sentences:  He was from Villa de Arevalo, Iloilo City
  
  He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Bachelor of Laws at University of Santo Tomas.Ramón Avanceña served as a legal adviser to the Federal State of the Visayas, the revolutionary government of provinces of Iloilo, Capiz and Antique, and was chosen to negotiate with the American forces on Panay during the Philippine-American War.During the American Colonial Era, he was appointed as assistant attorney in the Bureau of Justice.