Kapamilya Augusto 'Jake' Almeda Lopez was a freedom fighter. A guerrilla during World War 2, he was also detained twice during the Marcos dictatorship and helped former Senator Serge Osmeña and ABS-CBN chief Eugenio ‘Geny’ Lopez escape from Fort Bonifacio in 1977.
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Spanning a media conglomerate that brought to millions of Filipinos opioids like Ang Probinsyano, the well-loved tearjerker Maala Mo Kaya, famous celebrities like Anne Curtis; a once-upon-a-time power monopoly; a water utility company and many other businesses including the now forgotten BayanTel, the Lopez business empire used to be the most powerful conglomerate in the country.
Iam very proud of my ancestors starting with Damian Domingo, the first recognized Filipino artist who established the Academia de Artes y Dibujos in Tondo, Manila in the 1800s. He accepted illustrados and indios without discrimination.