Apolinar Velez

R. Zueco’s private school of Attorney Leoncio Roa, and S. Jis de Ortega’s college.

Previous to that time, he held the post of second lieutenant of infantry of the Spanish army, and was decorated with the Medalla de Mindanao.

In 1898, he was made chief of the division of justice of the provincial council of the Revolutionary Government two years later, he was promoted to the rank of major of the revolutionary army and chief of the battalion “El Mindanao.” From 1901 to 1906, Don Apolinar Velez held the post of provincial secretary after which he was elected governor of Misamis for two terms.

He ran for the position of member of the provincial board last June and was elected to hold office for the next three years.

[2] Don Apolinar spends his leisure hours playing chess, billiard, or reading books.