Makinaaugalington Printer and Bookbinder - Kalibo Branch - Philippines

Makinaugalingon, is a derivation from the Hiligaynon word which means "ours" or "our own". In its broader sense, it means allegiance, patriotic, as in a staunch promoter of things local or native. Today, the term is largely associated with a printing firm considered one of the most modern and dependable in Western Visayas. The printing house follows a storied past and a pioneering tradition that dates back to May 1, 1913 when the term Makinaugalingon was appropriated by Don Rosendo Mejica (1873 - 1956) a writer-educator and philanthropist who started publishing the first ever newspaper in the Hiligaynon dialect. This was a bold departure from the journalism of the times as other local newsp