Felipe Tionko de Loiz
Felipe Tionko de Loiz
It was under the direction of Tionko de Loiz, the municipal president of Silay around 1906, that the first wharf in the town was built. Tionko also built a tramway line, roads, and bridges, and reorganized the police force to make it more effective. Municipal president of Silay, Negros Occidental (c. 1906), under whose direction the first wharf of the town was built. He likewise installed the town''s tramway line, constructed bridges and roads, and reorganized the municipal police force, making himself the nemesis of vagrants, gamblers and idlers. Originally from Molo, Iloilo, where he was born in 1866, he settled in Silay at the age of 18 after finishing his education in Manila.
Circa 1906
Men and women in politics and government
1906
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silay
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It was under the direction of Tionko de Loiz, the municipal president of Silay around 1906, that the first wharf in the town was built. Tionko also built a tramway line, roads, and bridges, and reorganized the police force to make it more effective. Municipal president of Silay, Negros Occidental (c. 1906), under whose direction the first wharf of the town was built. He likewise installed the town''s tramway line, constructed bridges and roads, and reorganized the municipal police force, making himself the nemesis of vagrants, gamblers and idlers. Originally from Molo, Iloilo, where he was born in 1866, he settled in Silay at the age of 18 after finishing his education in Manila.
Circa 1906
Men and women in politics and government
1906
bridges
government
infrastructure
municipal president
negros occidental
police force
politics
public works
representative men
roads
silay
tramway line
visayans
visayas
wharf
yriarte