Background
Manuel Fuentebella was born in October 11, 1889 in Sagñay, Ambos Camarines to then Ambos Camarines Governor Mariano Fuentebella and Perpetua Tria.
Manuel Fuentebella was born in October 11, 1889 in Sagñay, Ambos Camarines to then Ambos Camarines Governor Mariano Fuentebella and Perpetua Tria.
He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas medical school and practiced medicine in his hometown of Sagñay.
He is a great orator, writer, and composer. He was elected to the 7th and 8th Philippine Legislature as a representative of Camarines Sur and served two terms from 1925 to 1931. During his term in Congress, he chaired the Philippine Assembly"s Committee on Women"s Suffrage and was instrumental in the passage of the law that gave women the right to vote.
He also proposed a hospital to be set up in each municipality and led medical missions in Camarines Sur.
His first love was writing. He was also an orator and a composer.
The Doctor Manuel Fuentebella Memorial Hospital in Sagñay is named after him. He died of a heart attack on February 26, 1955.
An ardent nationalist, he wrote poems in Spanish and Bicol about love and patriotism, notably "The Arrow" which describes the arrow that native Bul-og shot against the Lion of Castille and the Eagle of America.
