Davao of the Past - The Memory Project
Hello all! Since last year, we started a tradition of selecting outstanding members of the community to be awarded as People of the Year.
Here is the final awardee for the 2025 People of the Year Awards. - Paul.
๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฉ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต & ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ
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Antonio V. Figueroa is a consultant of the Institute of Davao Studies of the Holy Cross of Davao College. He took up Philosophy at Saint Francis Xavier Seminary while undergoing formation under the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. He also studied Literature at Rizal Memorial Colleges.
As a journalist, he won the Outstanding Column on Children for Community Newspapers during the 6th PPI-UNICEF Child-Friendly Awards (2007); finalist, Best Column in Environmental Reporting, 3rd Davao Catholic Mass Media Awards, 2001; and shared the 2014 PPI Civic Journalism Awards given to Edge Davao for Best in Culture, Arts and History Reporting (2015).
As a historian, he was a trustee of the Railway Industrial Heritage Society of the Philippines and a former member of Philippine National Historical Society. He currently maintains the This is Davao History Facebook page.
He authored several books, including ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ (2004); ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด (2003); ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ (2004); ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต 50 ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด: ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด (2013); ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ-๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ฐ (2017); ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ 1908-2018 (2019); ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ (2023); ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ (2024); and ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด: ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ฐ (2025) with Nelson J. Estares as co-author.
Mr. Figueroa also has a forthcoming book on 1909 Davao Mutiny. We thank Antonio Figueroa for sharing his knowledge on Davao history.
Congratulations Tony!
