Antero Soriano
Antero Sosa Soriano (January 3, 1888 – June 1929) was a Philippine senator and Governor of Cavite from Tanza, Cavite during President Manuel L. Quezon's time. Antero Soriano was born in Tanza, province of Cavite to Adriano Soriano and Aurea Sosa on January 3, 1886. He was educated in Liceo de Manila, graduating and receiving his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1904.He studied law in the famous Escuela de Derecho,Manila, until September,1907,when he presented himself for examination with one hundred other students before an examining tribunal nominated by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Only five applicants passed and Antero was one of them. He started practicing law immediately. In June 1912, Soriano, then was 26 years old, was elected governor of the province of Cavite. In 1916 he was re-elected. In 1919 he was elected senator of the fifth district for the term of six years. He was chairman of the Committee on the Manila Railroad, chairman of the special committee on distribution of public work funds, and a member of the Senate committee on Agricultural and Natural Resources. He is also a member of a special committee appointed to investigate the alleged "land trust" in the Philippines. He was appointed member of the Philippine Parliamentary Mission, and upon arrival in the United States, was made Chairman of a committee to investigate the Philippine Press Bureau at Washington, and recommended its continuance.
Antero Soriano Highway (also known as Centennial Road or EPZA Diversion Road) on the western coast of Cavite netween Tanza and Naic towns is named after him in accordance with an act of congress (Republic Act 5782) passed in 1969.
Family
On December 5, 1907, Antero Soriano married Gerarda Aquino with whom he had three children, Arturo, Julia and Josefina. He was widowed On July 12, 1914. His subsequent marriage to Maximina Salud produced eight children, Milagros, Benjamin, Reynaldo, Adriano, Gerarda, Amelia, Asuncion and Celia.
Antero Soriano died of appendicitis on June 15, 1929 at the age of forty-one.
The Soriano family studied mostly in prestigious schools in the Philippines. His grandson, Angelo L. Soriano, who graduated at the Ateneo de Manila University is now working at the Bureau of Customs. His granddaughter, Teresita Soriano, a graduate of St. Theresa's College of Manila and former nursing student at the University of the Philippines(UP), married the late Adrian E. Cristobal, writer and columnist, historian of Andres Bonifacio, former government official and presidential adviser. His great-granddaughter, Celina Soriano Cristobal, also of St. Theresa's College of Manila and a graduate of U.P. Diliman is a writer and was publisher-editor of The Review Magazine and Lifestyle page editor for the Manila Chronicle; his great-grandson, Atty. Adrian Cristobal Jr. a graduate of the Ateneo Law School, was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to be the Director-General of Intellectual Property (IP) Office Philippines.
References
- Sources (1) Norma S. Vargas, “Antero S. Soriano, 1886–1929,”Prominent Caviteños in Philippine History. Manila, 1941; and (2) Biodata furnished by Governor Remulla’s office.)
- CAVITE HISTOTICAL PAGE (Archived 2009-10-25) at www.geocities.com
- Sources Pacita Soriano Arcilla