Amando Avanceña

Amando Avanceña y Quiosay (February 6, 1879 — August 1, 1953) was a Filipino lawyer, hacendero, and politician. He became a member of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1909 and 1912 to 1914 and served as governor of Iloilo from 1914 to 1916.

He was also president of the La Confederacion de Asociaciones y Plantadores de Caña Dulce, Inc. during the 1920s and 1930s.

Biography He was born in Molo, Iloilo on February 6, 1879. He studied at Colegio Seminario de Jaro from 1893 to 1897 and entered the University of Santo Tomas.

When the Philippine Revolution broke out, he served in the revolutionary army. Upon the establishment of the civil government by the Americans, he studied law in the Colegio de Abogados de Manila in 1902. In 1904, he was admitted to the bar. He was again reelected in 1912, representing Iloilo's 4th district. He held this position until his resignation in 1914.

In 1914, he was provincial governor of Iloilo.

Post-political life Confederation of Associations and Planters of Sugar Cane In 1924, four planter groups from Talisay, Bacolod, Ma-ao, and Isabela created the La Confederacion de Asociaciones y Plantadores de Caña Dulce, Inc. With a subsidy of two centavos per picul of sugar milled, this organization attracted more planter groups from other major milling areas in Negros and Pampanga. The confederation, through the help of Avanceña as its president and chief spokesman, worked to secure better loan terms and lobbied in Manila and Washington.

Avanceña proposed that the government should make the bank's sugar centrals offer higher participation voluntarily. However, the PNB declined this proposal. The bank's sugar centralists argued that landowners, rather than planter-lessees, would benefit from this change. As a result of the hacenderos' defeat, they threatened to vote for the opposing Democrata Party and to decrease cane production.

Philippine Independence During 1930s, there were widespread discussions on Philippine independence among economic and political leaders regarding its economic impact on the islands. Avanceña declared in 1933 that the United States should give the Philippines complete independence stating: