FAMILIA MANIQUIZ HALL OF FAME (SANTIAGO CLAN)

(Aming Ipinagmamalaki)

BALBINO MANIQUIS (S5), young KatipuneroS included among the fifteen recognized heroes of Biak-na-Bato, a glorious episode in our independence movement against Spain. Gil was one of the youngest signatories of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato

ELISEO  and  ARSENIO (S6), famous soldiers of the Philippines

ELISEO, a captain in the Philippine Air Force lost his life training young pilots. A grateful country named a landing field in Nueva Ecija in his memory. See website http://www.paf.mil.ph/history/pwbase2.html

ARSENIO,  a younger brother of Eliseo in his early twenties was a victim of the notorious Death March during World War II after fighting in Bataan

BEATRIZ  MANIQUIS (S6), a retired professor at Philippine Women's University.  She was the chief nutritionist at Malacanang Palace during the term of President Carlos P. Garcia.

CARLOS MANIQUIS (S6), a former vice-mayor of Gapan, Nueva Ecija.

GERMAN MANIKIS (S6), Assistant Treasurer of Quezon City until he retired. It was really Uncle Gerry who started the genealogy way back, when he was strong, but he lacked resources then and relied much on his inquiries from relatives he knew.  Except from Carlos & the 4 sons, Uncle Gerry was able to record some families from the 4th generations all the way to the 8th generations.  He did it by phone calls only.  He is the first of the 3 Maniquiz descendants to work on the family history and genealogy.

NORBERTO MANIQUIS(S6) We are proud of our modern pioneers who want their hometown to be at par, if not  better than other places with the same establishment. Norberto and George have put up pro-environment resorts in Barangay Tartaro and Sta. Rita respectively thereby providing people from nearby towns and provinces a healthy place for weekend relaxation

SOCORRO M. PAINTER (S7), daughter of Juanito (S6), a scholar since childhood, finished her bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Santo Tomas. She works as a process chemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. Previously she worked as a Science Research Associate at the National Pollution Control Commission in Manila. She founded the Filipino Organization and was past chair of the Asian Pacific American Council at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. She is currently the President of the Filipino American Organization in the City of Livermore. She was the subject of a front  page feature article of the Manila Bulletin on October 30, 1996.

ZENAIDA P. SALVADOR (S7), was the first San Miguelena to establish a non-sectarian elementary school in San Miguel patterned after the well-known Montessori Schools in Italy. This will assure San Miguelenos of a place where their children can receive proper instructions and training in the course of their development

ROSALINDA F. PARILLA (S7) daughter of Belen (S6), a scholar since childhood, is a pathologist in Williamsburg, Virginia. The newest addition to our list of heroes, she served as a field surgeon with the rank of major in the US Army and saw action in the 1991 Persian Gulf War Desert Storm. Her meritorious service was the subject of recognition from the residents of Torrington, CT, her former residence, the UST Alumni Foundation and the US Senate.

EDITH M. FUENTES (S7), daughter of Belen (S6), a 1972 Architecture alumna of the University of Santo Tomas, with a Master's degree from Florida International University and the University of Southern California. She is the Zoning Administrator, in the Planning Department of the City of Glendale, California. Previously she was the Director of Building and Zoning Department for the City of Miami, Florida. She is currently the Region Governor of the Soroptimist International of the Americas, Camino Real Region, CA. She was also Past President of the local Soroptimist Club and Region Human Rights Committee Chair. She is the Past President of Filipino-American Business Association of Glendale.

PERPETUA P. MANIQUIS (S7), daughter of Jose (S6), graduated valedictorian in preparatory school and high school; graduated with honors from the Far Eastern University with a degree in Medical technology and a Masters degree in Public Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She was a Director of Laboratories at Bethany Medical Center in Kansas City.  She is presently a manager at Providence Medical Center.  She was past President of Mo-Kan Hemerocallis Society and held office with the Greater Kansas City Art Association. She was featured as a great cook in the Kansas City Star Cooking Section in 1991.  She was recently featured in the Newsline, a publicaition of the Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City.  She created the Maniquis Family website and made the First USA Reunion of the Maniquiz Clan possible.  She is the third of the 3 Maniquiz descendants to work on the family history and genealogy.

MIKE MANIQUIZ (S7), writer and artist, author of Revolver, a book of poems together with Sid Hildawa created the alternative literary magazine Ng. . See website http://www.kabayancentral.com/book/up/mb5421490.html

ROMEO MANIQUIZ GACAD (S7), (AFP) Son of Purificacion (S6).Chief Photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Manila, veteran war photographer and Pulitzer Prize nominee for journalistic photography. Romy took Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines. In 1980 he left school and worked as a photographer at the Ministry of Human Settlements. He was hired by AFP in 1985 and he covered the events of the EDSA revolution for the French wire service.  His first Pulitzer nominated photo was taken during the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.  His photo of sprinter Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis squaring off in their controversial 100 meter duel was adjudged one of the best that year.  Romy has covered the Khmer Rouge conflict in Cambodia, the Gulf War in Kuwait and the US-led attack on Afghanistan. During the Iraq War "Operation Iraqi Freedom" Romy was the only Filipino embedded in an US batallion. Romy spent 41 days embedded with the Americans before spending 21 more days in Baghdad once the city was liberated. See website http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/sec_fea/2003/jun/19-01.htm

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