Noong 2011, nakilala ni Howie Severino ang grupo nina Dr. Bimbo Sta. Maria at BJ Borja na nangangalampag para maisalba ang mansyon na unti-unti nang binabaklas para mailipat sa Bataan. Kumusta na nga ba sila ngayon?
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00:00More than a hundred years have passed.
00:05The house that was once the home of the Alonzos,
00:08is now the property of the Albertos.
00:12GMA News interviewed Jerry Alberto
00:15while discussing the issue of demolition.
00:19He is the owner of the house,
00:21grandson of Jose Alonzo,
00:23the nephew of Teodora Alonzo.
00:27This is not the house of Teodora Alonzo.
00:30Teodora Alonzo was not born here.
00:32Although she is my grandmother.
00:35But this is not every house in the Philippines
00:38is heritage house.
00:40Teodora Alonzo was never born here.
00:43She was born in Santa Cruz
00:45and the worst part,
00:47her birth certificate in Santa Cruz
00:50was turned down because of some family reason.
00:55In 2010, news spread that the house in Binan
00:59was being demolished.
01:04Dr. Santa Maria's group,
01:06United Artists for Cultural Conservation
01:09and Development of Binan,
01:12We mounted a cultural protest
01:15to express their opinions on this issue
01:19to join the advocacy to save the Alberto House.
01:25In front of the house of the Albertos,
01:27they played music and drama.
01:34More than 10 years since we first interviewed BJ,
01:38he is now the head of the Binan City
01:41Culture, History, Arts, and Tourism Office.
01:45BJ is still serious in his mind
01:47about the fight they started with Doc Bimbo
01:50to save the house.
01:53For one, Doc Bimbo's efforts really started
01:56because our group became an instrument
02:02to drumbeat the advocacy.
02:05So for one, our group did the research,
02:08our group wrote to each of the residents of Binan
02:13about the importance of this.
02:15Our group coordinated with the local government
02:19during that time to really save the house.
02:24Aside from Doc Bimbo and BJ,
02:26the mayor of Binan gave a lot of support
02:29in the fight for the Alberto House.
02:32They passed city ordinates
02:34declaring the Alberto Mansion as a local heritage site.
02:39We expropriated, we were issued a writ of possession.
02:43Now, even if you are from Binan,
02:46or even if you are not from Binan,
02:48you can still enter the Alberto Mansion.
02:50Before, only the peninsulars could enter.
02:55But a lot of people got involved in the project.
03:00People said that money shouldn't be wasted.
03:02Very few LGUs can or want to expropriate a property.
03:08First of all, you will lose money.
03:11And true enough,
03:14I almost lost my second term.
03:17Every time there is a lack in the city,
03:19that is what people teach.
03:21It should be like that.
03:22It shouldn't be done like that.
03:24Now, when they saw that the whole plaza was complimented,
03:28the identity of Binan was established,
03:32that you can still be a city
03:34that is developing without abandoning your heritage.
03:39You can.
03:40And you can see the surroundings of the plaza.
03:42Businesses thrived.
03:48Even me, I didn't believe then
03:50that the mansion in Binan still has hope to be salvaged.
03:55We can build without turning our back on our past.
04:01That's why I was surprised in 2019,
04:03when Doc Bimbo invited me for the inauguration of the renovated house.
04:09This is quite a victory for one,
04:11because it's the power of eminent domain
04:14that the LGU used to save the house.
04:17And not all the time,
04:19the power of eminent domain is used for heritage conservation.
04:24Now, it's a testament of people power for heritage.
04:28It's a testament of people power for heritage,
04:31who helped each other to grow,
04:35to fight for what should be in Binan,
04:39and what is the identity and history of Binan.
04:42How important was the role of Doc Bimbo,
04:46Santa Maria, here in preserving,
04:48here in Quilusan,
04:49so that the building can remain there?
04:52He's really the one I consult.
04:56He's the one I'm with at NHI, NCCA,
05:00at the National Museum.
05:02He's the one I'm with.
05:05I didn't expect that would be the last time I would see Doc Bimbo.
05:12He was born with liver cancer in April 2020,
05:16four months after the inauguration.
05:19He's really fond of antiques.
05:22That's what makes him happy.
05:25He's really fond of culture.
05:28That's why in Santa Cruz,
05:32you might think he's a doctor,
05:34but he went to the culture.
05:37Because he really loves culture.
05:40At that time,
05:41he was really bad,
05:45but he still insisted on going.
05:47Even though they couldn't see Doc's feet,
05:51it was really bad.
05:53But he still insisted,
05:54because of his advocacy,
05:56he wanted to see again.
06:00So he still went there.
06:02But Doc's condition was really worse at that time.
06:06Even though Binan has a writ of possession of Alberto's land,
06:11a large part of the mansion has already been moved.
06:15Where did it go?
06:17Where did it go?