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Don Vicente Rama

Also Known As: "Nyor Inting"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
Death: December 24, 1956 (69)
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
Immediate Family:

Son of Gabriel Raffiñan and Engelberta Rama
Husband of Catalina Genson-Rama
Father of Lourdes Alvez; Dario Rama; Resurrection Revilles; Osmundo Rama; Laurente Rama and 8 others
Brother of Emeterio Rama and Susana Rama

Occupation: Politician, Mayor of Cebu City, Senator of the Philippines
Managed by: Klarenz Kristoffer Magdaluyo Qui...
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About Vicente Rama

Vicente Rama (June 6, 1887 – December 24, 1956) was a Filipino Visayan legislator, publisher, and writer from Cebu, Philippines. Recognized as the Father of Cebu City, he authored the bill for its cityhood which was approved into law by October 20, 1936. He also founded the leading pre-war Cebuano periodical, Bag-ong Kusog.

Official Directory of the House of Representatives (1923, p. 76-77)

Official Directory of the House of Representatives (1926, p. 75-76)

New Philippines: A Book on the Building Up of a New Nation (1934), by Felixberto Bustos and Abelardo Fajardo (p. 405)

Commemoration of Chief Citizens of 1934-1937 in Visayas and Mindanao (p. 22)

Our Delegates to the Constitutional Assembly: English-Spanish (1935, p. 681)

Encyclopedia of the Philippines: The Library of Philippine Literature, Art and Science, Volume 9: Builders of the New Philippines (1936, p. 504, Image 214)

Cornejo’s Commonwealth Directory of the Philippines (1939), by Miguel Cornejo (p. 2039-2040, Images 281-282)

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Vicente Rama's Timeline

1887
June 6, 1887
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1910
September 11, 1910
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1911
October 25, 1911
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1913
March 25, 1913
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1914
September 23, 1914
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1917
April 15, 1917
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1920
May 3, 1920
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1921
October 7, 1921
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1923
July 27, 1923
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
1925
August 5, 1925
Cebu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines