Lizares · Talisay family of Negros Occidental

Documented family relationships across public offices.

5 documented relatives · 1 currently in public office · 4 documented relationships · Province of Negros Occidental

Relationship map of the Lizares · Talisay family in Negros Occidental

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Who they are

Ma. Rowena Lopez-Lizares

Talisay mayor

In office

Sources: Visayan Daily Star · elected relatives; DBM · Philippine Government Directory 2026

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Nilo Jesus Antonio “Neil” Lizares III

Former Talisay mayor

Not in office

Sources: Visayan Daily Star · elected relatives

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Amelo Treyes “Meling” Lizares

Former Talisay mayor (OIC from 1986, then elected until 1998 · first city mayor) · died June 2017

Deceased

Sources: Politiko Visayas · Former Talisay City mayor Lizares dies, 95 — appointed OIC mayor 1986, elected until 1998; SunStar Bacolod · Walter I. Balane, “Saying goodbye to a patriot and a patriarch” — Amelo Lizares OIC mayor from 1986 then three full terms

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Anthony Lizares

Former Talisay City mayor (in his third term when he died in January 2006)

Deceased

Sources: Philstar · Talisay City Mayor Lizares: Too young to die — Mayor Anthony Lizares died in his third term; Vice Mayor Eric Saratan took oath as mayor; Rappler · Negros Occidental big clans offer ‘soft’ support for Marcos — Neil Lizares “son of former vice mayor Nilo L. Lizares Jr. and the cousin of former mayor Anthony Lizares”; Pedro Zayco replaced brother Isidro; “His nephew Miguel Montinola Zayco”

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Nilo L. “Boy Nilo” Lizares Jr.

Former vice mayor (per Rappler · town and years not stated, Talisay context)

Not in office

Sources: Rappler · Negros Occidental big clans offer ‘soft’ support for Marcos — Neil Lizares “son of former vice mayor Nilo L. Lizares Jr. and the cousin of former mayor Anthony Lizares”; Pedro Zayco replaced brother Isidro; “His nephew Miguel Montinola Zayco”; SunStar Bacolod · Lizares patriarch celebrates 93rd birthday — Vice Mayor Neil Lizares III came with “his parents Boy Nilo and Nan Lizares”

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How they are related

How this was researched

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Sources

Visayan Daily Star · elected relatives · 20 May 2025
DBM · Philippine Government Directory 2026 · 2026 edition; LGU directory dated 30 September 2025; reviewed 13 September 2026
Politiko Visayas · Former Talisay City mayor Lizares dies, 95 — appointed OIC mayor 1986, elected until 1998 · 2017-06-19
SunStar Bacolod · Walter I. Balane, “Saying goodbye to a patriot and a patriarch” — Amelo Lizares OIC mayor from 1986 then three full terms · 2017-06-23
Philstar · Talisay City Mayor Lizares: Too young to die — Mayor Anthony Lizares died in his third term; Vice Mayor Eric Saratan took oath as mayor · 2006-01-19
Rappler · Negros Occidental big clans offer ‘soft’ support for Marcos — Neil Lizares “son of former vice mayor Nilo L. Lizares Jr. and the cousin of former mayor Anthony Lizares”; Pedro Zayco replaced brother Isidro; “His nephew Miguel Montinola Zayco” · 2022-04-24
SunStar Bacolod · Lizares patriarch celebrates 93rd birthday — Vice Mayor Neil Lizares III came with “his parents Boy Nilo and Nan Lizares” · 2014-09-03
SunStar Bacolod · Walter I. Balane, “A valiant lady turns 84” — Amelo Lizares’s children include Anthony; “son Anthony, single, became Mayor” · 2013-05-25