Historical Facts of the Municipal Hall

 Historical Facts of the Municipal Hall

The municipal building or so called the tribunal, wa constructed with materials (Tisa) like that of te church. It was an imposing building the strong earthquake in 1984 destroyed it all. It was constructed at the time when Don Miguel Castro was the capitan municipal. It was not completed for some reasons. Thought it was not completed , they managed to temporarily roof it with the cogon grass and made it the seat of the municipal goverment. Adjacent to the municipal building were two other edifices.   

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dumalag name

                                  history of the name "dumalag"

the DUMALAG was come from the word “dalag”. There were many legendary versions as to how the locality got its name. One was the first Spanish arrival set foot on the locality, they saw some carabao watchers (vaquero) playing with the dead leaves of trees near Agbalagon creek. Agbalagon was a creek and it was said that its source was located on the site of altar of the old church. The Spaniards asked the boy what was the name of the place was. The boy thought they were being asked what they were playing with, as they did not understand what the Spaniards said, they answered “dalag”. Dalag is the vernacular name for the dead leaves of trees. The Spaniards also thought they were given the name of locality. And perhaps due to mispronunciation they wrote down in their record that the sitio is called DUMALAG

Another version was that a powerful chief, who was looked upon by his followers as the head of the tribe, lived along the bank of the creek mentioned in the old site. Because of some ailments his skin became jaundiced. After his recovery, he was referred to as the who had turned yellow, in the dialect anything that has turned yellow is called “nagdalag” or “Dumalag”. Because of that anything that had any reference or connection with the chief like creek, tribesman or sitio was referred to as Dumalag, Hence, the name DUMALAG.

Of the two versions in their opinion, the second seems to be more creditable. The former version, if it were really the Spaniards who named the locality, the possibility is a little bit remote, since it could be anything but dalag, because the word is not a Spanish terminology.

And their first Malay Village in Dumalag was located on top of hill along the side of a creek. This creek, located in Barrio Consolacion, bears the name of the town now, evidence that it had some historical connection with the founding of the community. The coming of the Malay to this island may be traced as earlier than the 10^th century. The first location of the village was hilly and not suited to lowland farming to which the Malays were adept. Because of that they transferred their village at the base of Panghira-on Mountain where the valley was wide and suited for lowland rice. And besides the transportation was easier as it was along the bank of navigable river – Panay. The island was purchased from Negrito Chieftain, Marikudo, who lived with his family in Sinugbuhan, in the southern tip of Panay. By Datu Paiburong, together with Datu’s Sumakwel, Puti, Bankaya and others, were descendants of noble families of Borneo.

mission & vision of dumalag

                                          mission & vision

The municipality of Dumalag is commited to :

• Enhance the capability is commited of its constituents;
• provide basic service;
• Development and promote tourism in collaboration with the private sector.

we envision dumalag as a community of God-loving people, morality,socially, and spiritually upright, seft-reliant,responsive to progressive ideas, politically and economically stable; enjoying a well  balanced ecology and accessible basic  needs a center of sports excellence; a prestigious and distinctive tourist destination in  the second district, province of capiz.

FITS Dumalag’s new facilities launched

                     FITS Dumalag’s new facilities launched

It’s a bigger and better Dumalag Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) Center. After some nine months of construction and refurbishing of facilities, the officials and personnel of the center led the inauguration and blessing of their new facilities on May 4 at Poblacion, Dumalag, Capiz.

The new facilities include two guest rooms; a training hall that can accommodate 100 persons; and an 8 m x 10 m display center which houses bamboo products, vegetables, and other crops.

FITS Dumalag also boasts of two refurbished offices, namely: the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist and the Office of the Municipal Agriculture and Fisheries Council (MAFC).

FITS Manager Ronelyn De Tomas welcomed some 200 guests representing 16 barangays of Dumalag comprised of farmers, government personnel, 4-H Club members, and ordinary town folks.

transportation

                               Transportation in dumalag

tricycles and pedicaps (trisikad) are common rides in the  poblacion and nearby barangays.public utility jeepneys and mini-buses(L-300,van,taxi) ply the inter-municipality routes.buses and shuttle buses  ply the highway routes going to kalibo,caticlan,roxas city, iloilo city and vice versa.

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the fiber crops industry is one of the country's major pillars in employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. however, recent trade developments and local production problems in the fiber crops industry might affect it's long-term sustainability and viability.

The Muscovado industry survived the turmoil of a long struggle towards developing into an industry.

Manggo is one of the primary commodities of wesvarrdec. it is a tropical fruit of the manggo tree.