The province of Guimaras is preparing to release in 2012 a book showing its history.
The province has tapped the expertise of Dulce Festin, a History graduate at the University of the Philippines, to write the book in partnership with the U.P. Department of History and U.P.-Visayas Center for West Visayas Studies.
Guimaras Governor Felipe Hilan Nava stressed that the coming up of the history book project is aimed to "boost the tourism image" of the province, citing the additional information it could give especially on situations during the Spanish, Spanish-American and Japanese occupations.
Nava said that the books will be given to various schools to be included in their curriculum.
The project started with a historical research in 2006 covering the province’s 96 barangays. It covered private and public institutions, libraries, universities in Iloilo, as well as the national archive and available data from the Franciscan and Ortigas archives. (PNA) /MP
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