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Photo by the Embassy of the United States in the Philippines, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Img_3009_5895102655_o.jpg This image is a work of a United States Department of State employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain per 17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105 and the Department Copyright Information.

Emilio Yap (1925 - 2014)
Emilio Yap was a Chinese-Filipino business tycoon and philanthropist. He was the chairman of the board of the Manila Bulletin. Wikipedia
Photo from the Official Directory of the House of Representatives 1965-1969 (p. 101): https://www.google.com/books/edition/Official_Directory_of_the_House_of_Repre/SaOOAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA101&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22ricardo%20yap%20ladrido%22%20dental Original file: https://ibb.co/rbh7d0q or https://imgbox.com/w9Zddqr3 or https://pixhost.to/show/356/452943407_ricardo-yap-ladrido.jpg This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws.

Ricardo Ladrido (1907 - d.)
Ricardo Ladrido was a Filipino dentist and politician. He served as councilor of Lambunao, Iloilo from 1930 to 1939. He later represented the fourth district of Iloilo at the House of Representatives o...
House of Representatives Rep. Wilter Palma Sr. of the Zamboanga Sibugay's 1st congressional district official portrait during the 19th Congress of the Philippines Source: https://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=Palma-w Author: House of Representatives of the Philippines This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws.

Wilter Palma
Wilter Yap Palma is a Filipino lawyer and politician from the province of Zamboanga Sibugay in the Philippines. He is currently serving as a Representative for the Zamboanga Sibugay's 1st congressional...
Photo, likely by Philippine Army, from https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/157177861/person/192066892642/media/6241ab71-7032-4b49-b09e-9a1ab8d34e82?_phsrc=tRg1866&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=1&albums=pg&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=0&pid=192066892642 This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws.

Conrado Yap (1921 - 1951)
Conrado Yap was a Philippine Army officer and a recipient the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor. Yap was one of the 1,367 Filipino troops (1,303 personal, 64 officers)...
Photo from the Official Directory of the House of Representatives (1921, p. 70): https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1dk60m9b?urlappend=%3Bseq=97 Original file: https://ibb.co/4VxdRjw or https://imgbox.com/cKsKc8VS or https://pixhost.to/show/0/322053272_julius-schuck.jpg This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927.

Julius Schuck (1880 - 1952)
Julius Schuck was a Filipino politician. He represented Mindanao and Sulu at the House of Representatives of the Philippines from November 15, 1920 to June 6, 1922. Official Directory of the House of...

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"Archipel Des Indes Orientales" Rare Maps. http://bit.ly/2Vx3ID5. Date accessed: 5 Jan 2019.

This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on the Yap Family of the Philippines. This study includes Diệp (Vietnamese), Iap/Yapp/Yiapp/Yeap (Hakka and Minnan), Ye (Mandarin), Yeh (Wade-Giles), Yip/Ip/Jip (Cantonese), as well as Hispanized surnamed starting with Yap such as Yapchiongco, Yapsutco, Yapsutko, Yaptangco, Yaptinchay; and other derivates. Profiles here are those of historical figures, scions of the gentry (de buena familia), revolutionary heroes, scholars, government officials, national athletes and other public personalities (celebrities) in various fields. Find more surnames at the master project page, Families of the Philippines.

Business :: Emilio Yap

Entertainment :: Kim Chiu :: Gelli de Belen :: Janice de Belen :: Roxanne Guinoo :: Isabel Rivas :: Dennis Roldan :: Richard Yap

Law :: Pedro Yap

Military :: Conrado Yap

Politics :: Jane Cajes-Yap :: Agapito Hontanosas :: Ricardo Ladrido :: Wilter Palma :: Julius Schuck :: Filemón Sotto :: Vicente Sotto :: Lorna Verano-Yap :: Arthur Yap :: Christian Yap :: Edvic Yap :: Egay Yap :: Eric Yap :: John Geesnell Yap :: Jose Yap :: Jose Yap Jr. :: Juan Veloso Yap :: Susan Yap :: Victor Yap

Religion :: Antonio Fortich

Science :: Clara Lim-Sylianco

Social Causes :: Emmanuel Yap

Sports :: James Yap

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