The governor is not a patient man, but development has come slowly to Bukidnon nonetheless.

CNN: INSIDE STORY: PHILIPPINES

His son, made military governor in 1901, came from Cebu to Bukidnon to "pacify the area and establish civilization, " says the governor.

CNN: INSIDE STORY: PHILIPPINES

Nowhere more so than in the province of Bukidnon, where the climate is particularly inviting and where the governor estimates that some 75% of the population are settlers.

CNN: INSIDE STORY: PHILIPPINES