that four new restos open in a single week. One franchise costs about P7 million which covers the franchise fee, renovation, the deposit with lessor, equipment, and training.
Sia is happy that the growth of his business was a natural progression—“organic, not artificial,” he says. “It’s not a matter of asking my friends to franchise with me. I didn’t wait for them. We just waited for people who believed in the project and saw beyond the present. Many of these franchise owners saw that one branch is doing well and decided to follow.”
That he only put up three restos in the first year was a calculated move. “We wanted to see if the concept was going to work,” he says. There was a reason he waited for six months before launching his second resto in Davao City. “The first three months in our first Iloilo branch, people were coming in but they were just newcomers,” he explains. When the crowds continued for another three months, “we saw that these were regulars who already dined in Mang Inasal as a matter of habit. We knew then that it was time to expand.”
No Shortcuts
He gave another factor that contributed to the growth: “The giants [in the food and franchise business] did not consider Mang Inasal to be a threat. They did not see that a local chain could have a phenomenal growth of 100 stores a year. Because of this, we could pursue our dreams quietly. Big companies can grow slow because of the red tape. While most of our competitors were busy sipping coffee in their posh offices, we were working hard, traveling to four to five cities in a week, negotiating and paving the way for our planned expansion.”
What helped them compete and hold their own against the establishment were a combination of affordable prices, the distinct Pinoy flavor, the strategic locations of their branches, and the unlimited rice offerings, the latter an almost irresistible come-on.
Metro Manila was another market that was initially hard to enter. Sia admits, “We got a grip on the National Capital Region only in 2006. Two years ago, only one out of 10 people knew about us.Today, nine out of 10 do know about us—but only five of them really go to our franchises regularly or patronize us.”
Still, with the Mang Inasal branch in the Mall of Asia enjoying double-digit growth, he is optimistic that he can capture a greater share. “I was able to penetrate ‘imperial’ Manila,” he smiles, “and I am just a provinciano who has no classmates in the NCR. It’s just a matter of using the front door to make the business succeed—and don’t do any shortcuts.”
He also says that the market is far from being saturated, pointing out that the bigger fast food chains can still put up franchises three times his number. Expansion of the Mang Inasal franchise is just beginning. Sia says, “We will continue to improve our operations and expand our branches nationwide. We are targeting 500 restos by the year 2012.”
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WHY DO I WANT TO WRITE ?
BY: DEO ANTONIO D. LLAMAS
Why do I want to write ? For many reasons why do I want to write.I believe that Written Words are Powerful.Words can change this world. Ancient Stories of long ago HAS CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY. As a kid I love to read and travel even until now. It never stops to amaze me learning and seeing new people, places, things and experience. For when Growth stops decays Begin. I can best express myself in writing and dream of making a book myself one of this days of Something of Interest.
Why do I want to write ? Words are eternal .As the great book says " In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the word was God.It is a UNIVERSAL NEED TO EXPRESS ONE'S CREATIVITY. It is finding the divine in each and every one of us and the need for immortality and a sense of legacy.Being a writer gives us this opportunity documenting moments, special events, ideas, aspirations and exploring the threshold of human
emotions and lessons which if published can be enjoyed by generations .
Why do I want to write ? I came from a family of leaders, writers , educators,religious, linguist, lawyers, politicians, artist, poets, printers, musicians, journalist and history makers. Maybe it is in my blood in my genes... ha ha ha . A familial tendencies and influence nurtured and encourage by examples and choice of careers. Loving knowledge, ELEVATES THE MIND AND THE SOUL. Finding joy, faith, passion and fulfillment is a reward and consolation in itself. And it is an honor to follow this family tradition and to be the best at one.
Why do I want to write ? I excel in things that interest me. And maybe right the wrongs and make things right.In my own little way bring Hope to the Hopeless, make people Smile and appreciate the Beauty of Life, Finding the way to those who are Lost. Entertain while Educating, Informing, Challenging and Motivating People to Move to Action. At THE SAME TIME EARNING WHILE LEARNING. I enjoy writing loving it as ideas flows. And it would be my pleasure to be Around telling, writing stories of great profound.
Author of Something Interesting About The Llamas Family Of The Philippines
Compose several poems and articles of interest
Participated in the World Friendship Poetry Contest
I inspire the World by Pen Pen Takipsilim
Editor vista 90 the Official Yearbook of University of Iloilo
Blogger: deo-antonio blog
Facebook addict ...ha ha ha
MY LIFE, MY WORKS, MY GOD
BY DEO ANTONIO D.LLAMAS
I LIVE TO LOVE . I LOVE TO LIVE.I EMBRACE KNOWING, BELIEVING LOVING WHAT YOU ARE DOING AS KEY TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS. I BELIEVE IN GOD WHO BELIEVES IN ME.
Iam a forgiven sinner, bought by the blood of Christ. Not my will but His will be done in my life. I believe in God who believes in me. I embrace the principle of knowing, believing, loving what you are doing as the key to one's happiness and success and being in God's will. I live to love and love to live.
I was born in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on October 28,1969 this was the year man has step on the moon. I was the 4th of 5 sons of Judge Leonides Jovellanos Llamas sr. of Dagupan City, Pangasinan and Leticia Diaz Delfin Llamas of Panitan, Capiz. She's (LMD) Land Management Division chief of DENR. Papa and Mama where classmates in the college of law in Far Eastern University in Manila .
And my 4 brothers are Jose Hugo(named after our two grandfathers)Paul Leo (Poet and Artist) Joseph Mario(Law Graduate now works for Dept.of Agriculture) and our youngest is Leonides D. Llamas Jr. is a Nurse in the U.S. Most of us where born in Manila but we transfered to Iloilo city by 1975.Both Hugo and Paul has passed away.
Iam Married to Anna Lissa Yap Rivera (Group Operation Mgr-SM Food Group.We have 4 kids Deo Michael Gabriel (19)3rd yr. Nursing, Paul David( 17)1st yr Civil Engr, John Peter(14)3rd yr H.S., and Divine Grace(8)grade 1. We meet in Roxas city.
My given name is Deo Antonio D. Llamas. Deo means God...Antonio means Indispensable One and Llamas means to Call, so it is Indispensable to call unto God. This is usually how I would introduce my self in meetings.
As a kid I was spiritually inclined and prayerful. I grew up in a very religious roman catholic environment my father was an ex-seminarian and my mother was active in the church and daily prayers and reading of the bible was encourage in the house .
I was active in our choir the Sweet Voice of Salvation and the same time an altar boy assisting our parish priest during the mass.But my hunger for God grew and I was Seeking the truth and came a turning point in my life That I have to live my Catholic faith and embrace the biblical truth of Christianity.
There was a Great Revival and move of the Spirit during the 80's Involved myself in Agape Campus for Jesus Fellowship and Christ Ambassadors of Full Gospel Center Church,Inter-Faith, Upper Room ministry and many more. So after high school I wanted to go to a bible school.
But our pastor advised that I take a college course first and timely my aunt Tita Belle Alcantara will sponsor my college course if I take up Nursing. So I agreed I finished my BS Nursing at University of Iloilo in 1991 and now a licensed Registered Nurse.
I studied in University of San Agustin for my High School 1982-1986 and my Elementary at West Visayas State University 1976-1982 and started my schooling at San Jose College for my Kinder Class.
As a kid I would consider myself "The most traveled kid". Weekly when mama goes for field inspection. Iam the one who accompanies her in different places, towns and provinces in Iloilo, Aklan,Guimaras, as well as our frequent family gatherings in Manila, Capiz, or Bacolod City. Travelling by air , land and sea.
I had fun and really enjoyed my childhood. Thank God for that.I Love travelling. So when I got married I decided to be in sales because of the nature of the job and pays better and which requires travelling .
I have work for different consumer companies, as a distributor specialist for Zuellig Distributors Inc.-Kraft Gen.Foods 1995-1998, San Miguel Corp-Campo Carne 1998-1999,Sara Lee Phils.1999-2000.
I ensure sales target and profitability must be delivererd, assist in the distributors day to day operation,,help in sell in sell out, inventory management, fifo, trained our distributor saleman, supervised in the merchandising drive, do competitive report.
But as my children are growing up I decided to engage in real estate where I could spend more time with them and make more money than when I was employed. I have been a Licensed Realtor for 7 years now but I am in my 10th year of real estate business already .
I Dream of becoming a Developer someday if God Will's it then it will be done. I would like to start building low cost housing for that is the major problem we have in the Philippines and in our city, Iloilo City for we have lots of informal settlers here. The name of my real estate group is Kingdom Builder.
I am a member of Iloilo City Host Lions Club, Iloilo Chamber of Commerce and Industry,Iloilo City Realtors Board Inc. and a Board of Director of First Community Bank Inc.in Bacolod City and Gideon.
We have a small restaurant that we started it's Susana's Diner located at the 33 Lopez Jaena st. Jaro Iloilo City. But we decided to close it early,but it was a great experienced on my part.
My email: deollamas2007@gmail.com and cell no: 09463870004 and Iam residing at Blk.15 Alta Tierra Village Jaro, Iloilo City, the City of Love.
About my interest and talents I love to sing,I draw and paint,I write poems and speeches,love to read the bible,books on history,biography and business and self help books,a chess player, badminton,tennis, bowling ,billiards and poker. I do trainings and is comfortable with people, love the internet and meeting new friends and network in facebook. I have great interest in politics. I have run for city councilor here in Iloilo City but my time has not yet come. I still love to travel.
I love spending time with my wife and kids and growing together. Iam Grateful and Glad to know that God cares for me and my family. And I know God is not finish with me yet.I love my mother. Iam the one taking good care of her. She has Alzheimers already at 78 years old. This is what's keeping me busy lately. My father passed along time. And I love them both. Thankful for all the love they have bestowed on me. I was born in the year of a great breakthrough "A Big Leap" for humanity and science as man conquered the Moon, I too am am expecting my Great Breakthrough in my Life Now.
AKBAYAN PRESIDENT RONALD LLAMAS
Voice of political change
GROWING up in a conservative middle-class family and studying in Catholic schools had insulated young Ronald Llamas from the country’s social problems. Now, as a political activist and the president of Akbayan Citizen’s Action Party, he has chosen to be part of the solution.Llama’s first attempts in activism started at high school, where he wrote human-interest stories and critiques about the grading system for his class, which he considered as an “act of rebellion and a product of restlessness.” His critical spirit and restlessness made him take up Journalism at the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) of the University of Santo Tomas in 1978.In college, Llamas wrote for Hudyat, the official newsletter of the then Samahan ng mga Tomasino sa Pamamahayag (now the UST Journalism Society), The Flame, the official student organ of AB, and the Varsitarian, where he served as Features editor.
“There is no turning back.”Llamas then started writing about the situation obtaining under Martial Law, which severely restricted information and curtailed the press.“Thomasians then were not very critical of their surroundings. Information about current events were also not readily available in the University,” he said.
In a special issue of Flame, he wrote the satire, “Confessions of a Butcher,” in which a sinner with remarkable affinities to the strongman, Ferdinand Marcos, and his defense chief, Juan Ponce Enrile confesses to slaughtering the people. The article changed the tenor of the publication, which previously had been literature-centered. “Magandang instrument ang Flame, lalo na ‘nung Martial Law, para ma-inform ‘yung mga student kung ano ba talaga ang kilos ng Martial law at kung ano ang alternative,” Llamas said.
When the administration warned the Varsitarian against publishing anti–government sentiments, Llamas gave up his editorship and urged his fellow staffers to resign en masse due to the editorial intervention. Most of the staff decided to remain when the administration talked to them.Still, he knew writing about the issues was not enough. To achieve change, he had to work from within.
In 1981, Llamas became the first president of the AB Student Council after its resurrection when Martial law was lifted. “Sa tingin ko, kailangan naming gamitin ‘yung oportunidad na ‘yun para ibalik ang student activism at political consciousness sa University,” he said.Llamas created the first student constitution in the University in order to check administration meddling.
Other colleges followed suit. Later, the Central Student Council was formed.Llamas also helped establish the Youth for the Advancement of Faith and Justice (YAFJ), an intercollegiate student youth movement that became dominant in student politics in the university-belt. YAFJ became the rival of the league of Filipino students, becoming the training ground of UST activists in the 1980’s and early 1990’s.
Llama’s “shining moment” came when he personally gave John Paul II a letter containing the Filipino student’s sentiments against the Marcos dictatorship in 1981, the first papal visit of the Polish Pontiff. “I took our issues to an international level,” he said.Despite the clashes with the UST administration, Llamas said UST is a fine learning institution
“On the local level, meron kang pwedeng gawin. Meron kang mga ‘islands’ na pwede mong unti-unting i-develop at i-democratize, eventually with enough numbers you can make a big institute,” he said.In what Llamas calls as “green patches in a bleak landscape,” Akbayan works for program-based politics that propose gradual changes from below. And this, he thinks is what sets Akbayan from the other parties.“This is our third path,” Llamas said.
“We opt for the less destructive way of changing the society, rather than the arm-struggle extreme-leftists want. And at the same time, we can eradicate the trapos and corruption in our present government. “Hindi lang expose and oppose, but what do we propose?”No turning backLlamas said it is a make-or-break time for the Philippine progressive politics.
“This is a historic generation struggle, dahil nasa dulo na tayo e. it’s up to us to choose whether we fall into the abyss, or we retreat and develop,” he said.Still, he believes all is not lost for the country—not if he can do something about it. Along with his “band of brothers” in Akbayan, Llamas marches on with a progressive reform agenda.
“We know this is an uphill climb, but at the very least pwede naming sabihin sa susunod na generation may ginawa kami, hindi lang kami tumahimik, hindi lang kami nag-migrate, hindi lang kami umiwas, we confronted the problem head on.”In the final analysis, rational reformation is within the capacity of everyone. “This is beyond ideology, beyond religion, beyond activism,” Llamas said.
“Kahit ano pa ang iyong pananaw, kahit ano pa ang iyong political orientation, try to leave the world a better place. Kung marami sa atin ang gagawa nun, we have a future
JOSE FERNANDEZ LLAMAS Municipal President : 1931-1934 (My Grand Father)
He was a newspaperman-lawyer who wrote with the pen name Silin Tabal, for Tunong.
UST Professor teaching Spanish/ Law
JOSE FERNANDEZ LLAMAS belongs to a long line of the Llamas clan who were elected to the position of municipal president, municipal mayor and city mayor. It started with Don Antonio Llamas Fernandez, to Amado Llamas Ayson, down to Liberato Llamas Reyna and even almost Felipe Llamas Cuison. Cuison was twice city mayor in 1967 but lost. As town executive Don Jose left as a memorial of his administration, the water tank behind the city hall building. He also constructed the original Kiosk in the plaza which has been demolished in later years to give way to improvements.
He served in the government service in several other capacities: 1) as municipal councilor, 2)Pangasinan provincial board secretary during the term Gov. Servillano dela Cruz; 3) Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Representative during the time of Speaker Eugenio Perez; 4 ) Justice of the Peace of Sta. Barbara and Rosales. As municipal president he was elected chairman of the Municipal Presidents League of Pangasinan. He won as municipal president on the platform that he would work for the Dagupan into a city,.
He was the son of Juan Llamas and Eulalia Fernnadez, a sister of Don Antonio Llamas Fernandez. He was married to the forcer Maria Villamil Jovellanos daughter of DonToribio Jovellanos and Dona Carmen Villamil. He was a newspaperman-lawyer who wrote with the pen name Silin Tabal, for Tunong. He died August 16, 1960 and was survived by nine children: Alfonso, Hernando, Baltazar, Juanito, Angeles, Luis, Fanny, Jesusa and Leonides.
Angeles inherited the piano of Dona Carmen Villamil, her grandmother. This was the piano on which Leonor Rivera used to play. She later donated the same piano to the Bulacan museum. She was married to Felipe Lazaro of Bustos, Bulacan. Alfonso became a COMELEC register and a municipal judge and later became Regional Trial Court Judge, while Hernando is now city treasurer of San Carlos City (Pangasinan). Leonides is also a Judge . Luis became a priest; Fanny is a Librarian head of the periodical section at the University of Santo Tomas, Baltazar is a ranking legal officer of the Bureau of Lands.HE WROTE A DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH-TAGALOG-SPANISH AND PANGALATOK
TERESITA COQUIA SISON
Editorial assistant
National geographic society
Editor -in-chief and researcher
The book " The Fercolla Clan "
A genealogy of Fernandez- Coquia- Llamas family
Of the city of Dagupan, Pangasinan Philippines
Published in 1985
Research and compiled by Teresita Coquia
Published by: Armando Cabal Fernandez
Contributors and member of the board of
Editorial consultants:
William Llamas Estrada
Eufrosina Llamas Guadiz
Elisa Fernadez Ramos
Begun the project in 1977 and it was not until 8 years later that she felt there were sufficient materials to come out with the first published edition of the book (1985)
She did her research as a resident of Washington D.C.
She worked for National Geographic Society as an editorial assistant.her husband ,Tomas Bandong Sison is a business manager at Georgetown University Press.
JEENA LLAMAS LOPEZ
EXTREME SPORTS ENTHUSIAST
KITE BOARDER
SPORTS WRITER
CORON
BY JEENA LLAMAS LOPEZ
Coron in Palawan has some of the most beautiful and unspoilt beaches in the country and the region. It also presents excellent diving. This side of the planet has more than 200 islets, mostly uninhabited, and its coastline is fringed with white sand and clear waters. It has towering limestone cliffs, sheltered lakes, lush mangroves, and thriving marine reserves. Check out Banol, a small strip of beach lying at the foot of a towering limestone cliff, Debatoc at the entrance of Coron passage, with its white sandy beach and steep limestone cliff partly bordered by coral reefs, Lagat, a small island 334-feet high surrounded by a reef with a narrow passage, and Malcapuya, said to be better than Boracay.
Sports enthusiast Jeena Lopez's favorite beaches are Sangat, Gutob, Malcapuya, Mangenguey, and all the uninhabited islands that you pass by on your pumpboat ride: “It is ideal to hire a boat and travel as far as you can, then turn back and explore the different uninhabited islands on the way back that catches your interest,” says Lopez. Attractions in the area that she adores are Makinit Hot Spring, Twin Lagoons and Kayangan Lake. Also, submerged at the narrow passages of Sangat, Gutob and Black Islands are Coron’s biggest attractions – 11 World War II Japanese naval wrecks.
- Jeena Llamas Lopez Extreme sports enthusiast, kiteboarder
Andres Llamas Ruiz
CHILDRENS BOOK WRITER
"Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Sequences of Earth & Space)"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1998-07-01
"The Fight for Survival (Cycles of Life)"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1998-07-01
"The Life of a Cell (Cycles of Life)"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1998-07-01
"The Origin of the Universe (Sequences of Earth & Space)"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1998-07-01
"Animals on the Inside: A Book of Discovery & Learning"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Library Binding Published : 1999-10
"Animals on the Inside: A Book of Discovery and Learning"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1995-12
"Animals On The Inside: A Book Of Discovery & Learning"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Paperback Published : 1995
Liana Romulo
Liana Romulo (Grand daughter of CPR and Virginia Llamas Romulo )
Writer and author of children's book and is Blogger herself
From google blog I posted Liana Romulo's
Profile page to get to know her
Forum for a Tiny Planet
Liana Romulo is the daughter of the General’s youngest son, Bobby. When she’s not poring over her grandfather’s papers and trying to date old photographs, she is likely to be practicing Ashtanga yoga, hunting through bookstores, or recommending her favorite dishes to friends at Romulo Café in Quezon City. She lives in the Philippines but likes to wander the world, and has lived in Thailand, Belgium, and the United States.
The pieces she writes for this site give her immense satisfaction, though she also loves writing books for kids, such as Filipino Friends, Asian Children’s Favorite Stories, My First Book of Tagalog Words, and the best-selling Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories. Right now she’s working on two other children’s books, to be released by Tuttle Publishing in 2011, while thinking about how to present Philippine history to young readers in a fresh and interesting way.
For the past few years I have been archiving my grandfather’s old letters, photographs, films, and other memorabilia. I’m pretty organized now, and would like to begin sharing some of the items with you on www.carlospromulo.org. I have taken the liberty of including you among my subscribers–perhaps because your family shares history with ours; because you have ties to the CPR Foundation or the Foreign Service; or because I know you care about history.
CPR’s life traced an extraordinary pattern of starting out in a career, topping it, and then moving on to the next. The English professor became the university president; the soldier became a general; the cub reporter became a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist; and the diplomat became an ambassador, a foreign secretary, even “Mr. United Nations.”
Lolo Carlos and two-year-old Liana
So many accomplishments in one lifetime! No wonder his great-grandchildren are confused. I made the site for them. I created it, too, for future generations who might need some bolstering in order to own up to being Filipino, in the hopes that they will prove worthy custodians of a nation whose right to independence CPR so tirelessly pursued. It is also for second- and third-generation Filipinos living overseas who’d like to feel a connection to their roots.
Most of all, this site is for my irrepressible grandfather, whose wisdom, words, and wit do not belong in a cardboard box or even a dusty old archive. Although to me he was just Lolo—the gourmet who took me out for fancy dinners, the giver of dolls from every country, the eater of too much ice cream, the storyteller always interested in hearing about my horseback-riding adventures
I am ever mindful of the legacy he left behind, and I do find myself wholly wrapped up in his vision of a peaceful, borderless world. He described it as “the human family on a tiny planet” in his farewell address to the United Nations. Though not quite seventeen, even I could understand that.
I sat up in the gallery spellbound as he delivered his swan song before the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations. It was November 1983, and my brother and I were on Thanksgiving break from boarding school. We’d seen Lolo speak a million times before, but this speech was different. It was ominous, gloomy . . . filled with despair.
“I do not think the world has much time,” he said darkly. “I do not think it has much time to escape the momentum toward self-destruction upon which it seems set.” Weeping openly, he asked what it would take to “galvanize us into the necessary steps and actions to preserve the world against catastrophe.” My brother sat next to me, fidgeting uneasily in his seat.
Foreign Minister of the Philippines Carlos P. Romulo addressing the UN General Assembly during its 37th regular session, September 27, 1982; where Imre Hollai of Hungary was elected as president.
A rousing ovation followed as dignitaries from all over the world—Africa, India, Europe, the USSR—got to their feet, visibly moved. They rushed to pay their respects, a line suddenly forming, snaking around the assembly hall. The ovation continued, unabated, until every last one of the delegates from 154 member nations had shaken his hand; and at the end of what seemed to me at least thirty minutes we gave him a final burst of applause.
This man, my grandfather, was the last surviving signatory of the United Nations Charter. Everywhere we went people knew him, people loved him, and people bowed down to him. But here at the final curtain he was not basking in the glory of his achievements, as one might have expected; rather, he was lamenting his failures and those of the United Nations. “Yes, I have regrets,” he said, his face streaked with tears. “I regret that during these years—1945 to 1983—not more progress has been made in living up to the necessities of a unitary globe.”
I felt sad for my poor old lolo, nearly eighty-six, whose simple wish was for everyone to live together in peace: “The human family on a tiny planet.” Broken down into such basic language, it seemed to me like a reachable goal, a very possible dream. Yet today I find myself, all grown up, surrounded by war and conflict. Twenty-six years later this dream still eludes us.
It is therefore in the spirit of building a kinder world populated by more compassionate people that I dedicate this online forum to my loving grandfather—to honor him, to bring to light his ideas . . . to propagate peace.
Sincerely yours,
Liana Romulo
December 8, 2009
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Confessor Valdhueza Llamas
Drama Writer from Plaridel, Misamis Occidental, wrote Confevalla and other one is Mount Malindang. Confevalla meaning , Confessor Valdhueza Llamas, Confevalla as its is remembered was coined from his name It was dramatized in AM radios in Cebu, Bohol and Mindanao .
Emmie Llamas-Cruz (comics / romantic novel writer)
Emmie Llamas-Cruz Hmmm. It is my love... to write-- and my two daughters are also inclined to writing. I was able to write in komiks, in the Pamilya at Tahanan of Liwayway Magazine. I also have 4 published romantic novels to my name. I am planning to go back to writing again soon. My frequent travels and work as a product lecturer of an International food supplement company fill up my waking hours and leave nothing for me to squeeze writing again. But definitely I will write again... soon.
Lorenzo C. Llamas (Young Novelist and historian)
As an avid Historian my self I am happy to have known one young historian in the name of Lorenzo C. Llamas who at his young age have writen two novels already" The Republic " and The Afternoon of Fools. And now this “A History of the Municipality of Pozorrubio” .
Being an SK 1st kagawad member this young lad had made an effort to update their history as well as express his love for his home town. Lorenzo C. Llamas is currently a Pre-medical student taking up B.S.Pharmacy at the University of Luzon Pozzorobio Extension Campus. Another future Doctor in the Llamas Family.( See Part 29...)
Fr. Adonis Llamas Narcelles, Jr. SVD
And I would like to post as well a distinguished son of Pozzorobio Fr. Adonis Llamas Narcelles, Jr. SVD, Chaplain of the Filipino Community in Berlin and Praeses of the SVD Community in Berlin, founder of the Words of Life Mission and the first Filipino SVD Missionary to die in Germany and author of the book Words of Life, which was a finalist in the 33th Catholic Mass Media Awards last October 19, 2011
Rina Chan Albert-Llamas( Book Illustrator, Designer)
Rina Chan Albert-Llamas studied fine art, design, and business at Manhattanville College in New York. After graduating with honors in 2001, she started illustrating, designing, and distributing her ownline of paper products.
In addition to designing her own products, she’s done a lot of freelance illustration work for many clients such as Rustan’s. Just G, Itsie Bitsie, Tint, Cinderella, Remi Martin, and Toblerone to name a few. She’s also done illustrationwork for a number of periodicals such as Mega, Metro Society, Just Shop, The Philippine Star, etc. She has also illustrated a number of books.
Rina enjoys travelling and draws much of her inspiration and artistic influence from her travels. Her art can be inspired by almost anything... from classic French architecture to tastefully packaged products in quaint little shops. Viewing the works of other artists in galleries, museums, and even children’s books (such as the Eloise books illustrated by Hilary Knight, and of course the playfully illustrated books by Dr. Seuss) are among the many ways she gets her creative juices flowing.
Her Mom Lily Chan is a sister of Jose Marie Chan the singer.
BY: DEO ANTONIO D. LLAMAS
THE WRITERS OF THE LLAMAS FAMILY
The Llamas family is also noted in the field of journalism and literature. Seeing history in the making and making history as well. A passion that runs in the blood. Being in the forefront in leadership it is but second nature in communicating ideas and delivering inspiring stories, news worthy articles, documenting events and emotions,expressing hope, dreams and supports our aspiration.
Exposing the truth that lies amidst confusion and mistrust. Giving direction and challenges that moves into action. Fearless integrity, creative discipline in the art of writing. Acknowledging that the pen is mightier than the sword in changing the world for the better. And showing the truth and light .Having the mastery of words that truly speaks the heart of the matter and the matters of the heart.poets and linguist, educators and leaders ever involved and always leads.
And in the business of printing the Llamas family has been in this business for decades. I remember visiting Llamas en Prenta in Cubao , Quezon City in the 80's who is own by my cousin Jojo P. Llamas and lately visited Sonia . Llamas- Tan printing press in Panay Avenue in Quezon City beside Gideon Bible head office. And another cousin Alice P. Llamas has her own printing press as well .
Remember Llamas means to call and flame or blaze . We are the watchman of our generations, the flame that is undying .trail blazers in what ever field engage in, revolutionary in many ways .with deep sense of spirituality and nationalistic fervor with social responsibility that is the mark of a Llamas.so enjoy a glimpse of their life and thoughts
And so I present to you the writers in the Llamas family and their works:
CORA LLAMAS
FREELANCE WRITER
MANILA BULLETIN
The Expansion of Mang Inasal
A local franchise gets a significant chunk of the pie via a timely concept and time-tested strategies for business success
By CORA LLAMAS
June 27, 2010, 11:16am
It started with an old, almost forgot ten space in a car park that had been left unused for a few years. The management in Robinsons Mall in Iloilo City had already lowered the rental fee to bargain prices in order to attract tenants. There were no takers until a young local businessman in the community decided to acquire it, based purely on what he now describes as a hunch.
Today, that once abandoned area is a booming Mang Inasal fast-food diner where hundreds of grilled-meat lovers converge everyday, the pioneer and founding father of about 250 franchises all over the Philippines.
“The space came ahead of the concept,” chuckles Edgar “Injap” Sia II, the owner and CEO of Mang Inasal, as he looks back at that turning point seven years ago. “When I saw it, I knew that it could become a magnet for people to come to. I bought the space not knowing what to do with it. I had to come up with a concept.”
One thing was clear to the young Ilonggo businessman’s mind, though—whatever he put up would have to be popular and flexible enough to spread on a nationwide scale. Sia, the son of Filipino-Chinese grocery owners in Roxas City and who had helped in the family enterprise as early as the age of 10, was enjoying modest success as an entrepreneur who dabbled in the laundry and photo printing businesses in his native town. But he had long harbored a dream to come up with a venture that could spread from one end of the archipelago to another.
Food was an obvious choice to a people who had made a celebratory experience out of it—and chicken barbecue was a favored delicacy in Iloilo. Sia did notice though that, “Although there were lots of barbecues, all of them were fine dining. We wanted to serve barbecues but in a fast food and at affordable prices. My wife and I just concocted the mixture at home.” (These days, professional chefs mix the brew and create the menu.)
Organic Progress Sia focused his attention first on his own backyard, the Visayas and Mindanao areas. At first, there were only three Mang Inasal restos during the first year. He added six more restos by the second year. The year 2007 saw more growth with 45 branches. Mang Inasal reached 100 locations in 2009 and as of a few months ago, has expanded to more than 200. Things came to full circle with the putting up of his most recent franchise a few weeks ago in Iloilo, the place where it all started.
Of the 250 restaurants, only 28 are owned by the company—the other 200 are franchises. Sia estimates that four new restos open in a single week. One franchise costs about P7 million which covers the franchise fee, renovation, the deposit with lessor, equipment, and training.
Sia is happy that the growth of his business was a natural progression—“organic, not artificial,” he says. “It’s not a matter of asking my friends to franchise with me. I didn’t wait for them. We just waited for people who believed in the project and saw beyond the present. Many of these franchise owners saw that one branch is doing well and decided to follow.”
That he only put up three restos in the first year was a calculated move. “We wanted to see if the concept was going to work,” he says. There was a reason he waited for six months before launching his second resto in Davao City. “The first three months in our first Iloilo branch, people were coming in but they were just newcomers,” he explains. When the crowds continued for another three months, “we saw that these were regulars who already dined in Mang Inasal as a matter of habit. We knew then that it was time to expand.”
No Shortcuts
He gave another factor that contributed to the growth: “The giants [in the food and franchise business] did not consider Mang Inasal to be a threat. They did not see that a local chain could have a phenomenal growth of 100 stores a year. Because of this, we could pursue our dreams quietly. Big companies can grow slow because of the red tape. While most of our competitors were busy sipping coffee in their posh offices, we were working hard, traveling to four to five cities in a week, negotiating and paving the way for our planned expansion.”
What helped them compete and hold their own against the establishment were a combination of affordable prices, the distinct Pinoy flavor, the strategic locations of their branches, and the unlimited rice offerings, the latter an almost irresistible come-on.
Metro Manila was another market that was initially hard to enter. Sia admits, “We got a grip on the National Capital Region only in 2006. Two years ago, only one out of 10 people knew about us.Today, nine out of 10 do know about us—but only five of them really go to our franchises regularly or patronize us.”
Still, with the Mang Inasal branch in the Mall of Asia enjoying double-digit growth, he is optimistic that he can capture a greater share. “I was able to penetrate ‘imperial’ Manila,” he smiles, “and I am just a provinciano who has no classmates in the NCR. It’s just a matter of using the front door to make the business succeed—and don’t do any shortcuts.”
He also says that the market is far from being saturated, pointing out that the bigger fast food chains can still put up franchises three times his number. Expansion of the Mang Inasal franchise is just beginning. Sia says, “We will continue to improve our operations and expand our branches nationwide. We are targeting 500 restos by the year 2012.”
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WHY DO I WANT TO WRITE ?
BY: DEO ANTONIO D. LLAMAS
Why do I want to write ? For many reasons why do I want to write.I believe that Written Words are Powerful.Words can change this world. Ancient Stories of long ago HAS CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY. As a kid I love to read and travel even until now. It never stops to amaze me learning and seeing new people, places, things and experience. For when Growth stops decays Begin. I can best express myself in writing and dream of making a book myself one of this days of Something of Interest.
Why do I want to write ? Words are eternal .As the great book says " In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the word was God.It is a UNIVERSAL NEED TO EXPRESS ONE'S CREATIVITY. It is finding the divine in each and every one of us and the need for immortality and a sense of legacy.Being a writer gives us this opportunity documenting moments, special events, ideas, aspirations and exploring the threshold of human
emotions and lessons which if published can be enjoyed by generations .
Why do I want to write ? I came from a family of leaders, writers , educators,religious, linguist, lawyers, politicians, artist, poets, printers, musicians, journalist and history makers. Maybe it is in my blood in my genes... ha ha ha . A familial tendencies and influence nurtured and encourage by examples and choice of careers. Loving knowledge, ELEVATES THE MIND AND THE SOUL. Finding joy, faith, passion and fulfillment is a reward and consolation in itself. And it is an honor to follow this family tradition and to be the best at one.
Why do I want to write ? I excel in things that interest me. And maybe right the wrongs and make things right.In my own little way bring Hope to the Hopeless, make people Smile and appreciate the Beauty of Life, Finding the way to those who are Lost. Entertain while Educating, Informing, Challenging and Motivating People to Move to Action. At THE SAME TIME EARNING WHILE LEARNING. I enjoy writing loving it as ideas flows. And it would be my pleasure to be Around telling, writing stories of great profound.
Author of Something Interesting About The Llamas Family Of The Philippines
Compose several poems and articles of interest
Participated in the World Friendship Poetry Contest
I inspire the World by Pen Pen Takipsilim
Editor vista 90 the Official Yearbook of University of Iloilo
Blogger: deo-antonio blog
Facebook addict ...ha ha ha
MY LIFE, MY WORKS, MY GOD
BY DEO ANTONIO D.LLAMAS
I LIVE TO LOVE . I LOVE TO LIVE.I EMBRACE KNOWING, BELIEVING LOVING WHAT YOU ARE DOING AS KEY TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS. I BELIEVE IN GOD WHO BELIEVES IN ME.
Iam a forgiven sinner, bought by the blood of Christ. Not my will but His will be done in my life. I believe in God who believes in me. I embrace the principle of knowing, believing, loving what you are doing as the key to one's happiness and success and being in God's will. I live to love and love to live.
I was born in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on October 28,1969 this was the year man has step on the moon. I was the 4th of 5 sons of Judge Leonides Jovellanos Llamas sr. of Dagupan City, Pangasinan and Leticia Diaz Delfin Llamas of Panitan, Capiz. She's (LMD) Land Management Division chief of DENR. Papa and Mama where classmates in the college of law in Far Eastern University in Manila .
And my 4 brothers are Jose Hugo(named after our two grandfathers)Paul Leo (Poet and Artist) Joseph Mario(Law Graduate now works for Dept.of Agriculture) and our youngest is Leonides D. Llamas Jr. is a Nurse in the U.S. Most of us where born in Manila but we transfered to Iloilo city by 1975.Both Hugo and Paul has passed away.
Iam Married to Anna Lissa Yap Rivera (Group Operation Mgr-SM Food Group.We have 4 kids Deo Michael Gabriel (19)3rd yr. Nursing, Paul David( 17)1st yr Civil Engr, John Peter(14)3rd yr H.S., and Divine Grace(8)grade 1. We meet in Roxas city.
My given name is Deo Antonio D. Llamas. Deo means God...Antonio means Indispensable One and Llamas means to Call, so it is Indispensable to call unto God. This is usually how I would introduce my self in meetings.
As a kid I was spiritually inclined and prayerful. I grew up in a very religious roman catholic environment my father was an ex-seminarian and my mother was active in the church and daily prayers and reading of the bible was encourage in the house .
I was active in our choir the Sweet Voice of Salvation and the same time an altar boy assisting our parish priest during the mass.But my hunger for God grew and I was Seeking the truth and came a turning point in my life That I have to live my Catholic faith and embrace the biblical truth of Christianity.
There was a Great Revival and move of the Spirit during the 80's Involved myself in Agape Campus for Jesus Fellowship and Christ Ambassadors of Full Gospel Center Church,Inter-Faith, Upper Room ministry and many more. So after high school I wanted to go to a bible school.
But our pastor advised that I take a college course first and timely my aunt Tita Belle Alcantara will sponsor my college course if I take up Nursing. So I agreed I finished my BS Nursing at University of Iloilo in 1991 and now a licensed Registered Nurse.
I studied in University of San Agustin for my High School 1982-1986 and my Elementary at West Visayas State University 1976-1982 and started my schooling at San Jose College for my Kinder Class.
As a kid I would consider myself "The most traveled kid". Weekly when mama goes for field inspection. Iam the one who accompanies her in different places, towns and provinces in Iloilo, Aklan,Guimaras, as well as our frequent family gatherings in Manila, Capiz, or Bacolod City. Travelling by air , land and sea.
I had fun and really enjoyed my childhood. Thank God for that.I Love travelling. So when I got married I decided to be in sales because of the nature of the job and pays better and which requires travelling .
I have work for different consumer companies, as a distributor specialist for Zuellig Distributors Inc.-Kraft Gen.Foods 1995-1998, San Miguel Corp-Campo Carne 1998-1999,Sara Lee Phils.1999-2000.
I ensure sales target and profitability must be delivererd, assist in the distributors day to day operation,,help in sell in sell out, inventory management, fifo, trained our distributor saleman, supervised in the merchandising drive, do competitive report.
But as my children are growing up I decided to engage in real estate where I could spend more time with them and make more money than when I was employed. I have been a Licensed Realtor for 7 years now but I am in my 10th year of real estate business already .
I Dream of becoming a Developer someday if God Will's it then it will be done. I would like to start building low cost housing for that is the major problem we have in the Philippines and in our city, Iloilo City for we have lots of informal settlers here. The name of my real estate group is Kingdom Builder.
I am a member of Iloilo City Host Lions Club, Iloilo Chamber of Commerce and Industry,Iloilo City Realtors Board Inc. and a Board of Director of First Community Bank Inc.in Bacolod City and Gideon.
We have a small restaurant that we started it's Susana's Diner located at the 33 Lopez Jaena st. Jaro Iloilo City. But we decided to close it early,but it was a great experienced on my part.
My email: deollamas2007@gmail.com and cell no: 09463870004 and Iam residing at Blk.15 Alta Tierra Village Jaro, Iloilo City, the City of Love.
About my interest and talents I love to sing,I draw and paint,I write poems and speeches,love to read the bible,books on history,biography and business and self help books,a chess player, badminton,tennis, bowling ,billiards and poker. I do trainings and is comfortable with people, love the internet and meeting new friends and network in facebook. I have great interest in politics. I have run for city councilor here in Iloilo City but my time has not yet come. I still love to travel.
I love spending time with my wife and kids and growing together. Iam Grateful and Glad to know that God cares for me and my family. And I know God is not finish with me yet.I love my mother. Iam the one taking good care of her. She has Alzheimers already at 78 years old. This is what's keeping me busy lately. My father passed along time. And I love them both. Thankful for all the love they have bestowed on me. I was born in the year of a great breakthrough "A Big Leap" for humanity and science as man conquered the Moon, I too am am expecting my Great Breakthrough in my Life Now.
AKBAYAN PRESIDENT RONALD LLAMAS
Voice of political change
GROWING up in a conservative middle-class family and studying in Catholic schools had insulated young Ronald Llamas from the country’s social problems. Now, as a political activist and the president of Akbayan Citizen’s Action Party, he has chosen to be part of the solution.Llama’s first attempts in activism started at high school, where he wrote human-interest stories and critiques about the grading system for his class, which he considered as an “act of rebellion and a product of restlessness.” His critical spirit and restlessness made him take up Journalism at the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) of the University of Santo Tomas in 1978.In college, Llamas wrote for Hudyat, the official newsletter of the then Samahan ng mga Tomasino sa Pamamahayag (now the UST Journalism Society), The Flame, the official student organ of AB, and the Varsitarian, where he served as Features editor.
“There is no turning back.”Llamas then started writing about the situation obtaining under Martial Law, which severely restricted information and curtailed the press.“Thomasians then were not very critical of their surroundings. Information about current events were also not readily available in the University,” he said.
In a special issue of Flame, he wrote the satire, “Confessions of a Butcher,” in which a sinner with remarkable affinities to the strongman, Ferdinand Marcos, and his defense chief, Juan Ponce Enrile confesses to slaughtering the people. The article changed the tenor of the publication, which previously had been literature-centered. “Magandang instrument ang Flame, lalo na ‘nung Martial Law, para ma-inform ‘yung mga student kung ano ba talaga ang kilos ng Martial law at kung ano ang alternative,” Llamas said.
When the administration warned the Varsitarian against publishing anti–government sentiments, Llamas gave up his editorship and urged his fellow staffers to resign en masse due to the editorial intervention. Most of the staff decided to remain when the administration talked to them.Still, he knew writing about the issues was not enough. To achieve change, he had to work from within.
In 1981, Llamas became the first president of the AB Student Council after its resurrection when Martial law was lifted. “Sa tingin ko, kailangan naming gamitin ‘yung oportunidad na ‘yun para ibalik ang student activism at political consciousness sa University,” he said.Llamas created the first student constitution in the University in order to check administration meddling.
Other colleges followed suit. Later, the Central Student Council was formed.Llamas also helped establish the Youth for the Advancement of Faith and Justice (YAFJ), an intercollegiate student youth movement that became dominant in student politics in the university-belt. YAFJ became the rival of the league of Filipino students, becoming the training ground of UST activists in the 1980’s and early 1990’s.
Llama’s “shining moment” came when he personally gave John Paul II a letter containing the Filipino student’s sentiments against the Marcos dictatorship in 1981, the first papal visit of the Polish Pontiff. “I took our issues to an international level,” he said.Despite the clashes with the UST administration, Llamas said UST is a fine learning institution
“On the local level, meron kang pwedeng gawin. Meron kang mga ‘islands’ na pwede mong unti-unting i-develop at i-democratize, eventually with enough numbers you can make a big institute,” he said.In what Llamas calls as “green patches in a bleak landscape,” Akbayan works for program-based politics that propose gradual changes from below. And this, he thinks is what sets Akbayan from the other parties.“This is our third path,” Llamas said.
“We opt for the less destructive way of changing the society, rather than the arm-struggle extreme-leftists want. And at the same time, we can eradicate the trapos and corruption in our present government. “Hindi lang expose and oppose, but what do we propose?”No turning backLlamas said it is a make-or-break time for the Philippine progressive politics.
“This is a historic generation struggle, dahil nasa dulo na tayo e. it’s up to us to choose whether we fall into the abyss, or we retreat and develop,” he said.Still, he believes all is not lost for the country—not if he can do something about it. Along with his “band of brothers” in Akbayan, Llamas marches on with a progressive reform agenda.
“We know this is an uphill climb, but at the very least pwede naming sabihin sa susunod na generation may ginawa kami, hindi lang kami tumahimik, hindi lang kami nag-migrate, hindi lang kami umiwas, we confronted the problem head on.”In the final analysis, rational reformation is within the capacity of everyone. “This is beyond ideology, beyond religion, beyond activism,” Llamas said.
“Kahit ano pa ang iyong pananaw, kahit ano pa ang iyong political orientation, try to leave the world a better place. Kung marami sa atin ang gagawa nun, we have a future
JOSE FERNANDEZ LLAMAS Municipal President : 1931-1934 (My Grand Father)
He was a newspaperman-lawyer who wrote with the pen name Silin Tabal, for Tunong.
UST Professor teaching Spanish/ Law
JOSE FERNANDEZ LLAMAS belongs to a long line of the Llamas clan who were elected to the position of municipal president, municipal mayor and city mayor. It started with Don Antonio Llamas Fernandez, to Amado Llamas Ayson, down to Liberato Llamas Reyna and even almost Felipe Llamas Cuison. Cuison was twice city mayor in 1967 but lost. As town executive Don Jose left as a memorial of his administration, the water tank behind the city hall building. He also constructed the original Kiosk in the plaza which has been demolished in later years to give way to improvements.
He served in the government service in several other capacities: 1) as municipal councilor, 2)Pangasinan provincial board secretary during the term Gov. Servillano dela Cruz; 3) Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Representative during the time of Speaker Eugenio Perez; 4 ) Justice of the Peace of Sta. Barbara and Rosales. As municipal president he was elected chairman of the Municipal Presidents League of Pangasinan. He won as municipal president on the platform that he would work for the Dagupan into a city,.
He was the son of Juan Llamas and Eulalia Fernnadez, a sister of Don Antonio Llamas Fernandez. He was married to the forcer Maria Villamil Jovellanos daughter of DonToribio Jovellanos and Dona Carmen Villamil. He was a newspaperman-lawyer who wrote with the pen name Silin Tabal, for Tunong. He died August 16, 1960 and was survived by nine children: Alfonso, Hernando, Baltazar, Juanito, Angeles, Luis, Fanny, Jesusa and Leonides.
Angeles inherited the piano of Dona Carmen Villamil, her grandmother. This was the piano on which Leonor Rivera used to play. She later donated the same piano to the Bulacan museum. She was married to Felipe Lazaro of Bustos, Bulacan. Alfonso became a COMELEC register and a municipal judge and later became Regional Trial Court Judge, while Hernando is now city treasurer of San Carlos City (Pangasinan). Leonides is also a Judge . Luis became a priest; Fanny is a Librarian head of the periodical section at the University of Santo Tomas, Baltazar is a ranking legal officer of the Bureau of Lands.HE WROTE A DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH-TAGALOG-SPANISH AND PANGALATOK
TERESITA COQUIA SISON
Editorial assistant
National geographic society
Editor -in-chief and researcher
The book " The Fercolla Clan "
A genealogy of Fernandez- Coquia- Llamas family
Of the city of Dagupan, Pangasinan Philippines
Published in 1985
Research and compiled by Teresita Coquia
Published by: Armando Cabal Fernandez
Contributors and member of the board of
Editorial consultants:
William Llamas Estrada
Eufrosina Llamas Guadiz
Elisa Fernadez Ramos
Begun the project in 1977 and it was not until 8 years later that she felt there were sufficient materials to come out with the first published edition of the book (1985)
She did her research as a resident of Washington D.C.
She worked for National Geographic Society as an editorial assistant.her husband ,Tomas Bandong Sison is a business manager at Georgetown University Press.
JEENA LLAMAS LOPEZ
EXTREME SPORTS ENTHUSIAST
KITE BOARDER
SPORTS WRITER
CORON
BY JEENA LLAMAS LOPEZ
Coron in Palawan has some of the most beautiful and unspoilt beaches in the country and the region. It also presents excellent diving. This side of the planet has more than 200 islets, mostly uninhabited, and its coastline is fringed with white sand and clear waters. It has towering limestone cliffs, sheltered lakes, lush mangroves, and thriving marine reserves. Check out Banol, a small strip of beach lying at the foot of a towering limestone cliff, Debatoc at the entrance of Coron passage, with its white sandy beach and steep limestone cliff partly bordered by coral reefs, Lagat, a small island 334-feet high surrounded by a reef with a narrow passage, and Malcapuya, said to be better than Boracay.
Sports enthusiast Jeena Lopez's favorite beaches are Sangat, Gutob, Malcapuya, Mangenguey, and all the uninhabited islands that you pass by on your pumpboat ride: “It is ideal to hire a boat and travel as far as you can, then turn back and explore the different uninhabited islands on the way back that catches your interest,” says Lopez. Attractions in the area that she adores are Makinit Hot Spring, Twin Lagoons and Kayangan Lake. Also, submerged at the narrow passages of Sangat, Gutob and Black Islands are Coron’s biggest attractions – 11 World War II Japanese naval wrecks.
- Jeena Llamas Lopez Extreme sports enthusiast, kiteboarder
Andres Llamas Ruiz
CHILDRENS BOOK WRITER
"Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Sequences of Earth & Space)"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1998-07-01
"The Fight for Survival (Cycles of Life)"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1998-07-01
"The Life of a Cell (Cycles of Life)"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1998-07-01
"The Origin of the Universe (Sequences of Earth & Space)"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1998-07-01
"Animals on the Inside: A Book of Discovery & Learning"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Library Binding Published : 1999-10
"Animals on the Inside: A Book of Discovery and Learning"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Hardcover Published : 1995-12
"Animals On The Inside: A Book Of Discovery & Learning"
Author(s) : Andres Llamas Ruiz
Format : Paperback Published : 1995
Liana Romulo
Liana Romulo (Grand daughter of CPR and Virginia Llamas Romulo )
Writer and author of children's book and is Blogger herself
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Liana Romulo is the daughter of the General’s youngest son, Bobby. When she’s not poring over her grandfather’s papers and trying to date old photographs, she is likely to be practicing Ashtanga yoga, hunting through bookstores, or recommending her favorite dishes to friends at Romulo Café in Quezon City. She lives in the Philippines but likes to wander the world, and has lived in Thailand, Belgium, and the United States.
The pieces she writes for this site give her immense satisfaction, though she also loves writing books for kids, such as Filipino Friends, Asian Children’s Favorite Stories, My First Book of Tagalog Words, and the best-selling Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories. Right now she’s working on two other children’s books, to be released by Tuttle Publishing in 2011, while thinking about how to present Philippine history to young readers in a fresh and interesting way.
For the past few years I have been archiving my grandfather’s old letters, photographs, films, and other memorabilia. I’m pretty organized now, and would like to begin sharing some of the items with you on www.carlospromulo.org. I have taken the liberty of including you among my subscribers–perhaps because your family shares history with ours; because you have ties to the CPR Foundation or the Foreign Service; or because I know you care about history.
CPR’s life traced an extraordinary pattern of starting out in a career, topping it, and then moving on to the next. The English professor became the university president; the soldier became a general; the cub reporter became a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist; and the diplomat became an ambassador, a foreign secretary, even “Mr. United Nations.”
Lolo Carlos and two-year-old Liana
So many accomplishments in one lifetime! No wonder his great-grandchildren are confused. I made the site for them. I created it, too, for future generations who might need some bolstering in order to own up to being Filipino, in the hopes that they will prove worthy custodians of a nation whose right to independence CPR so tirelessly pursued. It is also for second- and third-generation Filipinos living overseas who’d like to feel a connection to their roots.
Most of all, this site is for my irrepressible grandfather, whose wisdom, words, and wit do not belong in a cardboard box or even a dusty old archive. Although to me he was just Lolo—the gourmet who took me out for fancy dinners, the giver of dolls from every country, the eater of too much ice cream, the storyteller always interested in hearing about my horseback-riding adventures
I am ever mindful of the legacy he left behind, and I do find myself wholly wrapped up in his vision of a peaceful, borderless world. He described it as “the human family on a tiny planet” in his farewell address to the United Nations. Though not quite seventeen, even I could understand that.
I sat up in the gallery spellbound as he delivered his swan song before the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations. It was November 1983, and my brother and I were on Thanksgiving break from boarding school. We’d seen Lolo speak a million times before, but this speech was different. It was ominous, gloomy . . . filled with despair.
“I do not think the world has much time,” he said darkly. “I do not think it has much time to escape the momentum toward self-destruction upon which it seems set.” Weeping openly, he asked what it would take to “galvanize us into the necessary steps and actions to preserve the world against catastrophe.” My brother sat next to me, fidgeting uneasily in his seat.
Foreign Minister of the Philippines Carlos P. Romulo addressing the UN General Assembly during its 37th regular session, September 27, 1982; where Imre Hollai of Hungary was elected as president.
A rousing ovation followed as dignitaries from all over the world—Africa, India, Europe, the USSR—got to their feet, visibly moved. They rushed to pay their respects, a line suddenly forming, snaking around the assembly hall. The ovation continued, unabated, until every last one of the delegates from 154 member nations had shaken his hand; and at the end of what seemed to me at least thirty minutes we gave him a final burst of applause.
This man, my grandfather, was the last surviving signatory of the United Nations Charter. Everywhere we went people knew him, people loved him, and people bowed down to him. But here at the final curtain he was not basking in the glory of his achievements, as one might have expected; rather, he was lamenting his failures and those of the United Nations. “Yes, I have regrets,” he said, his face streaked with tears. “I regret that during these years—1945 to 1983—not more progress has been made in living up to the necessities of a unitary globe.”
I felt sad for my poor old lolo, nearly eighty-six, whose simple wish was for everyone to live together in peace: “The human family on a tiny planet.” Broken down into such basic language, it seemed to me like a reachable goal, a very possible dream. Yet today I find myself, all grown up, surrounded by war and conflict. Twenty-six years later this dream still eludes us.
It is therefore in the spirit of building a kinder world populated by more compassionate people that I dedicate this online forum to my loving grandfather—to honor him, to bring to light his ideas . . . to propagate peace.
Sincerely yours,
Liana Romulo
December 8, 2009
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Confessor Valdhueza Llamas
Drama Writer from Plaridel, Misamis Occidental, wrote Confevalla and other one is Mount Malindang. Confevalla meaning , Confessor Valdhueza Llamas, Confevalla as its is remembered was coined from his name It was dramatized in AM radios in Cebu, Bohol and Mindanao .
Emmie Llamas-Cruz (comics / romantic novel writer)
Emmie Llamas-Cruz Hmmm. It is my love... to write-- and my two daughters are also inclined to writing. I was able to write in komiks, in the Pamilya at Tahanan of Liwayway Magazine. I also have 4 published romantic novels to my name. I am planning to go back to writing again soon. My frequent travels and work as a product lecturer of an International food supplement company fill up my waking hours and leave nothing for me to squeeze writing again. But definitely I will write again... soon.
Lorenzo C. Llamas (Young Novelist and historian)
As an avid Historian my self I am happy to have known one young historian in the name of Lorenzo C. Llamas who at his young age have writen two novels already" The Republic " and The Afternoon of Fools. And now this “A History of the Municipality of Pozorrubio” .
Being an SK 1st kagawad member this young lad had made an effort to update their history as well as express his love for his home town. Lorenzo C. Llamas is currently a Pre-medical student taking up B.S.Pharmacy at the University of Luzon Pozzorobio Extension Campus. Another future Doctor in the Llamas Family.( See Part 29...)
Fr. Adonis Llamas Narcelles, Jr. SVD
And I would like to post as well a distinguished son of Pozzorobio Fr. Adonis Llamas Narcelles, Jr. SVD, Chaplain of the Filipino Community in Berlin and Praeses of the SVD Community in Berlin, founder of the Words of Life Mission and the first Filipino SVD Missionary to die in Germany and author of the book Words of Life, which was a finalist in the 33th Catholic Mass Media Awards last October 19, 2011
Rina Chan Albert-Llamas( Book Illustrator, Designer)
Rina Chan Albert-Llamas studied fine art, design, and business at Manhattanville College in New York. After graduating with honors in 2001, she started illustrating, designing, and distributing her ownline of paper products.
In addition to designing her own products, she’s done a lot of freelance illustration work for many clients such as Rustan’s. Just G, Itsie Bitsie, Tint, Cinderella, Remi Martin, and Toblerone to name a few. She’s also done illustrationwork for a number of periodicals such as Mega, Metro Society, Just Shop, The Philippine Star, etc. She has also illustrated a number of books.
Rina enjoys travelling and draws much of her inspiration and artistic influence from her travels. Her art can be inspired by almost anything... from classic French architecture to tastefully packaged products in quaint little shops. Viewing the works of other artists in galleries, museums, and even children’s books (such as the Eloise books illustrated by Hilary Knight, and of course the playfully illustrated books by Dr. Seuss) are among the many ways she gets her creative juices flowing.
Her Mom Lily Chan is a sister of Jose Marie Chan the singer.
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