History of Alicia Bohol Philippines Essay

Those men do not learn very much from the lessons of write up is the most important of all the lessons of history. Aldous HuxleyIn the early part of the 19th century the town of Alicia, formerly known as Batuanan, was one of the three (3) biggest and oldest towns of Bohol on with Catigbian and Balilihan. It was a thriving trading center shortly after the Dagohoy Rebellion (1744 1829). The town of Batuanan, however, was formally established in June 1860 by virtue of a rule signed by the Spanish Governor General Livarez. There are two versions as to how the come in came to be called Batuanan. One version stated that the place was a Batuganan meaning perch or lookout of the warriors of Dagohoy guarding against invading Spanish and pirates. From then on, the place was called Batuanan derived the word Batuganan. The second version is that Batuan trees bearing tomato-shaped fruits were abundant in the locality. This prompted the Spanish soldiers who were then conducting mopping-out operations against Dagohoys men to call the place Batuanan.Close to the end of Spanish regime in the country, two (2) high be officers were ambushed in the outskirts of the town. This incident prompted the Spanish officers to burn the whole Poblacion in retaliation. Again, in the early American regime, an American soldier was killed in some other ambuscade, which brought about another scourge upon the town. This time the American soldiers burned all the structures to the ground, thus, resulting to the transfer of the seat of government to barrio Libas which is now the Poblacion of the Municipality of Mabini. This continued until 1903 when the Philippines Commission passed Commonwealth Act. No. 968 formally creating the Municipality of Mabini, wherein Batuanan became only a barrio thereof. However, after the span of few years, the people of Batuanan started agitating for the restoration of its status into a municipality.Towardsthat end, they succeeded in having elective two (2) M ayors, namely Dulcisimo Ayuban and Cipriano G. Aton. Also elected were two (2) Vice-Mayors, namely Buenaventura Asas and Segunda Duetes and several councilors, among them were Victor Doydora, Dionisio Muring, Anastacio Curit, Pedro Huiso and Gaudencio Gumop-as. These officials paved the way for a concerted effort to secede from the town of mabini. It was not until 1949 when the real break came. Pedro Huiso and Cipriano Aton, unneurotic with some prominent leaders of Batuanan, through the help Governor Jacinto Borja sought an audience with President Elpidio Quirino, then seeking reelection, lobbying to create Batuanan into a municipality with a self-assurance that the people thereat will deliver a solid vote for the liberal Party candidates in the 1949 national elections.Thus, President Elpidio Quirino, during his stopover in Dumaguete from Tagbilaran, Bohol on family line 16, 1949 issued Executive Order No. 265 creating Batuanan into an independent municipality to be known as Ali cia, in honor of his wife, Doa Alicia Syquia Quirino. On January 18, 1950 the municipality of Alicia, Bohol was formally inaugurated with its first appoint officials, namely Mayor Pedro Huiso, Vice Mayor Anastacio Curit, and Councilors Perpetua Talili, Gaudencio Gumop-as, Eladio Iyoy, Buenaventura Asas, Benito Licayan and Arsenio Ayuban. From then on, the town elected 9 mayors who succeded Pedro Huiso (1950-55), namely Exequiel Madrian Sr., Leoncio Garcia (1956- 59), Jesus Madrian (1960-80), Dominador Molina (1980 1987), Exequiel Madrian Jr.( 1988 1995), Basilio H. Balahay Jr. (1995 2001), Bienvenido C. Molina Jr., MD ( 2001 2007), Pedro B. Miasco ( 2007 2010), Marnilou S. Ayuban (2010 present).