Filemon sotto history of basketball

Filipino politician

In this Spanish entitle , the first or paternal surname is Sotto and the second or maternal family name is Yapsutco.

Filemón Sotto
Sotto depicted from the Philippine Education, published April
In office October 16, &#;– June 6,
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Sergio Osmeña
In office –
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Vicente Urgello(as representative)
In office July 30, &#;– February 8,
In office –
Municipal President	Florentino Rallos
Preceded by	Agapito Hilario
Succeeded by	Luciano Bacayo
Born	Filemon Sotto é Yapsutco ()November 22, Cebu, Cebu, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died	October 10, () (aged&#;93) Cebu City, Philippines
Nationality	Philippine, formerly Spanish
Political party	Nacionalista
Other political affiliations	Popular Front ()
Spouse	Carmen Rallos Fadullón
Domestic partner(s)	Remedios Duterte Martínez, María Barcelona, Jovita Butalid
Relations	Vicente Sotto (brother)
Alma mater
Profession

Filemón Sotto (Tagalog pronunciation:[ˈsɔtɔ]; November 22, – October 10, ) was a Filipino lawyer, legislator, and politician from Cebu, Philippines.

He was a newspaper publisher and founded the periodicals El Imperial, Ang Kaluwasan, La Opinion, and La Revolucion. He served as member of Cebu municipal board, congressman of Cebu's 3rd district for the Philippine Assembly (–), senator of the Philippine Legislature (–), delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and delegate to the Institute of National Language ().

Of the 24 Senators elected in only one descendant became a member of the Philippine Senate a century later and that is the Sotto Clan. Filemon Yap Sotto of Cebu in and Vicente.

Early life

Filemon Yap Sotto was born in Cebu, Philippines on November 22, ^[1] The son of Marcelino Antonio Sotto y Legaspi of Binondo, Manila and Pascuala Yap y Sutco of Binondo, Manila, he was the elder brother of former Senator Vicente Sotto.

He acquired a bachelor's degree from Colegio de San Carlos^[2] and later attended San Juan de Letran College and the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, where he graduated with a law degree and passed the bar examinations in ^[3] Musically-minded, he played guitar, violin, and violoncello.^[2]

Personal life

In , Filemon had a son with Cebuana beauty queen Remedios Duterte, but the child didn't live.

They bore another child, Pascuala Sotto, who was named after his mother and born on February 9, The couple separated ways. He married Carmen Rallos, continued to look after the welfare of Pascuala, paying for her education and needs, and even extended his generosity to her children.

Old Cebu neswpapers. They started local journalism. Not one paper, however survived. It is in the pages of local tabloids and magazines that the great bulk of Cebuano printed literature is to be found.

During World War II, Filemon escaped to Carmen, Cebu with his family. When the war ended, he settled in Cebu City in a dwelling constructed along V. Ranudo Avenue and when the property was sold, his family relocated to Lahug.^[4]

Career

In , he was voted as member and became vice president of the municipal board of Cebu.^[5] He was then appointed as fiscal for Negros Occidental and assistant fiscal for Cebu.^[3]

Newspapers

Aside from politics, Filemon published and edited periodicals such as La Revolucion, which saw its first print on August 5, , and went in circulation until ^[1] He also founded and published the newspapers El Imperial,^[3]Ang Kaluwasan, which was first printed in ,^[6] and La Opinion.^[3]

Philippine Assembly

In , he was elected representative to the Philippine Assembly for Cebu's 3rd district.

He served in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Philippine Legislature until ^[7] Through the alter of the members of the Asociacion Feminista Ilonga (Feminist Association of Ilongo) that was formed by Pura Villanueva-Kalaw in , he sponsored the first bill that would allow women the right of suffrage.^[8] It was not until that Filipino women were granted the right to vote under the administration of President Manuel L.

Quezon.^[9]

Senate

From until , he was elected senator for two terms, serving together with Celestino Rodriguez in the Fourth Legislature and Fifth Legislature for Cebu, which was the 10th senatorial district.

At that time, the Philippines was split into 12 senatorial districts, with each district voting two senators.^[10]

Constitutional Convention

By , when the Together States Congress approved the Philippine Independence Act which would pave the way for the creation of the Philippine Constitution,^[11] Filemon was elected as delegate to the Constitutional Convention.^[10] On October 9, , he was appointed^[1] and became chairman of the group called Seven Wise Men that included Conrado BenitezManuel C.

Briones, Manuel Roxas, Miguel Cuaderno, Norberto Romualdez, and Vicente Singson Encarnacion,^[12] who had significant contribution to the draft of the Constitution.^[11] He submitted the first draft to the convention on November 6, ^[1]

Institute of National Language

On January 12, , he was appointed as delegate of the Institute of National Language, which was created by virtue of Commonwealth Act No.

, by then President Manuel L. Quezon.^[1] The government body, the first of its kind, was tasked to develop the Philippine national language.^[13]

Later years

On November 25, , Pascuala would later petition the courts to recognize her as natural child of Filemon, and the Supreme Court decided in her favor on July 15, ^[4] Filemon died in Cebu City on October 10, ^[2]

Historical commemoration

• Don Filemon Sotto Steer, which starts from Gorordo Road to Maxilom Avenue, in Cebu City was named in his honor by virtue of Urban area Ordinance No.

  ^[10]

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