This week’s milestones: Jan. 25 to Jan. 31

2026-01-25 - 21:06

Jan. 25, 1571 Governor General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi awarded the encomienda of Carigara, Leyte to its local Spanish officer Juan de Trujillo. The National Historical Institute later recognized Jan. 25, 1571 as the founding day of Carigara through Proclamation No. 1446, signed by then President Gloria M. Arroyo on Jan. 18, 2008. The town