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.

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coconut  (coconut nucifera linn) is a perennial tropical palm which is widely adapted in various environment and climatic condition occupying over 20% of available arable land (Magat, 1996), in the Philippines, it occupies 3.1 M hectares comprising 18.80% of the total agricultural area of the country with the annual production value of 35,437.83 M in 2002 ( united coconut association of the phil. Inc as cited by legaspi, 2006).

Bamboo belongs to the grass family,gramineae or poaceae. it is commonly know as woody grass beacause some of its structrual growth characteristic resemble those of woodly plants.

Darag is the native chicken strain local to western visayas. one of the specialties in iloilo that is sought after by locals and tourists are native chicken delicacies like litson manok,binakol ang tinuom

history of dumalag

 History of dumalag

he history of Dumalag dates as far back as the early years of the christianization of the island of Panay. Since the time the Augustians set foot in the island and founded the Christian settlements of Dumangas and Panay in 1563, the children of Saint Agustin – Juan de Alva and Martin de Dada, looked at this Visayan land with care and love towards its Pintados people, and soon their apostolic zeal reached as far as the towns of Tigbauan, Hamtic Aklan, Ibajay and Otong (Oton) in Iloilo. Actually, some historians have placed the foundation of the Christian community of Dumalag in the year 1596.

Administered for some time by the Augustians of Ibajay or Hamtic, the new  settlement was handedover the Bishop of Cebu, Father Pedro Agurto, in 1597, for the benefit of the secular clergy. A few years later, however, it was given back to the Augustians. It was Father Juan de Medina, one of the most outstanding apostles of the Visayas and the first historian of Panay who said that such a return was mainly due to the efforts of Father Alonzo de Baraona while being minister of Sarog (Jaro) in 1611 and of Aklan in 1613. The fearless friar crosserd the seas to Cebu and to Manila, with evident danger to his own life on several ocassions, to obtain the entraty from the Bishop and the Governor General, the mission at Dumalag for the Augustians. In fact Dumalag was exchanged for the ministry of Ibajay, and the Provincial Chapter celebrated in manila by the Augustians on May 17, 1614, accepted officially the exchange and proclaimed Dumalag an Augustinian Convent.

The first priest assigned to Dumalag by the Superior was Father Lucas de Atienza, though probably he never took care of the town, or he was there for every short time, since October 1615. Father Gasper de Avila was confirmed in his position as minister of Dumalag, while Father Atienza was appointed Chaplain for the military expeditions prepared by Governor General Juan de Silve againts the Dutch fleet at the end of this year. But there was no doubt, according to first-hand sources, that by this time Father Alonzo de Baraona had done much apostolic in the area of dumalag. The aforementioned writing account in his favor: “Since Father Baraona liked very much to stoll around the fields, he discovered in Dumalag, a marvelous cave which may be more than two leagues along.

On other occasion, he found in the mountains of this town a cedar which a strong wind had thrown to the ground, and he ordered to make a boat out of it, the biggest one made of a single piece of wood ever seen in these islands, “I sailed it,” and it was wider that six feet could accommodate more than one hundred baskets of clean rice. A person standing on one end could not see what there was on the other. He made many good plunks before destroying the tree. Probably, it was out of these plunks that Father Baraona built the first strong wood convent and church in the town, since Father Medina who did some apostolic work in Dumalag area around 1616, referred already to it as very important convent with more than one thousand people in one priest.

A second outstanding pioneer of Dumalag Christianization was Father Hernando de Morales who was officially charged with the responsibility of the town on April 29, 1617. Several actions of Father Morales ardent zeal for the spiritual welfare of his flock have brought down to us by history. The first one according to Father Medina, went like this” “around this time (1619) when Father Hernando de Morales was priest of Dumalag, some natives come to tell him that while being in their field they had seen a thing falling from the sky with very much brightness and great luminousness and that they were unable to determine what the thing might be.

dumalag

About Dumalag

municipalty of Dumalag is one of the rural areas in the province of Capiz, located in the southern interior portion of the province, it is bounded in the north but the Municipalities of Mambusao, Sigma, and Dao on the norhtwest, by the Municipality of Cuartero; on the  southwest by the Municipality of Cuartero; on the east the Southwest by the Municipalityof Duamarao; on the east by the southwest , by the Municipality Bingawan IloIlo and the south by the Municipality of Tapaz, it exact location is at coordintes 1 degree, 18 minutes and 4 seconds in north latitude. Municiapalty of Dumalag is compose of 19 Barangays with a total land area of 10, 979 hectares has.The population rate of the Municipality of Dumalag is 343,920 people in 9 household according to 2010 census. The Municipality of Dumalag has a wonderful gift from God like their Suhot  Cave and Spring Resort and their old Church. Municipality of Dumalag also, well, we can say has a fertile land because of  their nature perhaps can give you peace and where also you can relax.

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Dumalag  town plaza

this the most beautiful place in dumalag capiz, you all see the amazing fountain,gym and the historical church  in dumalag, what your waiting for come and visit my home town in dumalag you never regret it if you come,you enjoy the day you enter to our place:)

parish church

                                   

 parish church in dumalag

nother tourist attraction that Dumalag captivate  is the Dumalag Parish Churchunder the Patron St. of Saint Martin de Tours. The first church and convent of Dumalag were constructed between 1600 and 1720, and the parish was dedicated to Saint martin of Tour, a bishop. In 1833 Fr. Augustin Duran, whose name has been adopted by one of the Dumalag’s biggest Barangays, started the construction of present church. The church had a five story bell tower which rose majestically at the left side of the church.

The church made of yellow sandstone, is 70m and 18m wide. It has two doors at the sid and one in the front. Small pilasters decorate the facade wall. Six engaged rectangular pilaster rise up to the triangular pediment. The five story belltower rises gracefully by the left side of the church.

Lahab Cave in Dumalag

   "WELCOME TO SUHOT CAVE AND SPRING RESORT"

  

 welcome to one of the best resort in Capiz to spend a great time and have unforgettable moment with family and friends. Suhot Cave and Spring Resort has been developed to satisfy everyone. suhot cave and spring resort become one of tourist attraction here in Capiz. Suhot cave is famous for its cave and crystal clear, cold water and beautiful surroundings. Its water is rich in sulfur that 

urinates from Mt.Pangira-on water drips by drop.

Suhot Spring became a favorite destination of people when visiting Dumalag, Capiz. It is a comfortable place because of its beautiful and natural attractions.  There are cottages which is suitable for taking your rest after swimming or roaming around. The Suhot Spring also has a mini zoo that can be found at the upper side of the cave where you can see the different kind of animals.

  

 Lahab Cave is located in Dumalag . Dumalag is a town about 45 minutes south of Roxas City. I’m not really into caves as I’m a little bit claustrophobic and I don’t want dark places. Not that I’m afraid I just want to see things without the use of flashlights.

                                               About 40 meters pass the entrance of the cave

 Lahab cave can be reached by passing through a much known cave- Suhot Cave which also has a Spring Resort where locals spend their weekends to just swim and dip on the cold water. From Suhot Cave and Spring Resort you have to get a cave guide to accompany you.  Then you start to trek pass slippery and muddy trails for more than 30 minutes until you reach the cave  entrance. You will know that you are halfway when you begin to see a parade of bamboos.

what your waiting for come now to dumalag where you can see a beautiful place like suhot cave and spring resort.hope you enjoy your staying their.