1916 Marinduque citizen associated with Immigration Fraud

With all the news of Chinese immigration fraud this past year, did you know that in 1916 the Supreme Court of the Philippines heard an appeals case involving a Chinese man claiming to be a person named Bernardo Molden born in Mogpog. Witness’ in Mogpog denied that this man was actually Molden. This is a long legal brief and the appeals case involves a jurisdictional issue so if you are only interested in the details of the interviews and conclusion skip to the third paragraph on the page labeled 498 and start there.

1900 route to Balanacan, Marinduque as taken by U.S. Soldiers

Back in 1900, the road to Balanacan as we know it today, did not exist. The U.S. Army marched along the coastline from Mogpog town to get there. This is shown on a map drawn by Captain Robert Getty and mentioned in his report. His trip back to Mogpog seems to describe the road from Balanacan to Mendez, Pili, Banto and then back to Mogpog town proper.