THE BARANGAY OF PAOA
Paoa is bounded in the North by Ayusan Norte; on the East by Tamag; on the West by Ayusan Sur; and on the South by Tamag and by Bulala Hills.
During the olden days, a place which we call now, Paoa (after a Chinese named Paoa), was near a navigable tributary of the Abra River. This river had an outlet to the China Sea located between the Barangays of Mindoro in Vigan and Cabittaogan in Sta. Catalina (Barangay Pantay in Vigan did not exist yet at that time as this island barangay was only formed about a century ago, according to information). This outlet or delta was used by galleons as smaller ships as their entrance to a settlement now called Vigan. Some of the ships unloaded their cargos in place between the delta and Vigan, like Ayusan and Paoa, because the natives wanted to barter their products with the cargoes of the ships. One of the traders who often traded with the people in the above-named place was a Chinese named Paoa, a ship owner.
The Chinaman, after disposing off his cargoes and while preparing for his return to China in late May, was stranded in the place because his ship was destroyed by a typhoom which hit Northern Luzon at that time. As his ship was undergoing repairs, he had to live with the people for the time being. Besides, he had to dispose off his merchandise and for the favorable winds of the month of October for his return trip to China. Because of Paoa’s popularity and good-dealings with the people of the place, people of the adjacent village called the place Paoa.
THE BARANGAY OF AYUSAN
The two barangay of Ayusan Sur and Ayusan Norte are bounded on the north by the Barraca ti Ili (now solid west); on the east by Tamag, Paoa, and Pagburnayan; on the west by a tributary of the Abra River (more popularly called the Mindoro River); and on the south by Bulala. For the purpose of this study, the two Barangays are studied as one for the reason that there was only one barangay of Ayusan during the Spanish time.
The place was sparsely populated during the early part of the Spanish period. It was only a place were flood water found its way to a river flowing to the China Sea. Many houses that were washed away during typhoons and flood drifted to the river banks near Ayusan. It was for this reason that people of the other villages called the place “Ayusan” and Ilocano word which refers to a place where water flows.
The old barangay of Ayusan is at present divided into two; Ayusan Norte and Ayusan Sur are more economically progressive as it is the home of rice and corn traders. Ayusan Sur is the home of pot makers, market vendors and carpenters. Besides, it is the source of clay which is used in making earthen ware.
THE BARANGAY BULALA
Bulala is bounded on the north by the Mindoro river; east by Ayusan Sur, Paoa and Tamag; on the west by Mindoro and San Pedro and on the south by paratong and Barraca.
The barangay under study is situated along the National Highway going to Mindoro Airport. It is divided into three zones, namely Bulala Norte, Bulala Sur and Calumbuyan. These sitios, however are not independent from one another as they have only one barangay government and they are under the leadership of only one barangay captain.
The name of the barangay is derived from the name of trees that were growing abundantly aalong a river in the place a couple of centuries ago. The tree is called “bulala” which, is used in making floors of houses, will produce a kind of lumber that is golden yellow in color. One does not need floor wax to polish it as it becomes shiny easily by scrubbing it with a coconut husk and banana leaves. Because of the utility of “bulala” lumber, the “bulala” trees had been cut down so that at present there is only one of its kind that is standing near the road crossing at a place in the barangay called “pagdaanan”.
The people of Bulala are peace-loving, industrious and hospitable. The occupations of the people are pot making, fishing, farming and some are government employees.
BARANGAY OF SAN PEDRO
San Pedro is bounded on the north by Mindoro; on the east by Barraca, Paratong and Bulala; obn the west by the China Sea; and on the South by the China Sea and the Manangat River.
The barangay is divided into two sitios, san Pedro Norte and san Pedro Sur. The former is sometimes called “Nagtupakan” and the latter is called “Cruz”. One of the sitios was called “Nagtupakan” because the place was suddenly inhabited by the people from Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur. The other sitio was called “cruz” due to a wooden cross believed to have been planted by the Spanish colonizers in a place not very far from the sea.
The barangay as a whole is called San Pedro because the people being fisherman choose St. Peter (San Pedro) as their Patron Saint when the chapel was constructed in the place. It is to be recalled, in this connection, that Saint Peter was a fisherman, according to the Scriptures.
The barangay folks also are industrious and their second occupation is weaving. When men go out to fish in their motorized bancas, the women are at home weaving until the wee hours of the morning.
BARANGAY MINDORO
Mindoro is bounded in the North by the Mindoro River; on the East by Bulala; on the West by the China Sea; and on the South by San Pedro and the China Sea.
During the early part of the 18th century, the number od houses in the place could only counted by the fingers. Fishing was the main occupation of the inhabitants as the sea and the river near the barangay were rich in fish resources. Fish during those days did not, however, command good price because fish was abundant everywhere, so that the people were not of fishing only as their occupation. It was forth this reason that the people of the place wanted to find a secondary source of livelihood like what other people living along the seacoast at that time were doing and that was extracting gold from the sand. This was similar to what Californians were doing in the early part of the 19th century in the United States.
People from other villages inhabited the place due to the lucrative gold business, so that there was even a time when gold-producing sea-coast of Vigan was called “Pagsay-oan”, meaning a place where to get gold by means of splashing water against the strainer containing sand.
This activity of extracting sand or “minas de oro” during the Spanish times led to the coining of the word Mindoro which subsequently became the name of the place.
BARANGAY BARRACA
Barraca is bounded in the east by Pong-ol, on the south by Manangat River, on the west by San Pedro Sur and Mindoro Airport; and on the north by Sitio Calumbuyan of Barangay Bulala.
The place which we now call Barraca was a mooring place during the Spanish time near the airport of Vigan which was located in Pong-ol. The place was then shallow especially during low tides so that the ships that anchored there would sit on the sand like ducks and could not move. In the dialect, when the water craft sits on the sand bar, it is termed as “naibarra”. Many old residents of the place say that it is from the native word that the name of the village was derived. However, some of the men who were sea men during their prime years say that its name was taken from the word “baradero”, a mooring site of ships during the rainy season, hence the name Barraca.
Barraca is a small barangay when it comes to population because many of its inhabitants had settled to other regions for a greener pasture. The present principal occupations of the people are fishing and pot making.
THE BARANGAYS OF PANTAY
The barangays are bounded on the north by the Santa Catalina River, on the east by the dried portion of the Mindoro River and Solid West and on the west by the China Sea and on the south by the Mindoro River. The place is now divided into three Barangays: Pantay Daya, Pantay Fatima and Pantay Laud.
The above barangay was non-existent in the olden times. The existence of the island where they are located now began when a big branch of the Abra River between Vigan and Sta. Catalina had become less navigable. This resulted to a formation of a n island in the middle of the above-mentioned river. The island was small in the beginning but its area kept on increasing as the years went by. Few families inhabited the place at first, but settlers from Sta. Catalina were attracted later because of the fertility of the soil. Some of the first inhabitants were the Arca, Alias, Amigable and Arconado families.
The name Pantay was taken from the very fact that the word means an island that is formed by means of receding waters. The island was small at the beginning but it became bigger as the years passed by through natural process of soil formation.
Most of the inhabitants of Pantay at present are farmers and fishpond owners. Many are also professionals and businessmen.
Paoa is bounded in the North by Ayusan Norte; on the East by Tamag; on the West by Ayusan Sur; and on the South by Tamag and by Bulala Hills.
During the olden days, a place which we call now, Paoa (after a Chinese named Paoa), was near a navigable tributary of the Abra River. This river had an outlet to the China Sea located between the Barangays of Mindoro in Vigan and Cabittaogan in Sta. Catalina (Barangay Pantay in Vigan did not exist yet at that time as this island barangay was only formed about a century ago, according to information). This outlet or delta was used by galleons as smaller ships as their entrance to a settlement now called Vigan. Some of the ships unloaded their cargos in place between the delta and Vigan, like Ayusan and Paoa, because the natives wanted to barter their products with the cargoes of the ships. One of the traders who often traded with the people in the above-named place was a Chinese named Paoa, a ship owner.
The Chinaman, after disposing off his cargoes and while preparing for his return to China in late May, was stranded in the place because his ship was destroyed by a typhoom which hit Northern Luzon at that time. As his ship was undergoing repairs, he had to live with the people for the time being. Besides, he had to dispose off his merchandise and for the favorable winds of the month of October for his return trip to China. Because of Paoa’s popularity and good-dealings with the people of the place, people of the adjacent village called the place Paoa.
THE BARANGAY OF AYUSAN
The two barangay of Ayusan Sur and Ayusan Norte are bounded on the north by the Barraca ti Ili (now solid west); on the east by Tamag, Paoa, and Pagburnayan; on the west by a tributary of the Abra River (more popularly called the Mindoro River); and on the south by Bulala. For the purpose of this study, the two Barangays are studied as one for the reason that there was only one barangay of Ayusan during the Spanish time.
The place was sparsely populated during the early part of the Spanish period. It was only a place were flood water found its way to a river flowing to the China Sea. Many houses that were washed away during typhoons and flood drifted to the river banks near Ayusan. It was for this reason that people of the other villages called the place “Ayusan” and Ilocano word which refers to a place where water flows.
The old barangay of Ayusan is at present divided into two; Ayusan Norte and Ayusan Sur are more economically progressive as it is the home of rice and corn traders. Ayusan Sur is the home of pot makers, market vendors and carpenters. Besides, it is the source of clay which is used in making earthen ware.
THE BARANGAY BULALA
Bulala is bounded on the north by the Mindoro river; east by Ayusan Sur, Paoa and Tamag; on the west by Mindoro and San Pedro and on the south by paratong and Barraca.
The barangay under study is situated along the National Highway going to Mindoro Airport. It is divided into three zones, namely Bulala Norte, Bulala Sur and Calumbuyan. These sitios, however are not independent from one another as they have only one barangay government and they are under the leadership of only one barangay captain.
The name of the barangay is derived from the name of trees that were growing abundantly aalong a river in the place a couple of centuries ago. The tree is called “bulala” which, is used in making floors of houses, will produce a kind of lumber that is golden yellow in color. One does not need floor wax to polish it as it becomes shiny easily by scrubbing it with a coconut husk and banana leaves. Because of the utility of “bulala” lumber, the “bulala” trees had been cut down so that at present there is only one of its kind that is standing near the road crossing at a place in the barangay called “pagdaanan”.
The people of Bulala are peace-loving, industrious and hospitable. The occupations of the people are pot making, fishing, farming and some are government employees.
BARANGAY OF SAN PEDRO
San Pedro is bounded on the north by Mindoro; on the east by Barraca, Paratong and Bulala; obn the west by the China Sea; and on the South by the China Sea and the Manangat River.
The barangay is divided into two sitios, san Pedro Norte and san Pedro Sur. The former is sometimes called “Nagtupakan” and the latter is called “Cruz”. One of the sitios was called “Nagtupakan” because the place was suddenly inhabited by the people from Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur. The other sitio was called “cruz” due to a wooden cross believed to have been planted by the Spanish colonizers in a place not very far from the sea.
The barangay as a whole is called San Pedro because the people being fisherman choose St. Peter (San Pedro) as their Patron Saint when the chapel was constructed in the place. It is to be recalled, in this connection, that Saint Peter was a fisherman, according to the Scriptures.
The barangay folks also are industrious and their second occupation is weaving. When men go out to fish in their motorized bancas, the women are at home weaving until the wee hours of the morning.
BARANGAY MINDORO
Mindoro is bounded in the North by the Mindoro River; on the East by Bulala; on the West by the China Sea; and on the South by San Pedro and the China Sea.
During the early part of the 18th century, the number od houses in the place could only counted by the fingers. Fishing was the main occupation of the inhabitants as the sea and the river near the barangay were rich in fish resources. Fish during those days did not, however, command good price because fish was abundant everywhere, so that the people were not of fishing only as their occupation. It was forth this reason that the people of the place wanted to find a secondary source of livelihood like what other people living along the seacoast at that time were doing and that was extracting gold from the sand. This was similar to what Californians were doing in the early part of the 19th century in the United States.
People from other villages inhabited the place due to the lucrative gold business, so that there was even a time when gold-producing sea-coast of Vigan was called “Pagsay-oan”, meaning a place where to get gold by means of splashing water against the strainer containing sand.
This activity of extracting sand or “minas de oro” during the Spanish times led to the coining of the word Mindoro which subsequently became the name of the place.
BARANGAY BARRACA
Barraca is bounded in the east by Pong-ol, on the south by Manangat River, on the west by San Pedro Sur and Mindoro Airport; and on the north by Sitio Calumbuyan of Barangay Bulala.
The place which we now call Barraca was a mooring place during the Spanish time near the airport of Vigan which was located in Pong-ol. The place was then shallow especially during low tides so that the ships that anchored there would sit on the sand like ducks and could not move. In the dialect, when the water craft sits on the sand bar, it is termed as “naibarra”. Many old residents of the place say that it is from the native word that the name of the village was derived. However, some of the men who were sea men during their prime years say that its name was taken from the word “baradero”, a mooring site of ships during the rainy season, hence the name Barraca.
Barraca is a small barangay when it comes to population because many of its inhabitants had settled to other regions for a greener pasture. The present principal occupations of the people are fishing and pot making.
THE BARANGAYS OF PANTAY
The barangays are bounded on the north by the Santa Catalina River, on the east by the dried portion of the Mindoro River and Solid West and on the west by the China Sea and on the south by the Mindoro River. The place is now divided into three Barangays: Pantay Daya, Pantay Fatima and Pantay Laud.
The above barangay was non-existent in the olden times. The existence of the island where they are located now began when a big branch of the Abra River between Vigan and Sta. Catalina had become less navigable. This resulted to a formation of a n island in the middle of the above-mentioned river. The island was small in the beginning but its area kept on increasing as the years went by. Few families inhabited the place at first, but settlers from Sta. Catalina were attracted later because of the fertility of the soil. Some of the first inhabitants were the Arca, Alias, Amigable and Arconado families.
The name Pantay was taken from the very fact that the word means an island that is formed by means of receding waters. The island was small at the beginning but it became bigger as the years passed by through natural process of soil formation.
Most of the inhabitants of Pantay at present are farmers and fishpond owners. Many are also professionals and businessmen.
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