José Regalado Yulo

From Cornejo's Commonwealth Directory of the Philippines (1939), by Miguel Cornejo (p. 2255-2256)

YULO, José Regalado - Former Provincial Governor of Iloilo. (Deceased.)

Born in Molo, Iloilo, on December 13, 1890; son of Teodoro Yulo and Gregoria Regalado. Married to the former Miss María Pacheco. He was educated at the Instituto de Molo, Centro Escolar de Molo, Seminario de Jaro, Iloilo, and San Juan de Letran College, where he graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1908, and at the University of Sto. Tomás, from which he obtained the degree of LL.B. in 1913, having passed the bar examinations the same year, and begun the practice of his law profession in 1914. In 1918 he engaged himself in sugar industry, and became a member of the board of directors and later vice-president of the Binalbagan Sugar Central; entered local politics when he was elected municipal councilor of Isabela, Negros Occidental, for three consecutive terms, from 1919 to 1927, having renounced said office in 1927 in order to devote his attention to the practice of his profession. In the general elections of June, 1931, he was elected provincial governor of Iloilo, and during his term of office as chief executive of the said province he introduced many public improvements which made Iloilo one of the most progressive provinces of the Southern Islands today. He died a few years ago. He was a Coalitionist by political affiliation, and a Roman Catholic by religion.