Jerricho Garcia was born in Calinan, Davao and is the third child of Jerry and Helen Grace Garcia. He is partly of Chinese descent, with a great-grandmother bearing the family name Go. Description and symbolism: The rose originally symbolized the … Continue reading Jerricho Moncada Garcia
Ramoncito T. Geslaya is a chemistry teacher in Saudi Arabia. He was born in Manila and completed a BS in Chemistry at Central Luzon State University. Description and symbolism: On the shield, the balangay ship represents the armiger’s overseas career. … Continue reading Ramoncito T. Geslaya
John Andrew Magbanua is a teacher in Oakland, California. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and graduated from Kean University with a BA in Early Childhood Education. Description and symbolism: Blazon: Shield: Purpure, an elephant’s head close couped and … Continue reading John Andrew Magbanua
Louis Gerard Rotea is an electrical engineer licensed to practice in the Philippines and the United States. Description and symbolism: The arms are meant to be a visual pun or “canting” arms of the armiger’s last name. The red field … Continue reading Louis Gerard Rotea
Ronnie Macabare is a teacher who was born in Manila and grew up in Caloocan. Description and symbolism: Shield: The shield contains important elements related to his life and family. The two books symbolize his teaching profession, inscribed with the … Continue reading Ronnie Macabare
Brent Joash Ascaño is a private individual born and raised in Cagayan de Oro City. He currently resides in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Description and symbolism: Shield: The variation and the colors of the field are a reference to the … Continue reading Brent Joash Ascaño
Rendell Tamaca Salgado is a Protestant minister of the Reformed tradition who was born and raised in Cavite City. Description and symbolism: Shield: The wolf in the shield is derived from the armiger’s name, Rendell, a variant of the name … Continue reading Rendell Tamaca Salgado
Raul Roco was a member of the House of Representatives for Camarines Sur and a senator. He was also a Secretary of the Department of Education, and presidential candidate. Description and symbolism: Arms: The design was influenced by arms associated … Continue reading Raul Roco
Vincent Beswick-Escanlar is a physician in the Canadian Armed Forces. Description and symbolism: Arms: The colours blue, gold, red and white reflect the national flag of the Philppines, the home of Dr Beswick-Escanlar’s ancestors. The white chevron with blue waves represent … Continue reading Vincent Beswick-Escanlar
As Spanish conquerors and colonists intermarried with Filipinos, those Spaniards with coats of arms would have been entitled to pass them on to their descendants in the Philippines. Several of these shields are collected in the volumes of the Heraldario español, … Continue reading Coats of arms of Spanish settlers in the Philippines
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