MUNICIPALITY OF GUINAYANGAN, Historical Data of Part 1

In consonance with the objectives of Executive Order No. 486, dated December 7, 1951, of the President of the Philippines and under the guidance of Memorandum No. 34 s. 1952 by the Director of the Bureau of Public Schools, we jointly worked on this collection and compilation.

Quoting hereunder are the salient aims of the executive order:

1. "The manuscripts, books, and other publications forming the collections of the National Library were almost entirely destroyed during the battle for the liberation of the City of Manila from the Japanese;"

2. "It is for our advancement that such data be regathered and brought up to date from time to time to serve as a source of inspiration and guidance for our future generations as well as source materials for historians, investigators, and researchers."

The many resource persons and teachers, therefore, have cooperatively worked for the collection and compilation of the historical data and cultural life of Guinayangan, including its barrios and sitios, for posterity; to contribute something for history; collected and compiled with the conviction that the inhabi-

tants be acquainted with the history and cultural life of the locality where he or she lives; this volume attempts to present to the generations to come our glorious past and the promise of the future; and we subscribe fully to the idea that historical data be preserved for posterity.

We don't also forget to thank the Office of the Municipal Secretary and Municipal Treasurer, the Records of the Parochial Church of Guinayangan, the "Padrones," records of the different barrio lieutenants who had contributed, too, for the enlightenment of the matter.

LOCAL COMMITTEE:

Mr. Catalino Espino, Chairman
Mr. Timoteo C. Ramos, Member
Mr. Eutiquio Lorbes, Member
Miss Virginia M. Salumbides, Member

Communities	Collectors & Compilers
I. Poblacion - Guinayangan Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Mrs. Salome L. Ramirez Mrs. Adela V. Escobar Miss Lourdes Caisido Mr. Timoteo Ramos
II. Barrios and Sitios:
1. Aloneros Part I - History	Mrs. Luisa Soria
Part II - Folkways (For Aloneros, Bagong-Silang, Tikay, and Triumfo
2. Bagong-Silang Part I - History Part II - Folkways (a) Sitio San Luis (b) Sitio Kabibihan I	Mr. Sergio Nebres
3. Kalimpak (a) Sitio Sisi (b) Sitio San Vicente Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Mrs. Encarnacion R. Mapaye Mrs. Primitiva A. Reformado Miss Luz E. Salumbides Mr. Ruben Valencia
(c) Sitio Manggagawa Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Miss Amparo Argosino
(d) Sitio Manlayo Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Mrs. Juana M. Araya

4. Kapuluan Part I - History	Mr. Flaviano Bala
Part II - Folkways (For Kapuluan & and Nabanga)
(a) Sitio Kapuluan-Tulon	Miss Anita Sastrillo
Part I - History Part II - Folkways (For Kapuluan-Tulon & Cabong)
(b) Sitio Cabong Norte & Cabong Sur Part I - History	Miss Lolita Malia
(c) Sitio Nabangca Part I - History	Mr. Flaviano Bala
5. Dancalan Part I - History	Mr. Paulino Real
Part II Folkways - (For Dancalan & Dancalan Central)
(a) Sitio Dancalan-Central Part I - History	Miss Anita Sastrillo
(b) Sitio Villa-Hiwasayan Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Mrs. Virginia A. Paraiso
(c) Sitio Sintones Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Miss Natividad Merjudio
6. Danlagan -Central Part I - History	Miss Desia Rowy
(a) Sitio Danlagan-Batis Part I - History	Miss Adela Argosino
(b) Sitio Danlagan-Cabayao Part I - History	Mrs. Angelina M. Regala

(c) Sitio Danlagan-Reserva Part I - History Part II - Folkways (For the 4 barrios)	Miss Libertad Malia
7. Himbubulo Part I - History	Miss Virginia M. Salumbides Mr. Publio Cambronero Mrs. Gertrudes M. Bello Mrs. Vicenta R. Villanueva
Part II - Folkways (For Himbubulo & Duñgawan-Central (a) Sitio Duñgawan-Central Part I - History (b) Sitio of Himbubulo-Oeste Part I - History
(c) Sitio Duñgawan-Paalyunan Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Mr. Eutiquio Lorbes
8. Hinabaan (a) Sitio Sta. Cruz Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Miss Consuelo Reformado
(b) Sitio Gabok) Part I - History	Miss Alodia Fernandez
Part II - Folkways (For Gabok & Salakan)
(c) Sitio Salakan Part I - History
9. Gapas Part I - History	Mr. Pedro Fernandez
(a) Sitio San Antonio Part I - History	Miss Belen Espino
Part II - Folkways (For Gapas & San Antonio)

(b) Sitio Balinarin Part I - History Part II - Folkways	Mrs. Flores C. Cerilla
10. Maligaya Part I - History	Mr. Bonifacio Dimarocot
(a) Sitio Bukal-Maligaya Part I - History	Miss Leonida Nepomucano
(b) Sitio Batis-Maligaya Part I - History	Miss Josifina Valencia
Part II - Folkways (For the 3 barrios)
11. Tikay Part I - History	Miss Araceli Hernandez
Part II - Folkways (Together with Aloneros)
12. Triumfo Part I - History	Miss Lydia Ogaña
Part II - Folkways (Together with Aloneros)

Guinayangan is a third-class municipality located in the southern end of the Province of Quezon (formerly Province of Tayabas), inhabited by approximately 9,000 composed by the majority of Tagalog-speaking people. It is bounded to the northeast by the Municipality of Tagkawayan; to the east by the Ragay Gulf; to the south by the Municipality of Buenavista; to the west by the Municipality of Lopez; and to the northwest by the Municipality of Calauag. It has an area of about 700 square kilometers.

Guinayangan, being a seaport, can be reached from Manila by boats; and being also traversed by a railroad line, can be reached by train from Manila at its barrios Danlagan and Aloneros. It can also be reached from Manila by motor vehicles because the provincial road from Guinayangan to Calauag connects this town with the national highway running from Manila to the Bicol provinces.

The principal products are copra, rattan, lumber, firewood, and fish. Fishing is one of the principal industries of the people. Fish from this town is exported to the towns of Calauag, Lopez, Lucena, San Pablo

City, and Manila. Other important industries are lumbering, farming, and cattle-raising.

The Municipalities of Tagkawayan and Buenavista were formerly parts of the Municipality of Guinayangan. They were organized in 1941 and 1948, respectively, during which time Guinayangan was a progressive town. It was, then, a second-class municipality.

There is no official record existing as to how and when the town of Guinayangan was established. The only record available is a church memorandum which indicated that Guinayangan was a small settlement founded by mostly Visayans from Masbate during the Spanish colonial days more than 150 years ago. These Visayans were ship builders and established a settlement or a village somewhere near the mouth of the Hiwasayan River, where there were, at that time, an abundant supply of lumber of the first group for ship building. These early settlers prospered rapidly and attracted the Moro pirates who raided them and captured many to become slaves. When these new settlers heard of another settlement north of them between the new barrios of Catimo and Kinatakutan along the seacoast of Tagkawayan, under the leadership of the Mattas and the Tupazes, also from Masbate, these founders of the Hiwasayan settlement joined

Historical Data of the Municipality of Guinayangan, Province of Quezon, online at the National Library of the Philippines Digital Collections.