Preserving Cordillera Culture.

A staunch advocate of preserving Cordillera culture and heritage.

All throughout his personal and public life, his advocacy for the preservation of his cultural heritage is apparent and unwavering. When he started his public service as City Councilor of the City of Baguio in 1988 he strongly made recommendations to the Division of Baguio City of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) to prioritize teaching our own cultural dances before learning other dances from other tribes in the Philippines and overseas.

He sustained and even improved his advocacy for the preservation of the Cordillera culture and heritage when he started serving as City Mayor in June 1992. In fact, in important occasions both in the City Government and National Government, he always makes it a point to wear his native costumes. He is one of the leaders that had been actively participating in the Gran Cordillera Festival in the City of Baguio and he did it again when they founded the Panagbenga Festival in 1995, unaware that what he has been doing is an excellent promotion of tourism in the City of Baguio.