Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

5832

HOUSE BILL NO..

Introduced by: Cong. George P. Arnaiz & Cong. Pryde Henry A.
Teves

EXPLANATORY i

This bill seeks to name the Dumaguete South, road which
stretches from Dumaguete City to the Municipality of Basay, Province
of Negros Oriental as "Pantaleon Leon Kilat Villegas Highway”.

On April 3, 1898, Pantaleon Villegas, better known as “Leon Kilat
("Lightning Leén" in Cebuano}, led the successful uprising against the
Spanish Government in Cebu City. He was born in Bacong, Negros
Oriental last July 27, 1873, to Don Policarpio Villegas and Dofia Ursula
Soldi. His grandfather was Don Pedro Villegas, a native of Spain, and
Dorotea, a daughter of a capitan of Bacong

In 1895, he worked at Botica Antigua located in the corner of
Calle del Palacio and Calle Legazpi (Burgos and Legazpi). It was a
well-known drugstore frequented by many Cebuanos. With him were
Ciriaco Murillo and Eulogio Duque who told the writer Manuel Enriquez
de la Calzada that Pantaleén actually used the name "Evlogic",
instead of Pantaleén. Because there were two Eulogios working in the
drugstore, the German owner had to call him instead “Leén", Why he
used the name "Evlogio" was not known.

Villegas did not stay long at Botica Antigua. He transferred to a
bakery in Pahina (Fagina). From there he moved on to a circus owned
by Tagalogs on their way to Manila. The circus happened to be owned
by akatipunero. It was there that he was recruited into the secret
council of the Katipunan.

During the rebellion against Spain, Kilat led the revolutionaries
in Cebu. Initially intending to begin the rebellion on Easter Sunday, he
was forced to change his plans when the Spaniards discovered the
planned revolt. Kilat and his men began the rebellion in Cebu on Palm
Sunday, April 3, 1898. He was, however, betrayed and murdered
on Good Friday, April 8, 1898, in Carcar, Cebu. He was stabbed to
death by his own aide-de-camp, Apolinario Alcuitas.


The town of Bacong in Negros Oriental has honored Villegas with
a statue erected in the town plaza in 1926, On July 27, 2008, the 135th
anniversary of Villegas’ birth, the Philippine National Historical Institute
turned over a historical marker in honor of Villegas to local and
provincial officials in his hometown.

In view of the foregoing reasons, it is therefore commendable
that the Dumaguete South Road, which passes through the
Municipality of Bacong all the way to Basay, Province of Negros

PRYDE HENRY TEVES
Representative Reprefentative
2nd District, Oriental Negros 39 Diftrict, Oriental Negros


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 5832

Introduced by: Cong. George P. Amaiz

AN ACT
NAMING THE DUMAGUETE SOUTH ROAD WHICH STRETCHES FROM
DUMAGUETE CITY TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF BASAY, NEGROS ORIENTAL
AS THE PANTALEON LEON KILAT VILLEGAS HIGHWAY

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of
the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Dumaguete South road which stretches from
Dumaguete City to the Municipality of Basay, Negros Oriental is
renamed as Pantaleon Leon Kilat Villegas Highway,

SECTION 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH) shall issue the necessary rules, orders and circulars to
implement the provision of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation.

Approved.