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WAO LANAO DEL SUR


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I NEVER IMAGINE THAT I CAN VISIT THIS TINY BUT LOVELY MUNICIPALITY OF WAO LANAO DEL SUR, A PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN. I LIKE TO STAY THERE LONGER BUT I CAN NOT DO SO BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO STAY AND IF IT SAFE FOR ME TO STAY THERE BECAUSE THOUGH I WAS BORN THERE BUT I WAS RAISED IN RIZAL PROVINCE.

MY PARENTS WERE AMONG THE EARLIEST SETTLERS IN THIS MUNICIPALITY, TRYING TO BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY BUT DURING THAT TIME ACCORDING TO MY PARENTS ACCOUNT IT IS A NO MAN’S LAND. THE MUSLIMS NATIVE OF WAO RESISTED THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHRISTIANS AND REJECTED THEM TO BE A PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

A CONSTANT WAR BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS ERUPTED THAT RESULTED TO MORE KILLINGS OF INNOCENT LIVES ONE CLAIMED THAT THE LAND BELONGS TO THEM, THE OTHER WANTED A PIECE OF IT AND WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS SOULFUL PARADISE.





MY FAMILY DECIDED TO LEAVE WAO LANAO DEL SUR WITH MUCH REGRET WHEN I WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD AND MIGRATED TO RIZAL PROVINCE WHERE I SPENT MY ADOLESCENT LIFE.

AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF MY LIFE, I WENT BACK TO WAO LANAO DEL SUR TO MADE A VERIFICATION OF MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE BUT THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF WAO LANAO DEL SUR ONLY CAN DO IS TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATION OF NO RECORD. ACCORDING TO THEM, RECORDS OF BIRTH FROM 1956 TO JUNE 2, 1992 WERE TOTALLY BURNED THUS THEY CANNOT ISSUE A TRUE TRANSCRIPTION OF MY LIVE BIRTH.


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I WAS NOT ALSO ABLE TO PROCESS THE DELAYED REGISTRATION OF MY BIRTH BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TWO DOCUMENTS STATED THEREIN THE PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN.  I WAS DISMAY BUT STILL LUCKY ENOUGH TO VISIT THE PLACE I WAS ALLEGEDLY BORN.

WAO LANAO DEL SUR SEEMS TO BE PEACEFUL NOW. I HOPE IT WILL REMAIN PEACEFUL. PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE FOUNDATION OF ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL PROGRESS. IF I HAVE STILL TIME AND HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE, I WILL VISIT AGAIN THIS LOVELY PLACE TO APPRECIATE ITS BEAUTY AND TO KNOW MORE ITS PEOPLE.
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