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Welcome to the
Candonians of Southern California, Inc.
Candonians of Southern California, Inc.
| “Candon: Her Genesis and Passions” written by EMILIO ALVIAR DE PERALTA (1920 –? ) Born on May 28, 1920 in Candon, he was a lawyer, a nationalist, an academic scholar and a prolific writer. A member of the Civil Liberties Union, he was in the forefront in the struggle against “all and every form of oppression and colonialism”. He was the recipient of several awards including the Claro M. Recto Memorial Award from the UP Law Center, the Don Isabelo Abaya Medal of Honor from the Candonians of Southern California, Inc. In 1998, the City of Candon presented him the “Cry of Candon Gold Medal Award” in recognition of “his ardent love for freedom and for country, and his passionate nationalist ideology, and writings reflective of the spirit and meaning of the Cry of ’98 keeping us always on the vanguard for the freedom we cherish and the town we love” Attorney Emilio De Peralta passed away in Manila |
| Reynaldo Arquero Duque was born on October 29. 1945 in Bagani Ubbog, Candon, Ilocos Sur. He has worked as Managing Editor of Liwayway magazine. He was also president of Gunglo Dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano (GUMIL) Filipinas. Duque is a fictionist, novelist, poet, playwright, radio/TV/movie scriptwriter, editor, and Ilocano, Filipino, and English. Duque has garnered literary awards in English, Ilocano and Filipino including the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Palihang Aurelio Tolentino, Gawad CCP sa Panitikan, Gov. Roque Ablan Awards for Iluko literature, Golden Leaf Literary Awards, from the Talaang Ginto and Gantimpalang Collantes of the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa and many others. His book "Candon" won the First Prize in the Filipino Epic Category of the Philippine Centennial Literary Awards in 1998 |
