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Mga taong ipinaglaban ang ginigibang masnyon sa Biñan, Laguna, kumusta na nga ba? | I-Witness
GMA Public Affairs
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7/18/2024
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?
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00:00
More than a hundred years have passed.
00:05
The house that was once the home of the Alonzos,
00:08
is now the property of the Albertos.
00:12
GMA News interviewed Jerry Alberto
00:15
while discussing the issue of demolition.
00:19
He is the owner of the house,
00:21
grandson of Jose Alonzo,
00:23
the nephew of Teodora Alonzo.
00:27
This is not the house of Teodora Alonzo.
00:30
Teodora Alonzo was not born here.
00:32
Although she is my grandmother.
00:35
But this is not every house in the Philippines
00:38
is heritage house.
00:40
Teodora Alonzo was never born here.
00:43
She was born in Santa Cruz
00:45
and the worst part,
00:47
her birth certificate in Santa Cruz
00:50
was turned down because of some family reason.
00:55
In 2010, news spread that the house in Binan
00:59
was being demolished.
01:04
Dr. Santa Maria's group,
01:06
United Artists for Cultural Conservation
01:09
and Development of Binan,
01:12
We mounted a cultural protest
01:15
to express their opinions on this issue
01:19
to join the advocacy to save the Alberto House.
01:25
In front of the house of the Albertos,
01:27
they played music and drama.
01:34
More than 10 years since we first interviewed BJ,
01:38
he is now the head of the Binan City
01:41
Culture, History, Arts, and Tourism Office.
01:45
BJ is still serious in his mind
01:47
about the fight they started with Doc Bimbo
01:50
to save the house.
01:53
For one, Doc Bimbo's efforts really started
01:56
because our group became an instrument
02:02
to drumbeat the advocacy.
02:05
So for one, our group did the research,
02:08
our group wrote to each of the residents of Binan
02:13
about the importance of this.
02:15
Our group coordinated with the local government
02:19
during that time to really save the house.
02:24
Aside from Doc Bimbo and BJ,
02:26
the mayor of Binan gave a lot of support
02:29
in the fight for the Alberto House.
02:32
They passed city ordinates
02:34
declaring the Alberto Mansion as a local heritage site.
02:39
We expropriated, we were issued a writ of possession.
02:43
Now, even if you are from Binan,
02:46
or even if you are not from Binan,
02:48
you can still enter the Alberto Mansion.
02:50
Before, only the peninsulars could enter.
02:55
But a lot of people got involved in the project.
03:00
People said that money shouldn't be wasted.
03:02
Very few LGUs can or want to expropriate a property.
03:08
First of all, you will lose money.
03:11
And true enough,
03:14
I almost lost my second term.
03:17
Every time there is a lack in the city,
03:19
that is what people teach.
03:21
It should be like that.
03:22
It shouldn't be done like that.
03:24
Now, when they saw that the whole plaza was complimented,
03:28
the identity of Binan was established,
03:32
that you can still be a city
03:34
that is developing without abandoning your heritage.
03:39
You can.
03:40
And you can see the surroundings of the plaza.
03:42
Businesses thrived.
03:48
Even me, I didn't believe then
03:50
that the mansion in Binan still has hope to be salvaged.
03:55
We can build without turning our back on our past.
04:01
That's why I was surprised in 2019,
04:03
when Doc Bimbo invited me for the inauguration of the renovated house.
04:09
This is quite a victory for one,
04:11
because it's the power of eminent domain
04:14
that the LGU used to save the house.
04:17
And not all the time,
04:19
the power of eminent domain is used for heritage conservation.
04:24
Now, it's a testament of people power for heritage.
04:28
It's a testament of people power for heritage,
04:31
who helped each other to grow,
04:35
to fight for what should be in Binan,
04:39
and what is the identity and history of Binan.
04:42
How important was the role of Doc Bimbo,
04:46
Santa Maria, here in preserving,
04:48
here in Quilusan,
04:49
so that the building can remain there?
04:52
He's really the one I consult.
04:56
He's the one I'm with at NHI, NCCA,
05:00
at the National Museum.
05:02
He's the one I'm with.
05:05
I didn't expect that would be the last time I would see Doc Bimbo.
05:12
He was born with liver cancer in April 2020,
05:16
four months after the inauguration.
05:19
He's really fond of antiques.
05:22
That's what makes him happy.
05:25
He's really fond of culture.
05:28
That's why in Santa Cruz,
05:32
you might think he's a doctor,
05:34
but he went to the culture.
05:37
Because he really loves culture.
05:40
At that time,
05:41
he was really bad,
05:45
but he still insisted on going.
05:47
Even though they couldn't see Doc's feet,
05:51
it was really bad.
05:53
But he still insisted,
05:54
because of his advocacy,
05:56
he wanted to see again.
06:00
So he still went there.
06:02
But Doc's condition was really worse at that time.
06:06
Even though Binan has a writ of possession of Alberto's land,
06:11
a large part of the mansion has already been moved.
06:15
Where did it go?
06:17
Where did it go?
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