Paulino Arandia Gullas was a Filipino Visayan lawyer, newspaper publisher, and legislator from Cebu, Philippines.
18 Facts About Paulino Gullas
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Paulino Gullas was the founder of The Freeman, Cebu's longest-running newspaper, served as member of the 7th Philippine Legislature for Cebu's 2nd district, Delegate to the 1934 Constitutional Convention, and member of the National Assembly during World War II.
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Paulino Gullas was born in the then-town of Cebu on 29 April 1891.
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Paulino Gullas was the son of Heminigildo Gullas and Necifora Arandia.
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Paulino Gullas is the younger brother of Vicente Gullas and uncle of Eduardo and Jose Gullas.
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Paulino Gullas attended Cebu Primary School, Colegio de San Carlos, Cebu Normal School, Cebu High School, and Manila High School.
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Paulino Gullas was known to be an orator during his student days at the University of the Philippines where he acquired his law degree.
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Paulino Gullas became the first business manager of Philippine Law Journal, a publication established in the University of the Philippines in 1914.
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Paulino A Gullas established a law office that handled cases from different parts of the country.
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Paulino Gullas started as a reporter of Cablenews American, a Manila-based newspaper.
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Paulino Gullas is the founder of The Freeman, Cebu's longest-running newspaper.
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Paulino Gullas was the president of the Visayan Institute, a school founded by his brother Vicente.
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Paulino Gullas was voted member of the House of Representatives in 1925 until 1928 for the old 2nd district of Cebu, which was composed of Cebu City and the towns of Mandaue, Consolacion, Liloan, Compostela, Cordova and Opon.
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Paulino Gullas was forced to serve in the government during the Japanese occupation in World War II.
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Paulino Gullas was the commissioner for the Visayas chapter of KALIBAPI, a political party formed during the war.
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Paulino Gullas wrote the paper, "The Delicate Japanese-Filipino Problem", where he advised the Japanese to refrain from slapping Filipinos as slap to the face was considered abusively demeaning.
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Stories from his surviving relatives revealed that, while forced to serve the Japanese, Paulino Gullas was secretly leaking intel to the Cebuano guerillas.
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Paulino Gullas was eventually executed and his remains have never been found.