Jose “Tabai” Altavas
This website is dedicated to the memory of Jose “Tabai” Altavas, statesman and illustrious son of the provinces of Capiz and Aklan, Philiipines.
Jose “Tabai” Altavas
- Municipal Councilor of Capiz (1903 – 1906);
- Member of the provincial board of Capiz (1906 – 1907);
- Delegate to the First Philippine Assembly (1907 – 1909);
- Provincial Governor of Capiz for two terms (1910 – 1916);
- Senator from Iloilo , Capiz and Romblon (1916 – 1922); and
- Representative from the second district of Capiz (1925 – 1928).
He was a member of the “goodwill” Legislative Delegation to Japan in 1917 and was elected Delegate, from the first district of Capiz, to the constitutional convention in 1934.