Bayambang's Political History

 

Bayambang

by Luciano S. Vila

Municipal Secretary

 

          Bayambang is bounded on the north by Malasiqui, on the south by Camiling, on the east by Bautista, and on the west by Urbiztondo. Bayambang is the farthest town south of the province of Pangasinan.

 

          The name of this town, according to legend, came from the name of a plant called “balangbang” which grew in abundance during the early days. The verdant hills of Bayambang were almost covered by these plants. The people made pickles out of them. As years passed by, these plants became extinct in the vicinity, but the name “Bayambang,” which sounds like an echo of the plant’s name, was retained and was given to designate this town. Others believed that the name of the town came from a part of the human body, the waist. Waist is “balangbang” in the Pangasinan dialect, and so people from other places attribute the name to it. Still others claim that the name of the town came from the once numerous “culibangbang” trees (these trees are growing on the hills of Bayambang and at present we can still find some of them). It was said that when the Spaniards first came to this town, they asked some natives what this place was called. The people thought the Spaniards ware asking about trees, and so they answered “culibangbang.” The Spaniards thought it was “Bayambang” and henceforth they called the town by that name.

 

          According to the records of the gobernadorcillos and capitanes of the town during the Spanish regime and the testimony of their contemporaries who are still living, Bayambang was founded about the end of the eighteenth century by an Aeta known as Alagat. The Aeta led the founding of the town by organizing his own tribes. He formed the so called “barangay” which composed a small village. The town was first located in the barrio of Inirangan. Later it was moved to the barrio of Telbang until finally the barangay occupied the present location of this town. The town progressed so rapidly that its territory even extended as far as Gerona, Tarlac. The municipalities now known as Alcala, Bautista, and Camiling, Tarlac were then the leading barrios of Bayambang. However, they became so progressive that they were converted into municipalities upon proving that they could stand on their own.

 

          In history, Bayambang stands with enduring pride as the first town of Pangasinan to experience the most disastrous and terrifying events that occurred in the province. It was in this town where the first “juez de cuchillo” brought havoc in 1897. Many of the prominent men of the town were executed. Almost all the houses were razed to the ground. The rich and poor alike had to flee for their lives because of the cruelty of the Spaniards. It was only through the intervention of a Spanish-Filipino general that the form of torture ended.

         

Heads of the Town Under the Different Periods

 Spanish regime

Under the Spanish regime, the first [chief] executive of the town was Vicente Cayabyab who held office as gobernadorcillo. This office was held from 1792 to 1891 with Julio Gloria as the last gobernadorcillo. 

In 1892, the title was changed to capitan municipal, with Mauricio de Guzman as the first capitan. His successors were Honorato Carungay, Lorenzo Rodriguez, a Spaniard, and Julian Mananzan, who was the last of the capitanes. 

During the Revolutionary period, Saturnino Junio was appointed the chief executive of the town. 

American era

When the military government was inaugurated by the Americans, Evaristo E. Dimalanta was appointed president. 

At the inauguration of the Civil Government, Laureano Roldan was appointed first president of the town. The succeeding presidents according to their terms of office [were as] follows: Albino Garcia, Gavino de Guzman, Mateo Mananzan, Marciano Fajardo, Agustin Carungay, Emeterio Mananzan, Eusebio Camacho who held office for two terms but died during the second year of his second term. He was succeeded by his vice president, Eustaquio Bautista. Then he was followed by Emeterio Camacho, who won in an election against Enrique M. Roldan. In the next election for presidency, however, Enrique M. Roldan won and held office for three terms. Then in 1938, Gerundio Umengan took over the office of the president of Bayambang after winning over Valentin Caragan. There was a time, however, when Faustino van Bosch was appointed Acting President. In an election in 1940, Leopoldo de Aquino won as municipal mayor and served up to the outbreak of the war. 

Japanese occupation

During the Japanese occupation, Bayambang was the provincial capital of Pangasinan for a time with a certain Dr. Diaz as acting governor of the province. Sometime in 1943, when the military government of the Japanese Imperial Army relinquished its military rule, Leopoldo Aquino was named municipal mayor and served the same up to the middle part of 1944 when Mariano Fernandez took over as acting municipal mayor up to the liberation. He was appointed by governor Santiago Estrada. 

Liberation

Ambrosio Gloria became the next municipal mayor who was appointed by the Philippine Civil Affairs Unit of the United States Army and served for about a year.

In 1946, Leopoldo Aquino again reassumed the mayorship of the town for several months and later Bernardo Lagoy took over as municipal mayor. Upon the assumption of President Manuel Roxas, Eligio Sagun was appointed municipal mayor and held office up to the time of election in 1947. In 1950 he gave an opportunity to several municipal councilors to act as acting municipal mayor while he was on official business in Manila. Those appointed as acting mayor in succession were Paulino Martinez, Miguel Matabang, Leonardo dela Cruz, and Marcos Junio. The term of Leopoldo Aquino would have expired in December 1951 but he resigned to run for Provincial Board Member in Pangasinan. Numeriano de Castro was appointed acting municipal mayor by then President Elpidio Quirino. In 1951, elections were held and Eligio Sagun won. Sagun also appointed his Vice Mayor Luis Cancino to act as municipal mayor while on official trip to Manila to make representation for the town. After his term of office, he was followed by Salvador F. Quinto whose term expired in 1959. Vice Mayor Jose Lopez acted as municipal mayor whenever Mayor Quinto went to Manila for official business.

Ex-Councilor Miguel C. Matabang won the election in November, 1959 and served his term of office from 1960 to 1963. He ran for re-election in November 1963 but was defeated by Atty. Jaime P. Junio, a candidate of the Liberal Party. In the election of 1967, Mayor Jaime P. Junio ran for re-election and won the election against Ex-Mayor Miguel C. Matabang for the second time. During the administration of Mayor Jaime P. Junio, there were several improvements made for the benefit of the people, such as the asphalting of municipal streets, opening of feeder roads, construction of the two public market buildings, improvement of the public plaza and auditorium; income of the municipality was increased annually and now is more than ₱35,000.00; salaries of employees were increased as provided by the minimum wage law; municipal building annex no. 2 was constructed; concrete fence of the municipal campus, monument of President Magsaysay, children’s park and fountains were constructed and several equipment were acquired such as the firetruck, siren, and many others. At present, this local administration has many more important projects yet to be accomplished such as the construction of a velodrome, the first of its kind to be constructed in the Philippines.

                   

Historical Significance

 

          Bayambang was once the capital of [the] short-lived [First] Philippine Republic. It became the last seat of our Philippine Republic because when the American forces of General Arthur MacArthur captured Tarlac on October 12, 1899, General Aguinaldo moved the capital here. It remained so until November 13, after which they escaped to the north, until they reached Isabela.

 

          Sometime in August 1899, our Philippine National Anthem was written by Jose I. Palma y Velasquez in Bautista when this municipality was still a barrio of Bayambang. The lyrics are credited to Jose Palma [but the music was composed by Julian Felipe in a house near the Bautista railroad station] (?- RSO). This house still stands there.

 

          It may be interest to note that General Antonio Luna and his men came here once when they were fleeing from the American forces. Our national hero had for a number of times visited Camiling because of his love for Leonor Rivera. Camiling was then a part of Bayambang.

 

Products and Industries

 

          Bayambang, which supports a population of about 37,000, was once a commercial center. The Agno River, which cuts its way through this town, promotes commerce not only between the people of Bayambang and Lingayen, but also with its neighboring towns that make use of this navigable river. Since time ­­­­immemorial, Bayambang has been trading with people of northern Pangasinan the most common goods like salt, bagoong (salted fish), nipa wine, vinegar and also nipa shingles. These are loaded in big bancas manned by about six men.

 

          Land transportation is facilitated by means of the railroad and provincial roads (macadamized road). The railroad and the provincial roads make possible the travel of people not only in this municipality but also the whole province from the north to south, as from Dagupan to Manila via Camiling (through the provincial road). The provincial road is the easiest means of travel from the north to south. The Pantranco and other buses going to Manila from Dagupan pass through this provincial road. The road facilitates the transportation of the town’s products to Dagupan and other southern provinces.

 

          One will note that the greater part of Bayambang is hilly. The principal occupations are farming and fishing. These two industries yield the greatest income for the municipality. The important products are rice and corn. Rice is planted once a year, i.e., during the rainy season, unlike in the Tagalog regions where rice is planted twice a year.

 

          Besides farming, Bayambang is well known for its fishing grounds. The Mangabol Lake, which is the biggest of Bayambang lakes, encourages people to engage in fishing. The lake yields the biggest profit for the municipality. The municipality is classified as first class. Bayambang appropriates ₱10,000.00 every year for the maintenance of the Pangasinan Normal School. Other municipalities cannot meet such amount. This is one of the reasons why the Normal School is located in this town.

 

Schools of Bayambang

 

          At present there are forty (40) barrio schools and one central school located in the heart of the town.

 

          There are two schools of the secondary level. They are the Bayambang High School and the Saint Vincent’s High School, a private institution housed in the Bayambang parochial convent.

 

          The Bayambang Normal School on a secondary level was opened sometime in 1922 during President Eusebio Camacho’s term of office.

 

          In 1948 the Bayambang Normal School on the collegiate level became the seat of the Philippines-UNESCO National Community Training Center. The PNS is now called Central Luzon Teachers College (per R.A. 5705).

 

Reference: Town Fiesta Souvenir Program

 

 

The People

 With 1,000-strong personnel, we at the local government unit represent the approximately 139,000+ population of Bayambang, as we work in the service of a people of various persuasions, kinship, and socioeconomic status. We believe in the equal and inclusive treatment of Bayambangueños despite these differences, in our quest to fulfill our vision and mission of a globally competitive smart town.  

Editorial - May 2022 - Girl Power

Tunay na makasaysayan ang pagkakahalal ng dalawang kababaihan sa dalawang pinakamataas na posisyon sa ating bayan sapagkat ito ay kauna-unahan at magkasabay pa. At ayon sa obserbasyon ni Municipal Administrator, Atty. Raymundo B. Bautista Jr., mukhang sila rin ang pinakabatang naupo sa puwesto. Malayung-malayo ito sa panahon na ang mga alkalde ay tinatawag na "Don," at di inaasahan kumpara sa sinaunang panahon kung saan ang mga babae ay walang karapatang bumoto at dapat ay nasa bahay lamang. Marahil ang malaking pagbabagong ito ay hudyat ng dahan-dahan ngunit diri-diretsong pag-angat ng antas at estado ng kababaihan sa ating bayan.

Kung sabagay, matagal-tagal na ring maraming kababaihan ang namamayagpag bilang pinuno sa ating bayan, mula kapitana, konsehala hanggang administrador at department at unit heads, at maging mga director, dean, supervisor, at principal ng mga paaralan. Sa ngayon, ang LGU, kabilang ang national government agencies, halimbawa, ay mayroong mga 19 na kababaihang namamahala at may mahahalagang papel. 

Mga 1940s pa lamang diumano ay may nagtangka nang maging konsehala sa katauhan ni Gng. Sofia Martinez Ferrer at maaaring pati si Teting Roldan noong 1950s, subalit ang unang pinalad na maluklok ay si Priscila de Vera noong 1970 na siya ring naging number one councilor sa edad na 27 lamang. Ang unang naging kapitana naman ay si Gng. Norma Lomibao Cancino ng Brgy. Alinggan taong 1970 rin sa edad na19 taong gulang lamang. Ang pinakaunang appointed department head ng Munisipyo ay si Susan Menor ng Local Civil Registry noong 1990s. Ang unang babaeng Municipal Administrator naman ay si Atty. Rodelynn Rajini A. Sagarino noong July 2016.

Sa Bayambang din nanggaling ang katulad nina Sr. Mary John Mananzan (founder ng Gabriela), Carmen Velasquez (national  scientist), at Luzviminda Camacho (unang babaeng Commodore ng Philippine Navy).  

Nangangahulugan lamang ito na, bagamat may maliwanag na pagkakaiba ang lalaki at babae, hindi lamang sa pisikal na aspeto, kundi maging sa sikolohikal man, 'di ito hadlang sa mga nakararaming taga-Bayambang upang iatang ang mabibigat na responsibilidad at katungkulan kaninuman, anuman ang kasarian.

Ngayon pa lang ay magandang malaman kung papaano ang magiging istilo ng dalawang naturang lider at gaano kaya ito naiiba sa kanilang mga sinundan. Nais nating masaksihang lahat kung paano nila pabubulaanan ang mga iba’t-ibang kuru-kuro at haka-haka ukol sa pamumuno ng kababaihan.

May pagkakaiba man sa diskarte, sigurado naman tayong iisa ang kanilang hangarin: ang maitawid ang bayan ng Bayambang sa nakagisnang kahirapan, sa lahat ng lehitimong pamamaraan.  Paano kaya nila gagamitin ang kanilang pagiging babae upang ating patuloy na mapagtagumpayan ang nasimulang Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan ng Team Quiambao-Sabangan? Ating abangan.

Samantala, isang mainit na pagbati sa ating bagong alkalde, Mayora Mary Clare Judith Phyllis ‘Niña’ Jose-Quiambao, at bise-alkalde, Ian Camille ‘IC’ Sabangan!

Informants: Benjamin de Vera (Priscila de Vera); Municipal Budget Officer Peter Caragan (Priscila de Vera, Norma L Cancino, Susan Menor); Joey Ferrer (Sofia Martinez Ferrer, Teting Roldan)

Editorial - June 2022 - Bayan ng mga Bayani

Ang Bayambang ay maituturing na kanlungan ng mga magigiting na bayani dahil tayo ay isang bayan ng mga rebolusyunaryo. Hindi dapat natin ito kalimutan kailanman. Nasusulat na ito sa ating kasaysayan bilang isang bayan, kaya't nararapat na ito ay taun-taong gunitain, lalo na sa araw ng kalayaan.

Nag-umpisa ang "history of rebellion" ng Bayambang noong taong 1660, kung kailan sumiklab sa baryo ng Manambong ang Andres Malong revolt laban sa mga Espanyol. Sumunod dito ay ang Juan dela Cruz Palaris revolt noong 1763.

Ang mga himagsikang ito ay kaagad na napuksa ng mga Espanyol at maraming Bayambangueño ang nagbuwis ng buhay.

Lingid sa kaalaman ng marami sa ngayon, dinayo din tayo ni Dr. Jose Rizal ng ilang beses noong 1880s papunta sa kanyang sinisintang si Leonor Rivera, na nakatira noon sa Camiling. Siya ay isang most wanted person noong mga panahong iyon. Ayon pa nga sa mga kwento ay mayroong siyang kaibigan dito na binibisita at pansamantalang tinuluyan.

Noong June 1898 naman, inilipat ni Heneral Antonio Luna ang Department of War ng pamahalaan sa Bayambang at dito siya nagkuta.

At noong Agosto 1899, isinulat ni Jose Palma ang liriko ng ating Pambansang Awit sa loob ng isang train coach sa may Bautista, na dating parte ng Bayambang. 

At noon na ngang November 12, 1899, idineklara ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo ang Bayambang bilang pansamantalang kapitolyo ng Pilipinas. Dito nabuwag ang revolutionary army upang maging guerilla units laban sa mga mananakop na Amerikano. Sa ating Estacion ng Tren din naglimbag ang mga tumatakas na rebolusyonaryo ng isang issue ng official newspaper noon na "La Independencia." 

Sa araw ding iyon ibinurol sa ating simbahan ang labi ng anak ni Heneral Aguinaldo na si Flora Victoria na namatay sa gitna ng kanilang paglalakbay. 

Ayon sa kasaysayan, pati na si Heneral Gregorio del Pilar ay naparito rin, datapwat sa malungkot na dahilan: ang tugisin ang mga kasamahan ni Heneral Luna. Kaya naman laging nag-iistop-over ang Byaheng Tirad Pass o Heroes' Trek dito sa Bayambang taun-taon. 

Noong panahon naman ng Hapon, noong 1943, itinatag dito ng American military officer na si Col. Edwin Ramsey ang Eastern Central Luzon Guerrilla Area headquarters laban sa mga Hapon, kung saan maraming Bayambangueño ang tumulong sa kanya. Ang kanyang naging kanang kamay ay si Major Claro J. Camacho ng Barangay Nalsian. Ayon pa nga sa kwento, nakatakas si Col. Ramsey sa mga hapon sa pamamagitan ng pagtago sa isang taltagan (yung malaking bayuhan ng palay) sa barrio ng Inirangan. Hinahanap po natin ngayon ang bayuhan na yan. 

Alam ba ninyong nagtungo rin dito si President Ramon Magsaysay upang magdaos ng isang cabinet meeting sa Mangabul? Nagdonate din siya ng water-well pump para magkaroon ng maiinom na tubig ang ating mga kababayan. Kaya naman bukod sa istatwa ni Rizal at Aguinaldo ay mayroon din tayong istatwa ni Magsaysay sa Plaza.

Ating inaalala ang mga ito upang huwag nating kalimutan na tayo ay isang bayan na mahilig sa rebolusyon at tahanan ng mga bayani.

Uso pa rin po ang rebolusyon sa bayan ng Bayambang. Siyempre uso pa rin ang kabayanihan.

Kaya sa kasalukuyang panahon, hinihiling na ang lahat ay maging bayani o magpakabayani, sa pagkakataong ito, para naman sa tagumpay ng ating Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan.

Bayambang Through the Years

Quick History: Bayambang Through the Years

It has been 400 years since the founding of Bayambang in 1614. Known then as Malunguey, the town was a flourishing settlement of native inhabitants. It was and still is an agricultural town, and has  survived the ravages of time: from the economic and cultural impact of colonization to natural and man-made destruction of modern times. But it should not be forgotten that in spite of such influences, some unique cultural practices which make Bayambang district remain to be its charm – a vibrant town that embraces change but cherishes its heritage. 

TIMELINE

1614

Bayambang, known then as Malunguey/Balonguey, became a visita (a settlement of families under the jurisdiction of the motherhouse regularly visited by a religious functionary for its religious needs) of the Vicar of Binalatongan (now City of San Carlos). 

1619

Malunguey was accepted as one of the vicariates of the Dominican Order at the Provincial Chapter of 1619 under the patronage of Saint Vincent Ferrer. It became independent from its matrix Binalatongan.

1660

In October, an uprising in Malunguey occurred, though this was immediately quelled by Spanish forces. When the Malong revolt broke out two months later, the people of Malunguey joined Andres Malong in their disgust over the excesses of the Spanish authorities. Malunguey, along with Binalatongan, were the two remaining rebel towns at the end of the revolt.

Telbang, a native settlement, was placed under the jurisdiction of Malunguey.

1741

The church and convent in Malunguey were transferred to a place called Bayambang.

1763

On March 1, rebels under the command of Juan Dela Cruz Palaris, the leader of the Palaris revolt which started on 1762, mounted captured cannons in a bridge in Bayambang towards the direction of the Spaniards. In the said battle, the Spanish forces were able to capture the staff of the rebels. However, they didn’t pursue the rebels but instead returned to their home base on Bacolor, Pampanga.

1813

The construction of the church and the convent, made of bricks and stone, started this year.

1834

The Alcalde Mayor of Pangasinan submitted a petition to acquire two big boats for use in the transport of mails between Bayambang and Paniqui in Tarlac, and for use during floods.

1838

Camiling became independent of Bayambang.

1855

Domingo Junio dela Cruz, then the town’s gobernadorcillo or mayor, submitted a petition to construct a new town hall to the office of the Alcalde Mayor of Pangasinan. He was supported by the town’s parish priest, Fr. Raymundo Barcelo.

1865

The first Pangasinan-Spanish dictionary produced by Father Lorenzo Fernandez Cosgaya was compiled in Bayambang.

1875

On May 25, Catalina de Seña led a petition where the people of Barrio Hermoza requests to separate from Bayambang due to its immense distance to the town center. The petition forwarded to the Alcalde Mayor of Pangasinan.

A petition from the people of Dangla, a barrio of Bayambang, to become a separate town was granted with eleven (11) cabecerias or barrios composing the new town which was later named Alcala.

1880

On March 6, the Alcalde Mayor of Pangasinan elevated to the office of the Governor General the request of Doña Modesta Leonarda Mendoza to operate public school for girls.

One of the first three rice mills in Pangasinan was installed and operated in Bayambang by British firm Smith, Bell and Company.

1896

On April 6, Fr. Feliciano Martin started the construction of the first stone-fenced cemetery, which was completed under the leadership of secular priest Fr. Frangno Fernandez.

On June 1, in the midst of the ongoing revolution against Spain, an inventory of church properties was conducted with the intent that whatever result the uncertain times might bring, the properties were properly accounted for.

1899

In June, General Antonio Luna had his brief encampment in Bayambang to prepare the defense of General Emilio Aguinaldo. Here, he received a telegram from General Aguinaldo ordering him to report to Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija to see the General.

Jose Palma, a staff member of the Revolutionary Government’s newspaper “La Independencia,” wrote a poem that became the lyrics of “Marcha Nacional Filipina,” now the Philippine National Anthem. He penned the poem in Bautista, then a barrio of Bayambang.

On November 12, Bayambang became the 5th capital of the short-lived Philippine Republic when General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippine Republic, transferred the seat of government here. At the same time, the regular army was disbanded and the revolutionaries resorted to guerrilla warfare in dealing with the Americans.

1908

The Philippine Postal Savings Bank opened a branch in Bayambang two years after it opened for business in 1906.

1922 

Gabaldon buildings were erected at the Bayambang Central School and Pangasinan State University Bayambang Campus. The Bayambang Normal School started operations to produce much-needed public school teachers until it was temporarily closed in 1935.

1926

Farmacia San Rafael, Bayambang’s first drug store, was established.

1935

Mary Help of Christians Institution, Bayambang’s first private Catholic school, was founded under the administration of RVM sisters. It is now known as Saint Vincent Catholic School.

1943 

Bayambang was Col. Edwin Ramsey's ECLGA headquarters.

Former enemies became allies during World War II. Noted American military official Col. Edwin Ramsey set foot in Bayambang to organize Filipino guerrillas against a common nemesis: the Japanese Imperial Army. In the country's bitter struggle against Japanese imperialism, Bayambang had been Lt. Edwin P. Ramsey's East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area (ECLGA) headquarters for sometime. ECLGA encompassed Manila, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Zambales and La Union. Ramsey's aide de camp was our very own Major Claro J. Camacho of Barangay Nalsian.

According to local lore, Col. Ramsey evaded capture by the Japanese by hiding inside a taltagan (giant wooden mortar) in the barrio of Inirangan.

After the war, a huge part of Bayambang became the site of the Americans’ Camp Gregg Military Reservation.

1945

On January 7, the Pangasinan Normal School (formerly Bayambang Normal School) started operations with 293 students.

1950

The Bayambang Municipal Library was established and operated under the Mayor’s Office through the assistance of the United States Information Service.

1952

On October 23 to 25, Bayambang hosted the solemn celebration of the grand feast of Christ the King in the whole Pangasinan, Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.

1954

On June 17, Bayambang became the first pilot town in the Far East when the Pangasinan Normal School (PNS) was chosen to be the seat of the Philippine-UNESCO National Community Training Center (PUNCTC) by virtue of Republic Act No. 1142.

1955

The first Child Study Center in the country was put up at PNS in Bayambang. The Center made initial studies on the Filipino child in order for the country to have its own data about Filipino children.

In October, President Ramon Magsaysay caused a stampede in Mangabul when he brought there with him his entire Cabinet to meet out-of-town for the first time. Thousands of rural folk turned out and mobbed the "champion of the masses," causing some  disturbance at the makeshift venue, as they freely sought his attention to their concerns. Eschewing protocol and formalities, he addressed those concerns one by one, including a big land dispute, among other grievances. Magsaysay is said to donate a water pump as well for the barrio people. This little incident is commemorated in the erection of a statue of Pres. Magsaysay years later at the Municipal Plaza.

1956

Opportunity class was organized at PNS Bayambang ahead of any other school in the country to pay attention to exceptional children. The first kindergarten was also established at Pangasinan Normal Laboratory School to provide a working laboratory for the Child Study Center.

1958  

Bayambang’s first optical clinic and store was established by the Urbi family.

On July 5 to August 3, Bayambang was the venue of the First National Institute in Physical Education and Recreation in the Philippines, being the seat of PUNCTC.

1970

On February 15, the town’s first community paper called “Bayambang Post” started operations under Geruncio Lacuesta as publisher.

1974

On April 5, the towering belfry beside the church was blessed and inaugurated. It houses the old bells.

1976

The [Central] Pangasinan Electric Cooperative Inc. (CENPELCO), a non-stock electric cooperative, started its operations and extended services to Bayambang.

1980

Bayambang Water District (NAWASA) started its operations, and DIGITEL installed its first telephone system in Bayambang and constructed a building for its office.

On July 16, the Bayambang Emergency Hospital opened its doors to the public. It was temporarily housed at the Municipal Annex Building.

1985 

On July 1, the Bayambang District Hospital, built at Brgy. Bical Norte, opened for medical services, with Dr. Ernesto Matabang as its first director. The lot on which it was built was donated by the family of Teofilo Matabang.

1988

Dr. Orlando de Guzman was appointed Provincial Board Member, the first time a Bayambangueño held a position in the Provincial Board. He was in position from November 17, 1987 to February 1988.

1989

Mayor Calixto Camacho cut the ceremonial ribbon for the formal opening of a mini Bayambang Museum established through a joint venture of the municipality and the Pangasinan State University Bayambang Campus. The Museum was housed at the former Municipal Jail.

1997 

Rehabilitation of the Bayambang Town Plaza started.

1998

Bayambang inaugurated its Municipal Abattoir with biogas system located at Brgy. Telbang

The town had the 8th highest revenue collection among 48 municipalities in Pangasinan during an 8-month period.

1999

Bayambang held a month-long “Sentenaryong Pagdiriwang” from October to November to commemorate its being once the capital of the Philippines.

Activities included the unveiling of a historical marker at the municipal grounds by Dr. Pablo S. Trillana III, then director of the National Historical Institute.

2003

In March, Hands of Heaven, the first private memorial park in Bayambang, started operations.

On April 4, several buildings were opened in time for the annual town fiesta: the Philippine National Police building, the Bayambang Sports Complex, and the Bayambang Commercial Center.

2004 

The Institute of Nursing was opened in PSU.

The Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation Inc. was established by Dr  Cezar T. Quiambao in Brgy. Amanperez.

2005

Bayambang became a first-class municipality under the term of Mayor Leocadio de Vera.

2009

In April, a distinct and unique festival called “Malangsi Fish-tival” was launched to celebrate the harvest of freshwater fishes locally grown in Bayambang.

On June 30, Bayambang inked the sisterhood pact with Guam, USA through the joint efforts of Mayor Ricardo Camacho and businessman Dr. Cezar T. Quiambao.

2010

Bayambang was awarded the “Model LGU with Best Practices in Solid Waste Management” by the Environmental Management Bureau under the Regional Office I of the Department of Environment and natural Resources in San Fernando City, La Union.

On August 9, the Sangguniang Bayan of Bayambang passed a resolution creation a Research  and study Committee to determine the exact date of the foundation of the municipality.

2011

On March 14, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines formally established 5 April 1614 as Bayambang’s foundation date.

On November 3, the Municipality of Bayambang adopted a new Corporate Seal (Official Seal) as endorsed by the Sangguniang Bayan and recommended by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

2012

On February 27, Mayor Ricardo Camacho formally organized a committee in charge of Bayambang’s Quadricentennial Celebration.

2013

On November 29, a bronze statue of former Philippine president, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, was unveiled in front of the Municipal Hall, as witnessed by Pangasinan Governor Amado T. Espino Jr., together with the relatives of Gen. Aguinaldo and municipal health officials from Kawit, Cavite. A sisterhood pact with the said town was also signed.

2014

On April 5, Bayambang was declared the new holder of the Guinness World of Record for Longest Barbeque, mounting 8,000 grills and 50,000 kilograms of fish spanning 8.16 kilometers. 

2016

Successful businessman and philanthropist Cezar T. Quiambao goes home from abroad, runs for Mayor, and wins. He introduces new politics in town, with the battlecry, “No to political dynasty, corruption, poverty and criminality.” His reign is marked by many firsts: CCTV Command Center, Emergency Hotline Number (#4357), St. Vincent Dialysis Center, air-conditioned Events Center with rubberized flooring, Paskuhan sa Bayambang giant animated Christmas display, free Community Service Card, Operation Birthright, satellite markets (talipapas) in eight barangays, comprehensive supplementary feeding program for malnourished children, among many other projects. He also initiated the fight to reclaim Bayambang Central School and the sale of government land in Magsaysay to long-time occupants.

2017

Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao continues to bring Bayambang to greater heights with the following feats: installation of the first traffic lights, expansion of drainage system in Poblacion area, and erection of municipal canteen, RHU III, RHU IV, and eight police precincts, and major renovation of the Tricycle Terminal.

2018

Mayor Cezar Quiambao declared an all-out war against poverty in the program called “Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan.”

The Municipal Library got its own building using the repurposed water tank beside the Municipal Hall.

ANCOP Ville, a free housing project with at least 30 units for selected indigent families, rose in Brgy. Sancagulis, sponsored by the Mojares family of Canada and Couples for Christ – Answering the Cry of the Poor (CFC-ANCOP).

Rural Health Unit III rose in Brgy. Carungay.

The Pangasinan State University-Department of Science and Technology Food Innovation Center was inaugurated.

2019

The Quiambao family inaugurated the Saint Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park in Brgy. Bani, by unveiling the engineered bamboo statue of St. Vincent Ferrer, which earned for Bayambang its second Guinness record: the tallest bamboo sculpture (supported) in the world.

Fr. Fidelis Layog of Bayambang was appointed by Pope Francis as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.

LGU Ville, a low-cost housing development of the local government, rose in Brgy. Sancagulis.

RHU IV was built by the local government in Brgy. Macayocayo, and RHU V was built in Brgy. Pantol, sponsored by Congresswoman Rose Marie ‘Baby’ Arenas.

Mayor Quiambao launched his farm modernization program with a purchase of a suite of farm machines and other supporting activities.

2020

Mayor Cezar Quiambao builds the Bayambang Commercials Strip in front of the parish church under a public-private partnership scheme.

A new Municipal Annex Building was inaugurated at the back of Municipal Hall.

2021

Mayor Quiambao’s petition for the Philippine government to convert Mangabul Lake into alienable and disposable land reached Philippine Congress and Senate with the help of Congresswoman Rose Marie ‘Baby’ Arenas and Senator Miguel Zubiri. 

“Beauty and the Beast: The Musical” was staged for the first time in Region I. Sponsored by the town’s First Couple, it was staged at the Balon Bayambang Events Center showcasing local talents.

2022  

Mayor Cezar Quiambao launched the E-Agro app, a digital platform that addresses the various needs of farmers, especially loans, at their fingertips. Eight agricultural warehouses were constructed per farming district as supporting infrastructure.

Two women made history by being the first women to get elected as Mayor and Vice-Mayor of the town: Mary Clare Judith Phyllis Niña Jose-Quiambao and Ian Camille ‘IC’ C. Sabangan.

References: Dr. Clarita Jimenez & Bayambang Quadricentennial Research Team (for the period 1614-2014, Resty S. Odon (for the period 2016-2022)

Speech for 124th Philippine Independence Day

 Date: June 12, 2022

Venue: Municipal Plaza

Time: early morning

Speech for 124th Philippine Independence Day

Tema: "Pag-Usong sa Hamon ng Panibagong Bukas"

Narito tayong muli ngayon upang ipagdiwang ang Pambansang Araw ng Kalayaan. Nagkataong pumatak ito sa araw ng Linggo kaya't alam kong malaking sakripisyo ito para sa lahat. Subalit di natin ito inaalintana sapagkat napakaliit na bagay ito kumpara sa hirap at sa mismong buhay na ibinuwis ng ating mga bayani.

Isang karangalan pa nga ang ganapin ang pagdiriwang na ito sapagkat ang Bayambang ay maituturing na kanlungan ng mga magigiting na bayani dahil tayo as isang bayan ng mga rebolusyunaryo.

Hindi dapat natin kalimutan kailanman ang nasusulat sa ating kasaysayan bilang isang bayan.

Hindi maiaalis na ang Bayambang ay mayroong "history of rebellion." Noong 1660, sumiklab sa baryo ng Manambong ang Andres Malong revolt laban sa mga Espanyol. 

Sumunod dito ay ang Juan dela Cruz Palaris revolt noong 1763.

Ang mga himagsikang ito ay kaagad na napuksa ng mga Espanyol at maraming Bayambangueño ang nagbuwis ng buhay.

Lingid sa kaalaman ng marami, dinayo din tayo ni Dr. Jose Rizal ng ilang beses noong 1880s papunta sa kanyang sinisintang si Leonor Rivera, na nakatira noon sa Camiling. Siya ay isang most wanted person noong mga panahong iyon. Ayon pa nga sa mga kwento ay mayroong siyang kaibigan dito na binibisita at pansamantalang tinuluyan.

Noong June 1898 naman, inilipat ni Heneral Antonio Luna ang Department of War ng pamahalaan sa Bayambang at dito siya nagkuta.

At noong Agosto 1899, isinulat ni Jose Palma ang liriko ng ating Pambansang Awit sa loob ng isang train coach sa may Bautista, na dating parte ng Bayambang. 

At noon na ngang November 12, 1899, idineklara ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo ang Bayambang bilang pansamantalang kapitolyo ng Pilipinas. Dito nabuwag ang revolutionary army upang maging guerilla units laban sa mga mananakop na Amerikano. Sa ating Estacion ng Tren din naglimbag ang mga tumatakas na rebolusyonaryo ng isang issue ng official newspaper noon na "La Independencia." 

Sa araw ring iyon ibinurol sa ating simbahan ang labi ng anak ni Heneral Aguinaldo na si Flora Victoria na namatay sa gitna ng kanilang paglalakbay. 

Ayon sa research, pati na si Heneral Gregorio del Pilar ay naparito rin, subalit sa malungkot na dahilan: ang tugisin ang mga kasamahan ni Heneral Luna. Kaya naman laging nag-iistop-over ang Byaheng Tirad Pass o Heroes' Trek dito sa Bayambang taun-taon. 

Noong panahon naman ng Hapon, noong 1943, itinatag dito ng American military officer na si Col. Edwin Ramsey ang Eastern Central Luzon Guerrilla Area headquarters laban sa mga Hapon, kung saan maraming Bayambangueño ang tumulong sa kanya. Ang kanyang naging kanang kamay ay si Major Claro J. Camacho ng Barangay Nalsian. Ayon pa nga sa kwento, nakatakas si Col. Ramsey sa mga hapon sa pamamagitan ng pagtago sa isang taltagan (yung malaking bayuhan ng palay) sa barrio ng Inirangan. Hinahanap po natin ngayon ang bayuhan na yan. 

Alam ba ninyong nagtungo rin dito si President Ramon Magsaysay upang magdaos ng isang cabinet meeting sa Mangabul? Nagdonate din siya ng water-well pump para magkaroon ng maiinom na tubig ang ating mga kababayan. 

Kaya naman bukod sa istatwa ni Rizal at Aguinaldo ay mayroon din tayong istatwa ni Magsaysay sa Plaza.

Ating inaalala ang mga ito upang huwag nating kalimutan na tayo ay isang bayan na mahilig sa rebolusyon at tahanan ng mga bayani.

Uso pa rin po ang rebolusyon sa bayan ng Bayambang. Siyempre uso pa rin ang kabayanihan.

Kaya sa kasalukuyang panahon, hinihiling ko na ang lahat ay maging bayani o magpakabayani, sa pagkakataong ito, para naman sa tagumpay ng ating Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan. 

Isang makabuluhang Araw ng Kalayaan sa ating lahat.

How Bayambang was Founded

 

How Bayambang was Founded

(by National Historical Commission of the Philippines)

 

The Municipality of Bayambang traces its beginnings to the old pueblo of Malunguey¹, (at times spelled as Balunguey²).

 

         It is believed to have been one of the well-populated communities in Pangasinan situated along the Pangasinan coast or riverbanks that had thrived long before the Spaniards came.³ Governor General Gomez Perez Dasmariñas’ report of 1591 on the encomiendas awarded by the Spanish king gives a glimpse into these productive communities, reason why they were made into encomiendas, including Lingayen (King’s encomienda with 1,000 tributes); Mangaldan, Labaya; Tuqui and Bolinao.⁴ In the case of Malunguey, it was situated on the Agno River bank, “west of … Bayambang”.⁵

 

         Many of these pre-Spanish settlements, such as Malunguey, were eventually organized into pueblos de indios during the early years of Spanish colonization.⁶  [John Leddy Phelan described the pueblo as a “collection of barangays”, barangay being the primary social unit, and foremost of which was made the cabecera (capital /seat) of the pueblo. The lesser barangays became the visitas, later called barrios or villages.⁷]

         Pangasinan authority Rosario Mendoza Cortes writes that Malunguey was first mentioned in the “Actas Capitulares” of the Dominican order as one of the visitas (parochial satellite) of Binalatongan (now San Carlos), under the year 1614.⁸

 

         Still according to the Dominican “Actas Capitulares”, the year 1619 marked its establishment as a separate vicariate, as it was assigned its own vicar and its religious house recognized by the Dominican order.⁹  This date of its foundation is confirmed by the Guia de Forasteros of 1890.¹⁰ It can be concluded therefore, that by the 1620s, Malunguey was already a full-fledged pueblo (town).¹¹

 

         In 1654 Fr. Juan Camacho, O.P. was the priest assigned to Malunguey, serving there for two years before being transferred to the vicariate of Mangaldan¹². However, during the times that no parish priest was assigned to Malunguey (and its visita Telbang) its religious affairs were administered by the priest of Binalatongan.¹³

 

         Along with Binalatongan, Malunguey was one of the last bastions of the revolt led by Andres Malong in Pangasinan in 1660-1661.¹⁴

 

         In 1741, due to recurrent inundation from the Agno River, the church and convent of Malunguey were transferred to a more elevated place called Bayambang.¹⁵

 

         It would appear that the name Malunguey continued to be retrained for some time as evidenced by a Jesuit chronicle regarding the state of ecclesiastical administration in the Philippines in 1751-1754, including that of the Dominicans, which cites “Malunguey” instead of Bayambang.¹⁶ On the other hand, a Dominican list of the parishes administered by them in 1753- already cites “Bayambang” together with “Telbang”, with a population of 10,928 “souls”. ¹⁷

 

         The transfer of the Malunguey church and convent to Bayambang proved difficult and dangerous for the residents of its visita Telbang as they had to cross the river and the forest, where Negritos usually attacked them with their arrows.¹⁸ This naturally hampered their religious practice, prompting them to seek the help of the Dominican Prior Provincial, who in 1760 petitioned the parochial independence of Telbang from Bayambang.¹⁹  In 1875, Bayambang gave up a number of its barrios as these were organized into the pueblo of Alcala.²⁰ This establishment was approved by the King through a Real Orden in 1879.²¹  In 1881, Alcala was also made spiritually independent of Bayambang.²²

 

Two traditional secondary sources on Spanish pueblos also mention Bayambang. Agustin de la Cavada’s Historia (published in 1876) states that the pueblo or town of Bayambang was founded in 1669 with a population, at the time, of 12,254²³, while Fr. Manuel Buzata’s Diccionario cites Bayambang, at the time of its publication in 1851 as a “pueblo con cura y gobernadorcillo [“a town with its own priest and head”], and that it had around 755 houses of “simple construction”. Its church by then was made of stone and dedicated to San Vicente Ferrer [whose feast falls on April 5²⁴]. It was also described as a thriving town whose products were “arroz (rice), maiz (corn), caña dulce (sugarcane), añil (indigo), algodon (cotton), abaca, cacao, legumbres (lentils), y toda clase de frutas.” Its chief industries then included agriculture, weaving, and fishing. It had, also, rich pastureland watered by the nearby Lake Mangabol, where grazed “a multitude of buffalo, cattle and horses” and in the nearby mountains grew thick forests of various kinds of trees. All in all, Bayambang is described as being part of one of the richer regions in the archipelago.²⁵

 

          It can therefore be concluded that Bayambang is formerly the pueblo of Malunguey. While no definitive data was found on the civil establishment (or foundation as Pueblo/Town/Municipality) of Malunguey (therefore, of Bayambang), 1619 is cited by the Dominicans as the year Malunguey/Bayambang was organized into an independent parish, with a visita (barrio) called Telbang.

 

         In the absence of documents on the erection of the Municipality of Bayambang, or its predecessor Malunguey, it is recommended that 1619, the year it became an independent parish, combined with April 5, the feast of its patron saint, serve as the basis of its founding anniversary for the time being. This is based on the NHCP policy recognizing the validity of such in the absence of a municipal foundation. Moreover, through this policy the NHCP hopes to emphasize that vis-á-vis the Spanish foundation of towns, their pre-colonial existence was also important.

 

¹ Rosario Mendoza Cortes, Pangasinan: 1572-1800 [Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1974), p.26.

 

² Ibid., p.121.

³ Ibid., p.26.

⁴ Dasmariñas, Gaspar de. “Account of the Encomiendas in the Philippine Islands, May 31 [1591]” in Blair Emma H. and Robertson, James A. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Cleveland, Ohio: A. H. Clarke, 1903-1909), Vol. 8, pp.104-105, (henceforth cited as BR).

 ⁵Cortes, p.103 [citing Fr. Raimundo Suares, O.P. s Apuntes curiosos sobre los pueblos de Pangasinan, 1840-1850. Vol. 240, fol.194]

⁶Ibid., p.26.

⁷Phelan, John Leddy. The Hispanization of the Philippines, Spanish Aims and Filipino Responses 1565-1700 [Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1959] p.124

⁸Cortes, p. 103.

⁹Ibid.

¹⁰Curos de Almas, a preliminary listing of parishes and parish priest in the 19^th century Philippines based on the Gulas de Forasteros, 1834-1898. Complied and annotated by Regalado Trota Jose. Vol. III-Curatos, L-Z. (Manila: The Author and University of Santo Tomas, 2008), p.184.

¹¹Cortes, op.cit.

¹²Ibid., p. 105

¹³Ibid., p. 120.

¹⁴BR, Vol.38, p. 172.

¹⁵Ibid., p. 121 (citing the Actas Capitulares in the Dominican Archives, Quezon City, ( II, p. 267)

¹⁶Delgado SJ., Juan J., “Religious Condition of the Islands”, in Blair, Emma H. and Robertson, James A. The Philippine islands, 1493-1898, Vol. 28 (Cleveland, Ohio: A. H. Clarke, 1903-1909) pp. 173-174.

¹⁷”Razon del Numero del Almas, que tienan a su Cargo los Religious de nta. Provincia del Ssmo, Ros.o en las Provincias de Cagayan y Missiones de dha. Provincia, de Pangasinan, de las Missiones de Ituy y Panasiqui, y de esta Provincia de Manila”, in Fernando O.P., Fr. Pablo, “Dominican Apostolate in the Philippines”, Boletin Eclesiastico de Filipinas, Vol. XXXIX, Num. 435 (January-February 1965), pp. 179-181.

¹⁸Ibid., p. 121.

¹⁹Ibid., p. 120

²⁰Ereccion de pueblos, Pangasinan, (1872) 1874-1897), (Tomo), Exp. 12, Fol. 204-416 [PNA]

²¹Ibid., Exp. 16, Fol. 474-475.

²²Ibid., Exp. 14, Fol. 441-441b.

²³Agustin de la Cavada y Mendez de Vigo. Historia geografica, geologica y estadistica de Filipinas [Manila: Imp. De Ramirez y Giraudier, 1876] p. 235.

²⁴The 2000 Catholic Directory (Quezon City: CBCP & Claretian Publications) p. 127

²⁵Fr. Manuel Buzeta y Fr. Felipe Bravo, Diccionario geografico, estadistico, historico de las islas Filipinas [Manila: Imp. J.C. de la Peña, 1851], pp.576-577.

LGU Accomplishments for May 2022

 LGU Accomplishments for May 2022

                        

GOOD GOVERNANCE

KSB Team, Muling Bumisita sa Brgy. Nalsian Norte

Muling nagbalik ang Komprehensibong Serbisyo sa Bayan team sa Brgy. Nalsian Norte Covered Court upang paglingkuran ang mga mamamayan dito kasama ang mga residente ng Nalsian Sur at Tamaro noong May 6, 2022. Dito ay muling hinatiran ng mga empleyado ng munisipyo ang mga kababayan ng de-kalidad na serbisyo lalung-lalo ang mga nangangailangan ng serbisyong pangmedikal. Ang lahat ng serbisyong dinala ng Munisipyo sa kanila ay libre, dahil ang pagbaba ng mga basic services na ito ay isa sa mga layunin ni Mayor Cezar Quiambao sa pag-abot ng tagumpay sa Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan. Ang edisyong ito ng KSB ay may total registered clients na 667, ayon sa ulat ng overall coordinator na si Rural Health Physician, Dr. Roland Agbuya.

HALALAN 2022 | LGU at NGAs, Nagtulung-tulong para sa Matiwasay at Malinis na Halalan

A. Noong nakaraang May 6, nagsagawa ng pulong ang DILG, local IATF, MDRRM Council, at COMELEC sa Mayor's Conference Room upang siguraduhin na ligtas, malinis, at mapayapa ang magaganap na halalan. Itinaas sa Red Alert status ang lahat ng LGU responders upang magkaroon ng inter-operability ang lahat ng ahensya at makapagbigay ng quick response sa anumang di inaasahang insidente. 

B. Pagdating ng Sabado, May 7, umikot ang DILG kasama ng MDRRMO, POSO, PNP, at RHU sa 54 na presinto upang i-assess ang mga lugar kung mayroong magagamit na sasakyan kapag nagkataong may emergency, kung may back-up generator, at upang makapaglagay ng medical first-aid desk.

C. Samantalang noong Lunes naman, May 9, mismong araw ng halalan, namigay ng libreng pagkain ang LGU para sa mga umasiste sa pagpapanatili ng kaayusan gaya ng POSO, PNP, BFP, RHU 1, RHU 2, RHU 3, Engineering, DILG, at mga volunteer drivers ng iba't-ibang opisina ng LGU.

D. Pagkatapos naman ng halalan, nagsanib-pwersa ang MDRRMO, ESWMO, at Engineering Office sa pagtanggal ng mga tarpaulin sa national highway.

LGU Castillejos, Zambales, Nagbenchmarking ukol sa RiceBIS Bayambang

Noong May 13, bumisita ang opisyales ng LGU Castillejos, Zambales at mga miyembo ng RiceBIS Castillejos sa Niña's Cafe upang pag-aralan ang karanasan ng Bayambang sa implementasyon ng proyekto ng DA PhilRice dito na Rice Business Innovation System.

Sila ay malugod na winelcome ni Mayor Cezar Quiambao, Agriculture Office, at ng buong Bayambang Poverty Reduction Team, na siyang nagpaliwanag kung paano naging akma ang RiceBIS sa mga layunin ng Bayambang Poverty Reduction Plan sa sektor ng agrikultura.

 2 Kababaihan, Kauna-unahang Mayora at Vice-Mayora sa Kasaysayan ng Bayambang!

A. Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa kasaysayan ng bayan ng Bayambang, nailuklok sa puwesto ang dalawang kababaihan sa pagiging Mayor at Vice-Mayor. Ang mga ito ay sina Mary Clare Judith Phyllis Jose-Quiambao o walang iba kundi si Mayora Niña Jose-Quiambao, ang butihing maybahay ni outgoing Mayor Cezar Quiambao, at si Vice-Mayora Ian Camille 'IC' Sabangan, na butihing maybahay ni outgoing Vice-Mayor Raul Sabangan. 

Ito ay matapos magwagi ang dalawa sa katatapos na halalang ginanap noong Mayo 9. 

Ang dalawa ay taos-pusong nagpapahatid ng kanilang pasasalamat sa lahat ng naniwala sa kanilang pangakong ipagpapatuloy ang nasimulang Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan ng Team Quiambao-Sabangan tungo sa tagumpay sa pamamagitan ng mga kongkretong proyekto na kapakipakinabang sa lahat.

B. Kasama rin sa kanilang tagumpay ang lahat ng miyembro ng Team Quiambao-Sabangan na sina re-elected Councilor Mylvin 'Boying' Junio, Councilor Philip Dumalanta, Councilor Benjamin Franciso 'Benjie' de Vera, Councilor Amory Junio, Councilor Gerardo 'Gerry' Flores, Councilor Martin Terrado II, Councilor Levinson Nessus Uy, at last but not the least, ang bagong councilor na si former Vice-Mayor Jose 'Boy' Ramos.

Mula sa inyong buong LGU-Bayambang family: Congratulations, Ma'am Niña at Ma'am IC, at sa buong Team Quiambao-Sabangan!

Treasury Office, Naging Abala sa Halalan

 

• Malaking parte sa tagumpay ng katatapos na halalan ang kontribusyon ng Municipal Treasury Office, sa pamumuno ni Municipal Treasurer Luisita Danan. Mula sa unang araw ng pagdating ng mga election paraphernalia, masusing inihanda ng Treasury ang bawat form na gagamitin. 

• Maingat din silang nagbantay beinte-kwatro oras araw-araw kasama ng PNP upang masiguro ang proteksyon ng mga balota. 

• Sa araw ng eleksyon, naroon sila para sa checking of documents hanggang sa releasing ng election paraphernalia sa bawat voting precinct. 

• Walang tulugan naman pagdating ng Mayo 10, para sa pagbabalik ng ballot box. 

• Tumayo ring Vice-Chairman ng Municipal Board of Canvassers si Gng. Danan, kung saan siya ang naatasan na tumanggap ng election returns hanggang matapos ang canvassing kinabukasan.

Mga Bagong Adisyunal na Serbisyo sa Pagpapatuloy ng KSB Year 5

Muling dinala ng Munisipyo ang Komprehensibong Serbisyo sa Bayan-Year 5 sa Sapang Covered Court sa Brgy. Sapang noong May 20 upang pagsilbihan ang mga magkakaratig-barangay ng Sapang, Banaban, at Duera sa District VII. Sa programa, nangako si Mayora Niña Jose-Quiambao na madaragdagan ang mga serbisyo ng Komprehensibong Serbisyo sa Bayan gaya ng mental health awareness upang mas mapalawak pa ang matulungan na mamamayang Bayambangueño. Mayroong 745 na kliyente ang nasilbihan ng edisyong ito ng KSB Year 5.

Latest Batch ng Achievers, Pinarangalan

Pagkatapos ng flag-raising ceremony noong Mayo 23, sa Balon Bayambang Events Center, ang lokal na pamahalaan sa pamamagitan ng Sangguniang Bayan, ay opisyal na pinarangalan ang mga Bayambangueño na pumasa sa bar exam at iba’t ibang board exams, mga nagsitapos sa Philippine Military Academy at isa sa mga naging topnotcher sa Philippine National Police Academy, at mga educators na nakatanggap ng international accolade mula sa academe. Ayon kay SB Secretary Joel Camacho, ito ay isang pagkilala sa mga naging pagsisikap at sakripisyo ng mga nabanggit at ng kanilang pamilya, na siyang naging daan tungo sa kanilang tagumpay. Sa ngalan nina Mayor Cezar Quiambao at Vice Mayor Raul Sabangan, ang  maikling seremonya ay pinangunahan ng mga konsehal na sina Martin Terrado II at Amory M. Junio.

Honest Driver, Pinasalamatan

Isang driver ng van byaheng Bayambang-SM Carmen, Rosales ay naiulat na nagsauli ng naiwang cell phone ng isang pasahero nito noong May 24. Ayon sa report ng staff ng Office of the Special Economic Enterprise na naka-istasyon sa Balon Bayambang Central Terminal, ang naturang driver ay si G. Jerico Alvarez. Labis naman ang pasasalamat ng estudyanteng nagmamay-ari ng nawalang cellphone sapagkat gamit niya raw ito sa kanyang online classes.  

PRC, Muling Nagbigay ng Mobile Services 

Muling naghatid ng serbisyo ang Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) sa ating mga kababayan, sa ginanap na Mobile Outreach Program noong May 31 sa pangunguna ni PRC Supervisor, Dr. Julie Junio, at sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa MESO at BPRAT. Daan-daang aplikante ang nagpunta sa Events Center upang tumanggap ng serbisyo, kabilang ang renewal ng professional ID card (PIC), release ng available PICs at board certificates, initial registration para sa mga pumasa sa examination, aplikasyon para sa licensure examination, at iba pa. Sa outreach program na ito ng PRC, nakatipid ang mga kliyente sa byahe at gastos sa pagproseso ng mga dokumentong kinakailangan sa kanilang propesyon.

11 Teams ng Millennials' Challenge, Sumabak sa Training Workshop 

Noong May 28, tinipon ng LYDO at BPRAT ang 11 winning teams ng Millennials' Challenge para sa isang training-workshop kung saan itinuro ang paggawa ng Cash Flow Statement at Progress Report. Ayon sa trainor na CPA na si G. Rev Ramirez, ang mga dokumentong ito ay kinakailangan upang mamonitor ang kani-kanilang mga proyekto sa napiling komunidad. Itinuro sa workshop kung paano gawing komprehensibo ang kanilang mga reports upang makita kung saang phase na ang implementasyon ng mga proyekto, kung epektibo ba ito sa aspetong pampinansyal, at iba pa.

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION & TAXATION

Appraisal and Reassessment of Properties, Tuluy-Tuloy sa mga Barangay

Sa nakaraang pagdaraos ng Komprehensibong Serbisyo sa Bayan na ginanap sa Brgy. Sapang Covered Court, na sakop ang Brgy. Sapang, Duera, at Banaban, nagpatuloy ang Assessor's Office sa appraisal ng mga property sa lugar. Sila ay nagsagawa rin ng reappraisal of property para naman sa mga bagong patayong istraktura na nagbago ang klasipikasyon mapa-residential man o commercial building.

HEALTH

Mga BNS, Nag-Team-Building Activity

Noong April 30, nag-team-building activity ang mga Barangay Nutrition Scholars ng Bayambang sa Garcia's Resort, Brgy. Buayaen. Naging panauhing tagapagsalita sina Municipal Health Officer Venus Bueno at RHU III nurse Lady Philina Duque, na naglecture ukol sa team-building at leadership principles. Sa aktibidad na ito ay masayang nakipagbonding ang isa't isa at nagkaroon ng tsansa na makapag-unwind, recharge, at enjoy sa fellowship. Ang LGU ay nagpasalamat sa mga BNS sa lahat ng kanilang sakripisyo at pagpupunyagi tungo sa iisang layunin: ang wakasan ang malnutrisyon sa kabataang Bayambangueño.

Libreng Eyeglasses mula KKSBFI

Noong May 2 at 4, natanggap na ang mga eyeglasses ng may 1,200 beneficiaries na nagpakonsulta sa mata sa The Medical City doctors noong nakaraang piyesta sa Grand Komprehensibo sa Bayan, salamat sa donasyon ng Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation Inc. Ang distribusyon ng mga de-gradong salamin ay ginanap sa harap ng Municipal Annex Bldg. 

Massive IEC on Teenage Health at Good Parenting, Nagpatuloy

Nagsagawa ang Rural Health Units sa pangunguna ni Municipal Health Officer, Dra. Paz Vallo, ng isang information-education campaign sa iba't ibang barangay mula April 20 hanggang May 11 upang ipagpatuloy ang naumpisahang pagpapaalala sa mga teenagers at kanilang mga magulang ukol sa kalusugan, pag-iwas sa teenage pregnancy, HIV at sexually transmitted diseases, at sa mga paksang good parenting, dealing with teenagers, at caring and having good relationship with children.

Sa kabuuan ay may 677 na teenagers at 376 na magulang ang nakinig sa mga naturang usapin na isinagawa sa 22 na barangay sa iba't ibang distrito.

Good Parenting Seminar, Tuluy-Tuloy 

Noong May 16 to 17, nagconduct ang RHU I ng Seminar on Good Parenting and Development of Good Marital Relationship sa Brgy. Langiran, Sapang at Duera, upang matutukan ang mga magulang na maging modelo sa paggabay ng kanilang mga anak pagdating sa kalusugan, partikular na ang pag-iwas sa sexually transmitted diseases. Ito ay isa sa mga naisipang intervention measures upang tulungang masugpo ang pagtaas ng kaso ng unplanned pregnancy sa mga lokal na kabataan.

RHU III, Nag-IEC ukol sa Iba't Ibang Isyung Pangkalusugan

Ang RHU III, sa ilalim ni Rural Health Physician, Dr. Roland M. Agbuya, ay nagsagawa ng information-education campaign hinggil sa non-communicable diseases, notifiable diseases, at sexually transmitted infections, at HIV-AIDS, mula sa buwan ng Abril at Mayo sa 12 catchment barangays nito. Sila rin ay nagpayo ukol sa mga kabataang nadapa ngunit bumabangong muli para harapin ang bagong hamon sa buhay bunsod ng unplanned pregnancy. Sa kabuuan, may 644 na katao ang nakinig sa mga naturang usapin.

Sanitary Inspector, Tuluy-Tuloy sa Surprise Visits sa Food Establishments

Upang masiguro ang kalidad ng mga produkto at kaligtasan ng mga mamimili at customers ng iba’t ibang food establishments sa Bayambang, tuluy-tuloy ang ating Sanitary Inspector na si Mr. Danilo Rebamontan sa kanyang surprise inspection sa mga naturang establisimyento. Ang kanyang team ay umiikot at masusing ginagalugad ang mga food business enterprise upang busisiin ang pagsunod ng mga ito sa health protocols at lalung-lalo na sa food safety standards.

Municipal Nutrition Action Plan Formulation Workshop for CY 2023-2025

Noong May 26 to 27, nagsagawa ang Municipal Nutrition Office ng isang Nutrition Action Plan Formulation Workshop para sa Calendar Year 2023-2025 sa Kabaleyan Cove Resort, San Carlos City. Dito ay binalangkas ang mga bagong programs, projects, at activities na lalong magpapaigting sa pagpuksa sa malnutrisyon sa mga kabataan ng Bayambang. Ito ay dinaluhan ng mga top officials at department heads ng LGU.

Misting Operation Kontra Dengue

Noong May 27, isang misting operation sa Brgy. Pantol ang isinagawa ng RHU II Sanitary Inspector Team na sina Mr. Henry Austria at Mr. Christian David Aquino ngayong araw. Kasabay nito ay ang munting paalala ng RHU II sa ating mga kababayan na makisama sa 4 o'clock habit upang makaiwas sa dengue at iba pang sakit na dala ng lamok. Sa ika-4:00 ng hapon, ating itaob o puksain ang lahat ng maaaring pamugaran ng dengue mosquito na MALINAW NA TUBIG gaya ng naipong tubig ulan sa lumang gulong, walang takip na drum o sisidlan, stem ng kawayan, o baradong alulod, at tubig sa flower vase.

ONGOING: 'Usapang Bibo' ng PHO at 'Kakabakaba ka ba Kabataan' ng RHU II

Isinagawa ng Pangasinan Health Office kasama ang Rural Health Unit II ang Integrated Usapan Session o Usapang Bibo tungkol sa maternal, child, at mental health at family planning noong May 18, sa Amacosiling Sur Covered Court. Ito ay isang information campaign laban sa pagtaas ng teenage pregnancy, at dinaluhan ng 29 pregnant teenagers. Isa pang katulad na aktibidad ay ang ‘Kakabakaba ka ba, Kabataan,’ na isinasagawa ng EHU II sa iba't-ibang barangay para gabayan ang mga teenagers na maging responsable at parating malusog sa pangangatawan. Ito naman ay dinaluhan ng 168 participants. 

Paghahatid ng Serbisyong Medikal, Walang Puknat

Ang mga midwife ng RHU II ay nag-iikot para sa buwanang pagbibigay ng maintenance na gamot para sa mga mayroong high blood at diabetes, para sa buwanang pagbibigay ng ferrous sulfate at vitamin C sa mga batang kulang sa timbang, at para sa buwanang pagbibigay ng gamot at vitamins sa mga buntis. As of May 2022 ay may 2,824 na clients na ang nabigyan ng maintenance medicines.

EDUCATION

Municipal Library, Nag-Iikot para sa Pagtatatag ng Barangay E-Reading Centers

Nag-iikot ngayon ang Municipal Library sa lahat ng 77 barangays upang mag-follow-up sa konstruksyon ng kani-kanilang e-reading center, batay sa nakasaad sa Devolution Transition Plan ayon sa Republic Act 7743. Ayon sa naturang plano, ang bawat barangay ay dapat maglaan ng isang e-reading center para sa mga kabataan, at ang budget para rito ay magmumula sa Sangguniang Kabataan Fund. Bawat e-reading center ay nakatakdang magkaroon ng computer, printer, at smart TV, depende sa laki ng inilaang budget ng barangay. Kapag natapos ang center, mag-ooffer ang mga ito ng mga serbisyong katulad ng ibinibigay ng Municipal Library. Sa hinaharap, ang Municipal Library naman ang magsupervise, -monitor, at -evaluate ng mga pasilidad na ito.

LSB Distributes Student Financial Assistance 

Noong May 25, nagpamahagi ang Local School Board, sa tulong ng Treasury Office, ng financial assistance para sa isang libong college students bilang munting suporta sa kanilang pag-aaral. Ang budget ay mula sa tinatawag na Special Education Fund, isang pondo na nagmumula sa nalilikom ng LGU-Bayambang mula sa mga nagbabayad ng amilyar o real property tax.

LIVELIHOOD & EMPLOYMENT

Mga Alagang Kambing para sa Dairy Project, Minomonitor ng MAO

Ang livestock team ng Agriculture Office ay regular na nakamonitor dalawang beses kada linggo, kada Lunes at Huwebes, sa mga alagang milking goats na ibinigay ni Senator Cynthia Villar sa ilalim ng kanyang Goat Dairy Project. Kasabay nito ay ang pagrekomenda ni Municipal Veterinarian, Dr. Joselito Rosario, ng mga gamot, vitamins, at supplements para sa mga ito.

OFW General Assembly, Ginanap

Nagkaroon muli ng isang General Assembly para sa mga presidente at sekretarya ng lahat ng overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) association sa Bayambang noong May 6 sa Royal Mall sa pangunguna ng OIC ng Municipal Employment Service Office na si Dr. Rafael L. Saygo, at sa pakikipagtulungan ng Bayambang Poverty Reduction Action Team (BPRAT). Sa pulong ay pinag-usapan ang ukol sa reorganization ng mga Association officers at iba pang concerns ng mga OFW associations. Layunin nito na matutukan ang kapakanan ng mga OFWs, lalo na ang mga nasalanta ng pandemya sa pamamagitan ng paghanap ng mga solusyon upang makarating ang tulong ng iba't ibang ahensya ng gobyerno sa kanilang sektor. 

OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES

BNHS Batch '90, Nagsagawa ng Feeding Activity 

Noong April 30, nag-bonding ang ilang miyembro ng Bayambang National High School Class of 1990 sa pamamagitan ng isang supplemental feeding activity sa limang barangay. Sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa Nutrition Office at barangay officials, ang BNHS Batch '90 sa pamumuno ni OIC President, Kgd. John Galsim, ay nagtungo sa Brgy. Bani, Buenlag 2nd, Cadre Site, M.H. Del Pilar, at Tanolong at namahagi ng mga masustansyang food items para sa mga undernourished na kabataan doon. Kabilang sa mga miyembro ng batch ay mga empleyado ng Munisipyo na suportado ang Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan na may tatak na "Total Quality Service." Sa kabuuan, mayroong 68 na kabataan ang nabiyayaan sa aktibidad.

Training on the Establishment of Women’s and Children’s Friendly Spaces 

Isang Training-Workshop on the Establishment of Women's and Children's Friendly Spaces ang isinagawa ng Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office noong May 11 hanggang 13 sa Balon Bayambang Events Center. Layunin nito na makagawa ng isang establisimyento na akma para sa mga bata at kababaihan bago, habang nagaganap, at matapos ang isang sakuna o kalamidad. Ang training-workshop na ito ay dinaluhan ng mga kinatawan ng PNP, DepEd District 1 at 2, Budget Office, MDRRMO, Agriculture Office, Engineering Office, at RHU 1, 2, at 3.

AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION

Ongoing: Distribution of Organic Fertilizers

Kasalukuyan namang ipinapamahagi ng Agriculture Office ang mga organic fertilizers na mula sa Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office I. Mayroong inilaang 5 bags kada recipient mula sa iba't ibang farmers association, at sa kabuuan ay may 360 farmers ang resipients ng mga ito.

Fish Cages para sa Langiran Lake

Noong nakaraang linggo, nagdismantle ang Agriculture Office kasama ang Engineering Office ng galvanized iron type ng fish cages mula sa bayan ng San Manuel, Pangasinan, at ang mga ito ay ibinyahe sa Bayambang. Ang mga ito, kasama ang drums at nets, ay idinonate ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Nakatakdang gamitin ang naturang mga fish cages para sa fisheries project ng LGU sa Langiran Lake.

Clean-up Drive sa Langiran Lake

Kaugnay nito ay nagsagawa ng clean-up drive ang tanggapan sa lugar upang bigyang daan ang pag-iinstall ng bagong fish cage doon. Katulong sa paglilinis ang mga volunteers mula sa Brgy. Langiran at mga miyembro ng NGOs. Ang Langiran Lake ay kasalukuyang puno ng mga water lily, kaya naman regular itong nililinis ng Agriculture Office. Sa mga gustong maging kabahagi ng programang clean-up drive, maaaring makipag-ugnayan lamang sa tanggapan ng naturang departamento.

Inbred Rice para sa Wet Season, Ipinamahagi ng PhilRice

May 558 bags ng inbred rice ang ipinamahagi ng Philippine Rice Resarch Institute o PhilRice sa pinakahuling mga kasapi ng Rice Business Innovation System o RiceBIS program ng Department of Agriculture sa Bayambang. Ang mga binhi ay nakalaan para sa Wet Season sa taong 2022.

Rice Allocation para sa Wet Season 2022, Ipamamahagi

Noong May 17 to 18, naghakot ang Municipal Agriculture Office, sa tulong ng iba’t ibang departamento, mga farmer volunteers, at ng Agricultural Infrastructure and Leasing Corporation (AILC)., ng rice allocation mula sa Department of Agriculture para sa mga lokal na rice farmers para itanim sa wet season ngayong taon. Mula Pangasinan Research Experiment Center, sa Tebag East, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, inilagak ang mga binhi sa warehouse ng LGU sa District 3. Ayon sa Agriculture Office, ang latest seed allocation ay kasya para sa 4,480 ektarya na sakahan. Sa kabuuan, ang kargamento ay nagkakahalaga ng humigit-kumulang na P18M.

Kabataang Taga-Tampog, Pumasa Bilang BFAR Scholar

Isang kabataang Bayambangueña ang pumasa sa qualifying exam para sa Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) scholarship program. Siya ay si Catherine Villegas ng Brgy. Tampog, anak ng isang miyembro ng Balon Tampog Fisherfolk Association ng Brgy. Tampog, Bayambang. Noong May 20, ginanap ang orientation, awarding, at contract signing sa Pangasinan State University-Binmaley Campus, Pangasinan. Ang scholarship program ay nagkakahalaga ng humigit-kumulang P500,000. 

Sa mga gustong mag-exam para sa naturang scholarship program ng BFAR, maaaring kumuha ng application form sa tanggapan ng Municipal Agriculture Office.

ONGOING: Palay Distribution

Noong May 24, pinangunahan ng mga area district technicians na assigned ng Municipal Agriculture Office ang palay distribution sa kani-kanilang mga barangay assignments upang i-asiste ang mga barangay farmers' association sa distribusyon ng binhi, sa tulong ni MAFC President Resie Castillo. Ang mga binhi ay alokasyon ng Department of Agriculture para sa mga local rice farmers’ para sa kanilang wet season farming ngayong taon.

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Dahil tapos na ang election ban, muling nagpatuloy ang mga construction projects ng Engineering Office. Ilan sa mga ito ay ang mga sumusunod:

ONGOING: Maintenance Works on Bical Norte-Tanolong Roadline

COMPLETED: Installation of Solar Streetlights in Brgy. Iton

ONGOING: Installation of Solar Streetlights in Brgy. San Gabriel 2nd

ONGOING: Construction of Drainage System at Brgy. Inanlorenza 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Post-Election Clean-Up Drive

Noong May 14, nagsagawa ng isang massive clean-up drive ang Bayambang Municipal Association of NGOs sa pangunguna ni President Vilma Q. Dalope kasama ang bagong halal na si Vice Mayora IC Sabangan.  Dahil sa limitadong budget at bilang ng personnel ng pamahalaang lokal, welcome na welcome ang tulong ng pribadong sektor sa anumang gawaing bayan. Kaya't maraming salamat sa lahat ng tumulong na mga NGO’s sa pakikisa tungo sa clean and green na bayan ng Bayambang. 

MDRRMO, Isinulong ang Zero Waste Disposal 

Noong May 12  hanggang 13, ang Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) ay maingat na nagsegregate ng mga materyales mula sa mga ginamit na campaign posters noong halalan, partikular na ang mga plastik na tarpaulin, kawayan at kahoy upang itaguyod ang zero waste disposal sa bayan ng Bayambang. Ang mga tarpaulin ay ibinigay  sa opisina ng MSWDO para magamit sa programa nila  na paggawa ng eco bags. Ang mga kawayan naman ay gagamitin bilang pambakod sa halaman at ang itinapon na kahoy ay gagamitin bilang mga materyales para sa pag-aayos ng mga bahay na nasira ng kalamidad.

Iba’t Ibang Bayan sa Pangasinan, Dumalo sa Demo at Machine Testing sa MRF 

Noong May 18, dumalo ang iba't ibang bayan sa Pangasinan para sa demo at machine testing sa Materials Recovery Facility ng Bayambang. Ito ay para sa 27 na bayan sa probinsya na nakatanggap ng libreng bio-shredder at composter set galing sa National Solid Waste Management Commission ng DENR. Ang mga panauhin ay malugod na sinalubong ni MENRO Joseph Anthony Quinto sa opisina ng ESWMO. Ang demo at testing ay isinagawa ng mga technicians ng Suki Trading, ang supplier ng mga nasabing makinarya. 

ESWMO, Dumalo sa DENR Consultation sa Quezon City

Noong April 28, dumalo si Bayambang MENRO Joseph Anthony Quinto kasama si Environmental Management Specialist Luz Cayabyab sa isang Public Consultation on the Phase-Out of Non-Environmentally Acceptable Products bilang tugon sa paanyaya ng DENR Environmental Management Bureau. Ang unang batch ng public consultation na ginanap sa Axiaa Hotel sa Quezon City ay dinaluhan ng face-to-face ng mga environmentalists galing sa iba’t-ibang lugar sa buong Luzon, at ng mga distributors at suppliers sa pamamagitan naman ng Zoom video. Pinag-usapan dito ang pagbabawal sa paggamit ng plastic soft drink straw at plastic coffee stirrer. Ito ay dahil sa negatibong epekto nito sa tao at kalikasan ayon sa pag-aaral na ginawa ng mga siyentipiko ng bansa.

DISASTER RESILIENCY

Early Warning System para sa Baha, Ininstall ng MDRRMO

Noong April 29, nagsimulang mag-install ang MDRRMO ng isang Flood Marking System sa Quezon Boulevard Extension. Layunin nito na malaman ng residente doon ang iba't-ibang Alert Levels kapag may baha sa ating lugar, mula sa White o Normal level patungong Yellow, Orange, Blue, at Red level, na nangangahulugan ng forced evacuation. Hinihikayat ng MDRRMC ang lahat na maging maalam, mapanuri at handa sa oras ng sakuna. Nakatakdang magpatuloy ang nasabing pagmamarka sa ibat-ibang bahaing bahagi ng ating bayan.

River Monitoring mula Zone 5 hanggang Caturay

Dahil sa pagdiriwang ng Pista'y Dayat, nagsimulang magsagawa ng monitoring sa Agno River ang MDRRMO-Water Search and Rescue o WASAR Team, mula sa Brgy. Zone 5 hanggang Brgy. Caturay noong April 30 hanggang May 3. Nagpaalala ang WASAR Team sa mga residenteng naliligo sa Agno River na mag-ingat upang masigurong ligtas ang lahat. Wala namang naitalang aksidente o insidente sa loob ng apat na araw na pagmomonitor sa ilog.

DENR, Private Sector, Nag-inspeksyon sa Agno River Dike

Bumisita ang Department of Environment and Natural Resources ng Dagupan at La Union kasama ng CEST Inc. at ng SAFEGE sa Bayambang upang magsagawa ng ocular inspection sa mga dike sa Agno River. Layunin ng grupo na makita ang pinakasanhi o root cause ng pagbaha at pag-apaw ng tubig galing ilog Agno. Base sa kanilang nakalap na impormasyon, sila ay inaasahang magkakapagdisenyo ng magandang solusyon para tuluyang maresolba ang problema sa pagbaha ng ilog Agno.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Mga Kampeon sa Millennials Challenge, Top 10 Finalist ng Youth Social Innovation Lab

Matapos itanghal bilang grand champion sa ginanap na Bayambang Millennials Challenge, ang grupo ni John Alfred Lajera ng proyektong "Pinablin Yaman: Bayambang River Cruise," ay matagumpay na nakapasok bilang Top 10 Finalist sa isang national-level competition na "Youth Social Innovation Lab: Kabataan All In 2022." Dito, sila ay nakipagtagisan ng galing sa mga kabataang imbentor sa buong Pilipinas sa May 5 hanggang 6, 2022. Ang grupo ay binubuo ng limang myembro, kabilang sina Donny Hervacio, Dominic Terrado, Jethro Noah Medina at John Paul Vinluan, na pawang mga taga-Brgy. Amancosiling Norte.

RHU I NBS, Ginawaran ng "0.00 Unsatisfactory Rating” ng DOH

Nakatanggap ang Rural Health Unit I ng Certificate matapos nitong matamo ang pagiging isa sa mga Top Performing Newborn Screening Facilities sa Primary Care – Government Category. Ang pagkilalang ito ay iginawad ng Deparment of Health Newborn Screening Center-Northern Luzon para sa 1st Quarter ng taong 2022. Ayon kay Municipal Health Officer, Dr. Paz Vallo, ito ay nangangahulugan na lahat ng specimens na sinubmit ng RHU para sa newborn screening ay may satisfactory rating para sa nasabing period of evaluation.