Author: Virgilio S. Clavel
Born: 18 May 1959
Bio: Virgilio S. Clavel writes the column Point & Counterpoint in the Capiz Times, a community newspaper in Capiz province, Philippines. He is author of Disruptive Narratives About History and Culture of Capiz (2019) and Gaps and Fissures in the History of Capiz (2014) and co-author of the five-volume Modular Program for Trainors in Productivity, a 1981 publication of the Productivity & Development Center, Development Academy of the Philippines. He is also co-editor of Poetry of Capiz: Harvesting the Binalaybay (2013), Leopoldo and Pilar Clavel of Capiz: Framing the Fourth Commandment of God (2016) and Capiz at the Start of the 21st Century (2016), as well as the production supervisor of Virginia S. Clavel and Nelson S. Clavel's book titled Tourism Ventures in Capiz: Readings on Festivals and Heritage Sites (2017). He earned his BA in political science and Master's degree in pubic management from University of the Philippines Diliman  and University of the Philippines Open University, respectively. He has participated in a number of local symposia on Capisnon society, culture and environment, including Maragtasong Puod: Symposium on the History of (Panay Island) (and) Capiz Province held at Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines in 2010, and delivered papers at regional and national conferences, such as respectively the Regional Tuklas Kalikasan: Iririmaw sa Pagtukib at Sta. Barbara, Iloilo province in 2014 and the 13th National Seminar-Workshop in Historiography and the Social Sciences at Roxas City in 2015.