Regional Dictionary of Biography

I was browsing the Australian Dictionary of Biography, which is an ANU project that documents Australians with either 2000-6000 words, or 500-2000 words. It tries to be "representative" and has a number of biographies of Aborigines, assigning them occupations like "indigenous culture informant".

It would be great to create a similar resource about prominent Filipinos, and I suggest a regional focus to ensure that every ethnic group is covered. We could start immediately with a Cebuano region initiative, then work with the rest of UPV to cover the Visayas. 

I am sure many towns would be interested in their local history, so we could start with trying to document the most prominent individuals who were born or have lived in a given municipality. I am thinking of Todd Lucero Sales' recent publication, Argao: 400 Years in Legend and History (Argao, 2008). Perhaps I can interest Madrileña de la Cerna of UP Cebu in this project.