This article about Bintao, the upcoming musical on the life and death of Wenceslao Q. Vinzons ‘30, was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 01/16/2008
The short, short life of Bintao Vinzons
MANILA, Philippines – The cultural scene of Baguio City perks up on the first month of the year with the premiere of the three-act musical “Bintao” based on the life and death of Wenceslao Q. Vinzons on the 26th.
Vinzons is the man after whom Vinzons Hall, the student center at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and a town in Camarines Norte, formerly Indan, are named.
Playwright Efren M. Yambot, a retired insurance executive and who, like Vinzons, is a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity, started researching the patriot’s life three years ago and found a paucity of materials. He stumbled on a master’s thesis on Vinzons written by a Far Eastern University student and took it from there.
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The Upsilon Sigma Phi, founded in 1918, is the oldest fraternity in Asia. Based in the University of the Philippines, it has had an unbroken and singular association with the premier state university. There are no chapters outside of UP Diliman and UP Los Banos. The fraternity counts among its ranks, Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino and former President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
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