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Noong 2011, nakilala ni Howie Severino ang grupo nina Dr. Bimbo Sta. Maria at BJ Borja na nangangalampag para maisalba ang mansyon na unti-unti nang binabaklas para mailipat sa Bataan. Kumusta na nga ba sila ngayon?  #AngPagbabalikSaBiñan  #iBenteSingko #IWitness

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00:00More than a hundred years have passed.

00:05The house that was once the home of the Alonzos,

00:08is now the property of the Albertos.

00:12GMA News interviewed Jerry Alberto

00:15while discussing the issue of demolition.

00:19He is the owner of the house,

00:21grandson of Jose Alonzo,

00:23the nephew of Teodora Alonzo.

00:27This is not the house of Teodora Alonzo.

00:30Teodora Alonzo was not born here.

00:32Although she is my grandmother.

00:35But this is not every house in the Philippines

00:38is heritage house.

00:40Teodora Alonzo was never born here.

00:43She was born in Santa Cruz

00:45and the worst part,

00:47her birth certificate in Santa Cruz

00:50was turned down because of some family reason.

00:55In 2010, news spread that the house in Binan

00:59was being demolished.

01:04Dr. Santa Maria's group,

01:06United Artists for Cultural Conservation

01:09and Development of Binan,

01:12We mounted a cultural protest

01:15to express their opinions on this issue

01:19to join the advocacy to save the Alberto House.

01:25In front of the house of the Albertos,

01:27they played music and drama.

01:34More than 10 years since we first interviewed BJ,

01:38he is now the head of the Binan City

01:41Culture, History, Arts, and Tourism Office.

01:45BJ is still serious in his mind

01:47about the fight they started with Doc Bimbo

01:50to save the house.

01:53For one, Doc Bimbo's efforts really started

01:56because our group became an instrument

02:02to drumbeat the advocacy.

02:05So for one, our group did the research,

02:08our group wrote to each of the residents of Binan

02:13about the importance of this.

02:15Our group coordinated with the local government

02:19during that time to really save the house.

02:24Aside from Doc Bimbo and BJ,

02:26the mayor of Binan gave a lot of support

02:29in the fight for the Alberto House.

02:32They passed city ordinates

02:34declaring the Alberto Mansion as a local heritage site.

02:39We expropriated, we were issued a writ of possession.

02:43Now, even if you are from Binan,

02:46or even if you are not from Binan,

02:48you can still enter the Alberto Mansion.

02:50Before, only the peninsulars could enter.

02:55But a lot of people got involved in the project.

03:00People said that money shouldn't be wasted.

03:02Very few LGUs can or want to expropriate a property.

03:08First of all, you will lose money.

03:11And true enough,

03:14I almost lost my second term.

03:17Every time there is a lack in the city,

03:19that is what people teach.

03:21It should be like that.

03:22It shouldn't be done like that.

03:24Now, when they saw that the whole plaza was complimented,

03:28the identity of Binan was established,

03:32that you can still be a city

03:34that is developing without abandoning your heritage.

03:39You can.

03:40And you can see the surroundings of the plaza.

03:42Businesses thrived.

03:48Even me, I didn't believe then

03:50that the mansion in Binan still has hope to be salvaged.

03:55We can build without turning our back on our past.

04:01That's why I was surprised in 2019,

04:03when Doc Bimbo invited me for the inauguration of the renovated house.

04:09This is quite a victory for one,

04:11because it's the power of eminent domain

04:14that the LGU used to save the house.

04:17And not all the time,

04:19the power of eminent domain is used for heritage conservation.

04:24Now, it's a testament of people power for heritage.

04:28It's a testament of people power for heritage,

04:31who helped each other to grow,

04:35to fight for what should be in Binan,

04:39and what is the identity and history of Binan.

04:42How important was the role of Doc Bimbo,

04:46Santa Maria, here in preserving,

04:48here in Quilusan,

04:49so that the building can remain there?

04:52He's really the one I consult.

04:56He's the one I'm with at NHI, NCCA,

05:00at the National Museum.

05:02He's the one I'm with.

05:05I didn't expect that would be the last time I would see Doc Bimbo.

05:12He was born with liver cancer in April 2020,

05:16four months after the inauguration.

05:19He's really fond of antiques.

05:22That's what makes him happy.

05:25He's really fond of culture.

05:28That's why in Santa Cruz,

05:32you might think he's a doctor,

05:34but he went to the culture.

05:37Because he really loves culture.

05:40At that time,

05:41he was really bad,

05:45but he still insisted on going.

05:47Even though they couldn't see Doc's feet,

05:51it was really bad.

05:53But he still insisted,

05:54because of his advocacy,

05:56he wanted to see again.

06:00So he still went there.

06:02But Doc's condition was really worse at that time.

06:06Even though Binan has a writ of possession of Alberto's land,

06:11a large part of the mansion has already been moved.

06:15Where did it go?

06:17Where did it go?

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