Dinalupihan, Bataan
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Dinalupihan is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines
. It is the only land-locked municipality of the province. According to the latest census, it has a population of 92,289 people in 14,833 households.
Dinalupihan became one of the vast properties of the Archdiocese of Manila. As early as 1756, the former priests of Hermosa had urged the people to make voluntary contributions of land to the Archdiocese. Parcels of Dinalupihan became the favorite donation. In time, the Diocese was able to accumulate vast tracks of land which became known as Diocesan Estate which later on was known as Dinalupihan Estate.
The Dinalupihan Estate was a vast land covering the Tucop-Pagalanggang agricultural area. It was the product of labor and perseverance of the original settlers who had cleared and worked on the land. Before they knew it, the archbishop had already obtained a grant from the Spaniards government making the church as the owner of the estate.
In 1786, it was recognized as a district barangay of Hermosa, some 30 years after its mother town was founded in 1756. As a barangay , it was placed under the administration of the gobernadorcillo of Hermosa. Felipe Peñaflor was appointed as its first cabeza de barangay. The vast Dinalupihan Estate, however, turned out to be incapable of producing revenue. From 1786 to 1800, he average annual income coming from the farms was not even enough to support a Diocesan facility in Manila. It was the time when the Diocese authorities began calling the place “Empty Lands” or “Dinalupihan”.
Between 1817-1819, the Archbishop of Manila, Juan Antonio Zulaibar, attempted to make money out of the vast area. He ordered the conversion of the Dinalupihan Estate into a “hacienda”. He solicited funds from affluent Manila based Spaniards and spent P 15,000.00 for the development of the area into both sugar and rice fields. For the first three years, he sent 2,424 cavans of palay for seedlings and food for the farm managers or inquilinos.
Naturally, Archbishop Zulaibar expected big profits from the venture which he intended to use to support the San Carlos Seminary, an archdiocesan facility. Unfortunately, the operation of the hacienda was a failure. The fields continued producing stunted plants. The appointed estate managers insisted that it resulted from insect menace and regular flooding. It turned out, however, that the managers were simply not entering into the books all the rentals that they were collecting from the workers. After three years, the Archbishop closed the hacienda and opened another ranch somewhere else.
For many years, the hacienda became a grazing land because of its abundant grass and wild bushes. It was only in 1915 that the abandoned estate finally changed into a flourishing township.
Sometime in 1820, or immediately after Manila Archbishop Juan Antonio Zulaibar stopped the operation of Dinalupihan Hacienda, Dinalupihan is believed to have been established as an informal pueblo (town).
Don Pedro Fermín Bernal, a secular priest from Lubao as the first recorded Filipino missionary assigned in Dinalupihan. He was the pioneer parish priest of Dinalupihan from 1839-1842. He is often compared to Fr. Damaso Lintag who worked for the establishment of Pilar as a regular town of Bataan in 1801. * (enclosure)
Don Pedro was assigned in Dinalupihan to take care of spiritual needs of the early settlers in the area who spent many years working in the sugarcane fields of Tucop and Pagalanggang which were owned by the Archbishop of Manila. Starting from scratch, Don Pedro immediately built the first visita (chapel) of St. John the Baptist in its present site in 1839. It was the time when only town roads were in actual use in Dinalupihan. These were the Burgos and the Zamora Streets where the former Hacienda workers actually settled down while working in the sugarcane fields.
Don Pedro Bernal stayed in Dinalupihan for three years and was replaced by another secular priest, Don Bernardo Marcelo, in 1842. The third secular priest was Don Mariano Miranda. The latter stayed in Dinalupihan from 1847 until 1857, eight years before the former barangay of Hermosa finally became a regular town.
Don Victoriano Chevarria, another secular parish priest, replace Don Miranda until 1875. He and a wealthy hacienda tenant named Alberto Peñaflor worked together for the establishment of Dinalupihan has a regular town. The realization of such aspiration came in 1865 when Dinalupihan formally became the 10th regular pueblo of Bataan. Don Chavarria became the first regular parish priest while Alberto Peñaflor was appointed as the first gobernadorcillo. The seculars continued to minister the parish until after 1898.
A List of succeeding parish priest of Dinalupihan.
1875 - Don Bonifacio Socco
1885 - Don Bonifacio Icasiano
1890 - Don Bonifacio Socco
1893 - Don Domingo T. Anonuevo
1896 - Don Mariano Sarili
1897 - Don Francisco Ortiz
1898 - Don Mariano Almeyda
Felipe Peaflor becomes the first kapitan municipal of Dinalupihan in 1895. Kapitan Municipal was the title given to the town chief or mayor to replace the old title governadorcillo . A Kapitan Municipal was elected by acclamation during a Gran Tribunal . He reigned for a maximum of two years. Those who elected the Kapitan Municipal were the incumbent cabezas de barangay and some individuals of high status in the society in the area.
In addition to the Kapitan Municipal, also elected were the teniente mayor (vice-mayor), teniente and cordillera (councilors).
The title Kapitan Municipal was replaced in 1898 by Presidente Actual or Current President. Felipe Peñaflor, however, used the title Kapitan Municipal until 1900 despite the order of President Emilio Aguinaldo to use the title President Actual starting in 1899. ( It was Ramón Estanislao, Sr. who formally adopted the new title when he was elected as Presidente Actual in 1901. A new title, Municipal President or simply Mayor, replaced Presidente Acutal in 19250.
From 1865 to 1898, a big number of form workers in the Dinalupihan Estate were arrested, severely punished and oftentimes killed by Spanish authorities on mere suspicious of stealing agricultural products from the Hacienda owned by the archbishop of Manila. Cruel forms of Punishedment such as whipping using carabao hider and long stick, the garrote, compulsory labor and death were administered to the suspects. The fatality count increased prior to the 1898 Revolution, from 1896 to 1898. Suspected members of the Katipunan in Dinalupihan were immediately tortured and killed.
Spanish – American war broke out the Spaniards were defeated and in accordance with the Treaty of Parish of 1898, Spanish Dominican of the Philippines was transferred to the Americans.
The Americans established a military government in Bataan in 1901. Captain John Couldmar becomes the first military governor of Bataan on January 1. On July 5, 1901, Ramón Estanislao Sr. was appointed Presidente actual (mayor) of Dinalupihan.
Raymundo Payumo became the second mayor and the first elected Mayor of Dinalupihan. He won through acclamation. During his administration, Hermosa was annexed as a barrio to Dinalupihan.
Paulino Socco of Barangay Bonifacio was elected Mayor, the third top town executive since 1901. The first recorded major calamity happened during his administration in 1903. The whole town proper was razed to the ground. Only a fero light housed were spared. He was followed by Mauricio C. Paguio who was elected fourth Mayor of Dinalupihan in 1908.
The fifth elected Mayor of Dinalupihan was Vicente Mijares of Bonifacio who was elected in 1908 and was re-elected in 1911. In the first year as mayor the town center of Dinalupihan was engulfed by fire. In 1912, Ramón Vélez of Burgos became the sixth mayor of Dinalupihan.
CIRIACO PEÑAFLOR (1913–1914)
In 1913, Ciriaco Peñaflor won as seventh mayor of Dinalupihan Houses in Hermosa went up in smoke as fire razed the poblacion. As a result, Hermosa and Dinalupihan merged into one town as ordered by then Governor of Bataan Maximino delos Reyes. It become known as “Bagumbayan” when Hermosa recovered after several months, it was separated from Dinalupihan. It was also during this year that Tucop was turned into sugar land. The next year 1914, Hermosa was again annexed to Dinalupihan. A local election was held for the combined Dinalupihan and Hermosa.
TOMAS SOBREVINAS (1914–1923)
Tomas Sobrevinas was elected eight mayor. He served for a four-term period from 1914 to 1923. His first laid for re-election in 1917 was regarded as the first most expensive lection in the country. When another fire hit Dinalupihan in 1915. Hermosa residents requested for an election separate from Dinalupihan.
It was during his first year in office that the American Archbishop Jeremiah Harty was able to secure a Torrens Title for the Dinalupihan Estate with practically no opposition as no notices were sent our about the land registration case. There was a strong feeling among the farm workers that they had wrongfully been deprived of their lands by trickery and fraud. As mentioned earlier, the Dinalupihan Estate was the product of labor and perseverance of the original settlers of Dinalupihan who had cleared and worked on the land. Archbishop Harty ordered the clearing of more forested areas in Tucop. Approximately some 2000 hectares wore added to the existing Estate. A centrifugal sugar mill was built in Pagalanggang, as well as a railroad and rolling stock for delivering sugar cane to the mill. The administration of the Dinalupihan Estate was transferred from the office of Obras Pias to the Philippine Trust Company.
The Pagalanggang Sugar Mill was shut down and abandoned in 1919. A new sugar mill was opened in Barrio Del Carmen, Floridablanca. Tucop sugarland was placed under the Pampanga Sugar Mill under its new manager Renton Hind, an American engineer and sugar specialist.
Tomas Sobrevinas finished his fourth term in 1921.
MATEO V. PINILI (1923–1930)
Mateo V. Pinili of Luacan won as the ninth mayor of Luacan in 1923. He served a three term office from 1923-1930. During his administration, Luacan has its first school, the four classroom Luacan Primary School which opened in 1925 with Marcos Garcia and Cosme Magtanong as first teachers. On June 12, 1927. Luacan had a newly completed Elementary School.
During his term, peace and order in Dinalupihan was disrupted. In 1927, resistance erupted inside the Dinalupihan Estate between the farm workers and the employees of the Pampanga Sugar Mill. This went on for almost two years. Mayor Pinili tried to persuade the farm workers to allow portable railways of the Pampanga Sugar Mill to be laid in Dinalupihan and be used in transporting burnt sugarcane to Floridablanca, but to no avail.
To ease the tension, then Governor of Bataan Gregorio Quicho suggested to Senate President Manuel Quezon to purchase the Dinalupihan Estate and sell it to the workers. The Archbishop of Manila agreed to sell the Estate to the Dinalupihan Estate Improvement Company for P2,212,250 on July 15, 1930.
TEODORO DAVID (1931–1934)
Teodoro David was the tenth mayor of Dinalupihan. He serve from 1931–1934 and 1935 -1937.
Mayor David was a rich sugar planter of Mabini, Dinalupihan. He owned 59 hectares of sugar land in the Dinalupihan Estate. Prior to his election as Mayor, he was already deeply involved in the conflicts involving the said Estate. He was the wealthy inquilino who led resistance to the Church attempt to register the Dinalupihan. Hacienda in the name of Pampanga Sugar Mill (PSU) in 1914. In 1927, he and the other wealthy inquilinos were threatened by the smaller rice-growing inquilinos on mere suspicion of cooperating with PSU. At one time, some men deliberately set fire to one of David’s cane fields.
In 1929, David headed a committee of Dinalupihan inquilinos who were interested in purchasing their land directly from the church. He then formed a corporation, the Dinalupihan Estate Improvement Company, and became its president. He started collecting funds and issued stocks to a mass the capital (about P2,212,250.00) necessary for the purchase. His popularity among farmers led to his election as Municipal Mayor of Dinalupihan in 1931. His triumph, however, was protested by Arturo Reyes, the losing candidate.
As a chief executive, he continued organizing societies in Dinalupihan, the avowed purpose of which was to get the government to purchase the estate for resale its tenants. In November 1931, however, David and the Treasurer of the Improvement Company were charged in court in connection with the alleged mishandling of some of the funds collected by the corporation. David denied any crime and claimed that the whole affair was only concoated by political enemies. He was convinced but the Supreme Court exonerate him and his treasurer in May 1934. David was re-elected Mayor in 1935 and served until 1937. He passed away on March 28, 1964.
EMILIO V. REYES (1938–1942)
Emilio V. Reyes became the eleventh Mayor of Dinalupihan in 1938. During his administration, the government began to challenge in the courts the titles of the Church in the Dinalupihan Estate. The Rural Progress Administration (RPA) brought the Dinalupihan Homesite Area for P268,067.91 and sold 1,550 lots to the occupants of the area.
International turmoil marked Mayor Reyes’s administration. December 8, 1941, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was attacked which signaled the start of the Pacific war and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines USAFFE forces trooped to Bataan for a last ditch stand against the Japanese aggressors. On December 28, the residents of Dinalupihan were surprised the arrival of many American and Filipino soldiers.
On January 2, 1942 Dinalupihan was occupied by the Japanese as USAFFE units started defending the Dinalupihan-Hermosa Defense Line. But the valor of the defending Filipino-American forces were no match to the might of the Japanese Army. General King surrendered Bataan to the Japanese Army, and the infamous Death March began on April 9.
APOLONIO R. DIAZ (1942–1944)
Apolonio R. Diaz of Mabini was appointed by the Japanese government as acting Mayor the 12th since 1901. His reign ended in 1944. He was abducted by guerillas and nothing was heard from him.
FRANCISCO TURLA (1944–1945)
Francisco Turla was the vice mayor of Apolonio Diaz. He replaced Mayor Diaz when the latter was abducted by guerillas.
On August 26, 1945 General Mac Arthur returns to the Philippines to liberate the country. From January 19 to February 25, the Battle of Zigzag Pass raged in the mountains of Dinalupihan and Hermosa. Thousand of Japanese soldiers were killed by the combined Filipino & American forces. When Filipino soldiers of the 3rd, 31st, 32nd, 35th and 36th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was arrival to liberated & recaptured in Bataan. By September 2, World War II was over.
Newly installed Philippine President Sergio Osmena Sr. recognized the national and local government units immediately after the war. Former congressman Teodoro Camacho was appointed new governor.
JOSE PAYUMO SR. (1945–1948)
On September 7, 1945, Jose Payumo Sr. of Burgos was appointed by Governor Camacho as the fourteenth Mayor of Dinalupihan. He was re appointed by the succeeding Governor Joaquin Linao in 1946.
It was during the administration of Mayor Payumo Sr. that the plan to install the Dinalupihan electric power plant was started by the Dinalupihan Local Government. By 1946, the population of Dinalupihan was registered at 11,000. The Philippine Government in 1948 bought 4,150 hectares of the Dinalupihan Estate and sold the lots to the settlers. Colo was recognized as a regular barangay of Dinalupihan on March 1.
RAMON ESTANISLAO (1948–1951)
Ramón Estanislao of Rizal St. was elected 15the Mayor of Dianlupihan and serve up to December 31, 1951.
Barrio Banicain of Zambales was annexed to Dinalupihan. Through his leadership, two noteworthy projects were accomplished which greatly improved the way of life of Dinalupihan. First was the opening of a new municipal cemetery as approved by the Department of Health. The second, was the installation its own electric power plant. On July 31, 1950, the Dinalupihan government unit applied for a P80,000 loan to be used for the establishment of an electric power plant. By May 25, 1951, the new Dinalupihan Electric Company started its operation.
Two major problems marred his administration. The residents of the Dinalupihan Estate wanted to own their lands claiming that they paid the lots that they have been occupying with Japanese war notes during the Japanese occupation. The Mayor and his council requested the National government to speed up subdividing the Dinalupihan Estate to be sold landless residents. Yet some 600 hectares of the Tucop Estate was based by the Pampanga Sugar Central on April 10. In this connection Railway in Del Carmen, Floridablanca, Pampanga was extended in Dinalupihan through the Manila Railroad Company for the hauling of sugar cane.
Just like in may parts of Luzon, Dinalupihan was also effected by the HUK movements. So Mayor Estanislao requested for the stationing of an army detachment in Dinalupihan to combat HUK dissidents. First to be stationed in the area was the Charlie Company of the 18th BCT and was later replaced by the Echo Company. On December 2, 1951, HUK dissidents attacked Dinalupihan but soldiers of the Echo Company repelled the attack.
In education, an extension class for Grade V in Barrio Colo was opened.
FEDERICO A. MULI (1952–1962)
Federico A. Muli, a native of Luacan was the sixteenth Mayor of Dinalupihan. He was the Municipal Mayor from 1952 to 1962.
Mayor Muli was a manager of a bus company plying the Zambales-Manila route when he was persuaded to run for Mayor of Dinalupihan. It was no less than Ramón Magsaysay
, one time mechanic of the same bus company and current secretary of the Department of National Defense, who supported his candidacy. Ramón Estanislao, Jr. the incumbent mayor, proved no match to Muli. He was elected three times, in 1952, 1953 and 1960.
As Mayor Muli was responsible for the operation of power plant in the municipality, the development of the 18th BCT to combat insurgency in various barangays, distribution of government owned lots to landless tenants, construction of irrigation canals, creation of Sto. Nino, New San Jose and Old San Jose as barangays (1962), establishment of primary schools in Colo (1953) and Sto. Nino (1957). He also appropriated P4,000 for the purchase of the lo9t owned by the Hocson family and this was used as the site of the new municipal building in Poblacion.
In 1954, her personally welcomed newly elected President Ramón Magsaysay who visited Dinalupihan to help in the distribution of Torrens Titles to the tenants of the Dinalupihan Estate. His closeness to the President made it possible for him to be appointed as acting governor of Bataan when the incumbent governor, Adelmo Camacho, was suspended abuse of authority charges. He took reign of the Capitol from April 23 to May 14, 1953.
Other Significant Events/Developments:
1. Start of the operation of buses in Dinalupihan like the Try –V-Trans, La Mallorca-Pambusco, Rabbit and Victory Liner.
2. Transco is converted into residential lots.
3. Valeriano Sta. Maria donated one-half hectares of land to be used as school site in Pinulot.
4. San Benito Dinalupihan (formerly owned by Benedictine Fathers) was chosen as municipal nursery.
5. Carlo Club honored sons and daughters of Dinalupihan who passed government examinations.
6. Dinalupihan has three movies houses : Dina Theater in Rizal St. (owned by Leonardo Dizon, Norma Theater in Burgos St. (Owned by Ricardo Tulod) and Gloria Theater in Bonifacion (owned by Pilar David).
7. Construction of the Layac-Luacan road started on January 10, 1953
8. Sitio Corba, part of San Benito, was created as a barangay and naned Magsaysay on March 31, 1959.
9. Convinced Don George Litter, well to do Dinalupihan businessman, to file his income tax in Dinalupihan which bolstered the town’s financial condition.
10. Roosevelt Park was transferred to the Reforestation Administration from the National Park and Wildlife office.
11. The National power Corporation started servicing the electricity requirements of Dinalupihan.
In 1962, Muli, along with Mayors Artemio Saldana of Samal and Benito Reyes of _____?______ were from their respective offices based on oppression, abuse of authority and other administrative charges filed against them by several residents led by Leonardo Martin and Rosita Mallari. He was replaced by Vice Mayor Quintin Sta. Maria while the case were being heard by the provincial council. He remained under suspension until November 1963 local election was held.
He attempt to make a comeback by running for Mayor against newcomer Jose C. Payumo Jr. The attempt, however was unsuccessful. In _________, Muli died in an ambush in ______________,
QUINTIN STA MARIA (JUNE 1, 1963–1964)
Quintin Sta Maria became the seventeenth Mayor of Dinalupihan, when he officially replace Mayor Muli who as suspended by Governor Pedro R. Dizon.
Acting Mayor Sta. Maria opened the San Benito Primary School as well as the Pinulot Primary School Extension classes for Grade I & II opened in Magsaysay.
JOSE C. PAYUMO JR. ( 1964–1986)
Jose Cruz Payumo Jr. (1934–1986) was the eighteenth Mayor of Dinalupihan, He administered the affairs of the municipality for 22 years. He was elected and took his oaths of office as mayor in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1980. His reign covered from 1964–1967, 1968–1971, 1972–1975, 1976–1989 and 1980-1986.
Payumo was born on November 19, 1934 in Burgos, Dinalupihan. His father, from whom he was named, also served as municipal mayor from 1945 to 1947. His mother was Marcelo Cruz. He has two siblings, Felicito (former Congressman and SBMA Chairman) and Laarni.
After finishing his Bachelors Degree in Agriculture, Payumo worked as an agriculturist at the Bureau of Agriculture Extension (BAEX) in Dinalupihan. He married the former Lucila Peñaflor in 1964.
The same year Payumo took on the campaigh trail for the mayoralty position against Federico A. Muli of Luacan who had served Dinalupihan as mayor from 1952 to 1962. Using Muli’s one year suspension on graft charges as a major issue, Payumo won easily at the polls.
Since education was one of his primary concerns, upon assumption of his office, Payumno started the opening of barrio schools and went on constructing and completing both elementary and high schools:
1964 - San Benito Primary School
- Magsaysay Primary School
1967 - Pinulot Elementary School
1968 - Primary Schools in San Pablo, Roosevelt and Bangal
San Benito became a complete Elementary School
1974 - Happy Valley Primary School
1975 - Roosevelt became a complete Elementary School
1980 - Bangal became a complete Elementary School
He also established the Dinalupihan Municipal High School, Pagalanggang High School and Jose Memorial High School.
To augment the financial situation of the municipality, Mayor Payumo created new barangays.
1969 - Bangal, Tabacan, Dalao and the former streets which were formerly part of the Poblacion: San isidro, del Pilar, Gomez, Burgos, Zamra, mabini, Roxas, Torres, Bonifacio, mabini Extension, Rizal, Padre Dandan and General Luna.
1971 - Pag-asa
1972 - Naparing, San Simon
1973 - Sapang Balas, Happy Valley
1974 - Kataasan, Sto. Nino
1975 - Pita
1982 - Payangan, Tubo-tubo, Maligaya, Bayan-Bayanan, Pentor, Aquino
1985 - JC Payumo
1988 - Tucop
Mayor Payumo developed Roosevelt Park into a major Boy Scout jamboree camp and Nature’s park. He also completed various irrigation projects. He was responsible for building the new Municipal Building in San Ramon. The new Dinalupihan Public Market was completed during his administration.
He was re-elected in 1968 against Ruben Vergara and continued serving Dinalupihan until 1979. He also won overwhelmingly over Reynaldo Muli, son of former Mayor Federico Muli, who challenged and his leadership during the 1980 elections.
By 1985, Dinalupihan was re-classified as a first class municipality.
In addition to his many accomplishments, Payumo also served as president of the Bataan Mayors League and the Central Luzon Mayors League starting in 1982. He was elected as Luzon’s national vice president of the organization after beating former Mayor Luis “Chavit” Singson in 1983.
In 1986, he made history by retaining his position as mayor even after all known political supporters of Ferdinand Marcos were purged from their government positions. He maintained his dedication to work in the company of new mayors and other appointed government officials in the province.
On August 20, 1986, a group of armed men ambushed and shot dead Mayor Payumo in Barangay San Jose. The crime remained unsolved up to this day. In his place, his wife Lucila was installed as his replacement.
LUCILA P. PAYUMO (1987–1995)
Lucila P. Payumo was appointed by then President Corazon Aquino as replacement of her late husband Jose Jr. who was ambushed and killed on August 20, 1986. She was the first woman mayor in the Philippines. She was elected to the same position in 1988 and 1992 despite the challenges put up by Amy Muli and Roberto Rubiano respectively.
During her administration, Mrs. Payumo completed the smooth transfer of vendors from the old market to its new and present location in
Barangay San Ramon. She is credited for building several barangay halls, barangay health centers, new roads and bridges and other major infrastructures in the municipality.
She also initiated the construction of the Dinalupihan Sports Complex (Phase I) and the development of the Roosevelt National Park and the Mount Malasimbu Tourism Park. She was also successful in her CARP programs in Luacan, Daang Bago, Pagalanggang, Sapang Balas, Colo, Payumo, Layac, Old San Jose, Pita and Pag-asa.
Mayor Lucy also spearheaded the construction of Bataan State College after the then Congressman Felicito C. Payumo
was able to pass a bill for its construction. It opened on Nov. 26, 1988 . She established new elementary schools in Dinalupihan and completed several primary schools by building additional classrooms. JC Payumo residents got their initial two-classroom primary school on June 4, 1988.
In 1991, Mt. Pinatubo in Zambales erupted. Dinalupihan, the closest town to Pinatubo among the other municipalities in Bataan, suffered great devastation. Ashfall in the municipality was registered at two-feet deep. Several houses collapsed due to accumulated ash debris on the roof. Residents panicked and evacuated to several evacuation sites. Luckily, there was no casualty reported in the municipality.
The Dinalupihan Malasimbu Jaycees, led by their President Fernando Manalili, spearheaded the relief operations in the areas greatly affected by the eruption.
In 1993, Roosevelt Elementary School re-opened as a complete school. In 1994, two primary schools were opened, Maligaya and Pag-asa. Mayor Payumo added two more classrooms to Magsaysay Elementary Schools and San Pablo Elementary School making them complete schools.
It was during her administration that political turmoil erupted in Bataan. The first ever recall election in the Philippines was held on December 20, 1993. After a very hotly-contested election, incumbent Governor Enrique Garcia lost to Ding Roman. However, this was a good thing for the people of Bataan because Garcia was really found corrupt.
In June 1995, Pagalanggang High School was opened.
After her stint in Dinalupihan, Mrs. Payumo ran and won as Board Member of the First District of Bataan. She represented Dinalupihan in the provincial board from 1998–2001 and 2001-2004.
It was during her administration that Dinalupihan got its first Congressman when Felicito C. Payumo
was elected Congressman of the First District of Bataan.
JOSE ALEJANDRE P. PAYUMO III
1995-2004
Mayor Jojo, as he is more popularly known, is the eldest child of former Mayor Jose C. Payumo, Jr. – (Dinalupihan Mayor , 1964–1986) and Lucila Peñaflor Payumo (Dinalupihan Mayor, 1986–1995). He formally entered the political scene in 1995 after his mother, Mayor Lucila, decided to run for board member of Bataan after serving as Mayor of Dinalupihan from 1986 to 1995. He won over board member Ramonette Reyes. In 1998, he defeated another former board member, Dr. Rosario (Rose) Acuña of Barangay Rizal. He had another runaway victory during the 2001 elections against Marlon Susim.
During his nine-year reign as Mayor, Jojo Payumo has established the Dinalupihan Water District Phase 2 which serves the nine western barangays of Dinalupihan. He also instituted the first ever Waste Management System in Bataan by constructing the recycling plant for biodegradable waste in Pagalanggang. His Clean and Green Program was adjudged as the Best Municipality for Clean and Green Program, Category B in 1995 and 1996. His Land Zoning project, Gintong Ani Program, Municipal Irrigation System and Awareness Drive against drug abuse speak well of him as a true leader of Dinalupihan
In addition to the establishment of Sta. Isabel Elementary School, Mayor Jojo also initiated the third floor expansion of the Dinalupihan Municipal building which was inaugurated in June 2004. It was during his term that Mt. Malasimbo, based on a new SBMA documents, was shown to be within the municipal boundary of Dinalupihan.
Dinalupihan was embroiled in a “political war” against the Gordons of Olongapo when its favorite son, Tong Payumo was appointed Chairman of SBMA by President Joseph Estrada. Richard Gordon, the incumbent Chairman, refused to vacate his position. Amidst heavy politicking and a fractitious workforce, he began a series of strategic moves to restore investor confidence and rebuild the Freeport’s organization. He opened the Morong Gate which ended the town’s six decades of isolation and ushered in development in that community.
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. It is the only land-locked municipality of the province. According to the latest census, it has a population of 92,289 people in 14,833 households.
Pre-Spanish rule
The story goes that even when Dinalupihan was still a barrio of Hermosa, its people manifested a fighting instinct which served them well in the development of their community and in their defense against foreign invaders and local criminals. The place got so famous for its fighting spirit that it came to be known as "di-nalupigan' or not conquered. The name "Di-nalupigan" stuck, but as luck would have it, the letter "g" was inadvertently changed to "h" during the registration of its name. Thus, the town with a fighting heart is now known as Dinalupihan.Spanish rule
When the Spaniards arrived, Dinalupihan was a sitio of the community of Llana Hermosa, which was in turn a town of Pampanga. Pampanga then was an encomienda.Dinalupihan became one of the vast properties of the Archdiocese of Manila. As early as 1756, the former priests of Hermosa had urged the people to make voluntary contributions of land to the Archdiocese. Parcels of Dinalupihan became the favorite donation. In time, the Diocese was able to accumulate vast tracks of land which became known as Diocesan Estate which later on was known as Dinalupihan Estate.
The Dinalupihan Estate was a vast land covering the Tucop-Pagalanggang agricultural area. It was the product of labor and perseverance of the original settlers who had cleared and worked on the land. Before they knew it, the archbishop had already obtained a grant from the Spaniards government making the church as the owner of the estate.
In 1786, it was recognized as a district barangay of Hermosa, some 30 years after its mother town was founded in 1756. As a barangay , it was placed under the administration of the gobernadorcillo of Hermosa. Felipe Peñaflor was appointed as its first cabeza de barangay. The vast Dinalupihan Estate, however, turned out to be incapable of producing revenue. From 1786 to 1800, he average annual income coming from the farms was not even enough to support a Diocesan facility in Manila. It was the time when the Diocese authorities began calling the place “Empty Lands” or “Dinalupihan”.
Between 1817-1819, the Archbishop of Manila, Juan Antonio Zulaibar, attempted to make money out of the vast area. He ordered the conversion of the Dinalupihan Estate into a “hacienda”. He solicited funds from affluent Manila based Spaniards and spent P 15,000.00 for the development of the area into both sugar and rice fields. For the first three years, he sent 2,424 cavans of palay for seedlings and food for the farm managers or inquilinos.
Naturally, Archbishop Zulaibar expected big profits from the venture which he intended to use to support the San Carlos Seminary, an archdiocesan facility. Unfortunately, the operation of the hacienda was a failure. The fields continued producing stunted plants. The appointed estate managers insisted that it resulted from insect menace and regular flooding. It turned out, however, that the managers were simply not entering into the books all the rentals that they were collecting from the workers. After three years, the Archbishop closed the hacienda and opened another ranch somewhere else.
For many years, the hacienda became a grazing land because of its abundant grass and wild bushes. It was only in 1915 that the abandoned estate finally changed into a flourishing township.
Sometime in 1820, or immediately after Manila Archbishop Juan Antonio Zulaibar stopped the operation of Dinalupihan Hacienda, Dinalupihan is believed to have been established as an informal pueblo (town).
Don Pedro Fermín Bernal, a secular priest from Lubao as the first recorded Filipino missionary assigned in Dinalupihan. He was the pioneer parish priest of Dinalupihan from 1839-1842. He is often compared to Fr. Damaso Lintag who worked for the establishment of Pilar as a regular town of Bataan in 1801. * (enclosure)
Don Pedro was assigned in Dinalupihan to take care of spiritual needs of the early settlers in the area who spent many years working in the sugarcane fields of Tucop and Pagalanggang which were owned by the Archbishop of Manila. Starting from scratch, Don Pedro immediately built the first visita (chapel) of St. John the Baptist in its present site in 1839. It was the time when only town roads were in actual use in Dinalupihan. These were the Burgos and the Zamora Streets where the former Hacienda workers actually settled down while working in the sugarcane fields.
Don Pedro Bernal stayed in Dinalupihan for three years and was replaced by another secular priest, Don Bernardo Marcelo, in 1842. The third secular priest was Don Mariano Miranda. The latter stayed in Dinalupihan from 1847 until 1857, eight years before the former barangay of Hermosa finally became a regular town.
Don Victoriano Chevarria, another secular parish priest, replace Don Miranda until 1875. He and a wealthy hacienda tenant named Alberto Peñaflor worked together for the establishment of Dinalupihan has a regular town. The realization of such aspiration came in 1865 when Dinalupihan formally became the 10th regular pueblo of Bataan. Don Chavarria became the first regular parish priest while Alberto Peñaflor was appointed as the first gobernadorcillo. The seculars continued to minister the parish until after 1898.
A List of succeeding parish priest of Dinalupihan.
1875 - Don Bonifacio Socco
1885 - Don Bonifacio Icasiano
1890 - Don Bonifacio Socco
1893 - Don Domingo T. Anonuevo
1896 - Don Mariano Sarili
1897 - Don Francisco Ortiz
1898 - Don Mariano Almeyda
Felipe Peaflor becomes the first kapitan municipal of Dinalupihan in 1895. Kapitan Municipal was the title given to the town chief or mayor to replace the old title governadorcillo . A Kapitan Municipal was elected by acclamation during a Gran Tribunal . He reigned for a maximum of two years. Those who elected the Kapitan Municipal were the incumbent cabezas de barangay and some individuals of high status in the society in the area.
In addition to the Kapitan Municipal, also elected were the teniente mayor (vice-mayor), teniente and cordillera (councilors).
The title Kapitan Municipal was replaced in 1898 by Presidente Actual or Current President. Felipe Peñaflor, however, used the title Kapitan Municipal until 1900 despite the order of President Emilio Aguinaldo to use the title President Actual starting in 1899. ( It was Ramón Estanislao, Sr. who formally adopted the new title when he was elected as Presidente Actual in 1901. A new title, Municipal President or simply Mayor, replaced Presidente Acutal in 19250.
Spanish domination
The colonization of Dinalupihan was actually started by the priests or the clergy. It was only when the clergy were deeply entrenched in the community, when the political officials as well as the guardia civil followed.From 1865 to 1898, a big number of form workers in the Dinalupihan Estate were arrested, severely punished and oftentimes killed by Spanish authorities on mere suspicious of stealing agricultural products from the Hacienda owned by the archbishop of Manila. Cruel forms of Punishedment such as whipping using carabao hider and long stick, the garrote, compulsory labor and death were administered to the suspects. The fatality count increased prior to the 1898 Revolution, from 1896 to 1898. Suspected members of the Katipunan in Dinalupihan were immediately tortured and killed.
American period
Ramón Estanislao Sr- Ramón Vélez (1901–1912)Spanish – American war broke out the Spaniards were defeated and in accordance with the Treaty of Parish of 1898, Spanish Dominican of the Philippines was transferred to the Americans.
The Americans established a military government in Bataan in 1901. Captain John Couldmar becomes the first military governor of Bataan on January 1. On July 5, 1901, Ramón Estanislao Sr. was appointed Presidente actual (mayor) of Dinalupihan.
Raymundo Payumo became the second mayor and the first elected Mayor of Dinalupihan. He won through acclamation. During his administration, Hermosa was annexed as a barrio to Dinalupihan.
Paulino Socco of Barangay Bonifacio was elected Mayor, the third top town executive since 1901. The first recorded major calamity happened during his administration in 1903. The whole town proper was razed to the ground. Only a fero light housed were spared. He was followed by Mauricio C. Paguio who was elected fourth Mayor of Dinalupihan in 1908.
The fifth elected Mayor of Dinalupihan was Vicente Mijares of Bonifacio who was elected in 1908 and was re-elected in 1911. In the first year as mayor the town center of Dinalupihan was engulfed by fire. In 1912, Ramón Vélez of Burgos became the sixth mayor of Dinalupihan.
CIRIACO PEÑAFLOR (1913–1914)
In 1913, Ciriaco Peñaflor won as seventh mayor of Dinalupihan Houses in Hermosa went up in smoke as fire razed the poblacion. As a result, Hermosa and Dinalupihan merged into one town as ordered by then Governor of Bataan Maximino delos Reyes. It become known as “Bagumbayan” when Hermosa recovered after several months, it was separated from Dinalupihan. It was also during this year that Tucop was turned into sugar land. The next year 1914, Hermosa was again annexed to Dinalupihan. A local election was held for the combined Dinalupihan and Hermosa.
TOMAS SOBREVINAS (1914–1923)
Tomas Sobrevinas was elected eight mayor. He served for a four-term period from 1914 to 1923. His first laid for re-election in 1917 was regarded as the first most expensive lection in the country. When another fire hit Dinalupihan in 1915. Hermosa residents requested for an election separate from Dinalupihan.
It was during his first year in office that the American Archbishop Jeremiah Harty was able to secure a Torrens Title for the Dinalupihan Estate with practically no opposition as no notices were sent our about the land registration case. There was a strong feeling among the farm workers that they had wrongfully been deprived of their lands by trickery and fraud. As mentioned earlier, the Dinalupihan Estate was the product of labor and perseverance of the original settlers of Dinalupihan who had cleared and worked on the land. Archbishop Harty ordered the clearing of more forested areas in Tucop. Approximately some 2000 hectares wore added to the existing Estate. A centrifugal sugar mill was built in Pagalanggang, as well as a railroad and rolling stock for delivering sugar cane to the mill. The administration of the Dinalupihan Estate was transferred from the office of Obras Pias to the Philippine Trust Company.
The Pagalanggang Sugar Mill was shut down and abandoned in 1919. A new sugar mill was opened in Barrio Del Carmen, Floridablanca. Tucop sugarland was placed under the Pampanga Sugar Mill under its new manager Renton Hind, an American engineer and sugar specialist.
Tomas Sobrevinas finished his fourth term in 1921.
MATEO V. PINILI (1923–1930)
Mateo V. Pinili of Luacan won as the ninth mayor of Luacan in 1923. He served a three term office from 1923-1930. During his administration, Luacan has its first school, the four classroom Luacan Primary School which opened in 1925 with Marcos Garcia and Cosme Magtanong as first teachers. On June 12, 1927. Luacan had a newly completed Elementary School.
During his term, peace and order in Dinalupihan was disrupted. In 1927, resistance erupted inside the Dinalupihan Estate between the farm workers and the employees of the Pampanga Sugar Mill. This went on for almost two years. Mayor Pinili tried to persuade the farm workers to allow portable railways of the Pampanga Sugar Mill to be laid in Dinalupihan and be used in transporting burnt sugarcane to Floridablanca, but to no avail.
To ease the tension, then Governor of Bataan Gregorio Quicho suggested to Senate President Manuel Quezon to purchase the Dinalupihan Estate and sell it to the workers. The Archbishop of Manila agreed to sell the Estate to the Dinalupihan Estate Improvement Company for P2,212,250 on July 15, 1930.
TEODORO DAVID (1931–1934)
Teodoro David was the tenth mayor of Dinalupihan. He serve from 1931–1934 and 1935 -1937.
Mayor David was a rich sugar planter of Mabini, Dinalupihan. He owned 59 hectares of sugar land in the Dinalupihan Estate. Prior to his election as Mayor, he was already deeply involved in the conflicts involving the said Estate. He was the wealthy inquilino who led resistance to the Church attempt to register the Dinalupihan. Hacienda in the name of Pampanga Sugar Mill (PSU) in 1914. In 1927, he and the other wealthy inquilinos were threatened by the smaller rice-growing inquilinos on mere suspicion of cooperating with PSU. At one time, some men deliberately set fire to one of David’s cane fields.
In 1929, David headed a committee of Dinalupihan inquilinos who were interested in purchasing their land directly from the church. He then formed a corporation, the Dinalupihan Estate Improvement Company, and became its president. He started collecting funds and issued stocks to a mass the capital (about P2,212,250.00) necessary for the purchase. His popularity among farmers led to his election as Municipal Mayor of Dinalupihan in 1931. His triumph, however, was protested by Arturo Reyes, the losing candidate.
As a chief executive, he continued organizing societies in Dinalupihan, the avowed purpose of which was to get the government to purchase the estate for resale its tenants. In November 1931, however, David and the Treasurer of the Improvement Company were charged in court in connection with the alleged mishandling of some of the funds collected by the corporation. David denied any crime and claimed that the whole affair was only concoated by political enemies. He was convinced but the Supreme Court exonerate him and his treasurer in May 1934. David was re-elected Mayor in 1935 and served until 1937. He passed away on March 28, 1964.
EMILIO V. REYES (1938–1942)
Emilio V. Reyes became the eleventh Mayor of Dinalupihan in 1938. During his administration, the government began to challenge in the courts the titles of the Church in the Dinalupihan Estate. The Rural Progress Administration (RPA) brought the Dinalupihan Homesite Area for P268,067.91 and sold 1,550 lots to the occupants of the area.
International turmoil marked Mayor Reyes’s administration. December 8, 1941, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was attacked which signaled the start of the Pacific war and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines USAFFE forces trooped to Bataan for a last ditch stand against the Japanese aggressors. On December 28, the residents of Dinalupihan were surprised the arrival of many American and Filipino soldiers.
On January 2, 1942 Dinalupihan was occupied by the Japanese as USAFFE units started defending the Dinalupihan-Hermosa Defense Line. But the valor of the defending Filipino-American forces were no match to the might of the Japanese Army. General King surrendered Bataan to the Japanese Army, and the infamous Death March began on April 9.
APOLONIO R. DIAZ (1942–1944)
Apolonio R. Diaz of Mabini was appointed by the Japanese government as acting Mayor the 12th since 1901. His reign ended in 1944. He was abducted by guerillas and nothing was heard from him.
FRANCISCO TURLA (1944–1945)
Francisco Turla was the vice mayor of Apolonio Diaz. He replaced Mayor Diaz when the latter was abducted by guerillas.
On August 26, 1945 General Mac Arthur returns to the Philippines to liberate the country. From January 19 to February 25, the Battle of Zigzag Pass raged in the mountains of Dinalupihan and Hermosa. Thousand of Japanese soldiers were killed by the combined Filipino & American forces. When Filipino soldiers of the 3rd, 31st, 32nd, 35th and 36th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was arrival to liberated & recaptured in Bataan. By September 2, World War II was over.
Newly installed Philippine President Sergio Osmena Sr. recognized the national and local government units immediately after the war. Former congressman Teodoro Camacho was appointed new governor.
JOSE PAYUMO SR. (1945–1948)
On September 7, 1945, Jose Payumo Sr. of Burgos was appointed by Governor Camacho as the fourteenth Mayor of Dinalupihan. He was re appointed by the succeeding Governor Joaquin Linao in 1946.
It was during the administration of Mayor Payumo Sr. that the plan to install the Dinalupihan electric power plant was started by the Dinalupihan Local Government. By 1946, the population of Dinalupihan was registered at 11,000. The Philippine Government in 1948 bought 4,150 hectares of the Dinalupihan Estate and sold the lots to the settlers. Colo was recognized as a regular barangay of Dinalupihan on March 1.
RAMON ESTANISLAO (1948–1951)
Ramón Estanislao of Rizal St. was elected 15the Mayor of Dianlupihan and serve up to December 31, 1951.
Barrio Banicain of Zambales was annexed to Dinalupihan. Through his leadership, two noteworthy projects were accomplished which greatly improved the way of life of Dinalupihan. First was the opening of a new municipal cemetery as approved by the Department of Health. The second, was the installation its own electric power plant. On July 31, 1950, the Dinalupihan government unit applied for a P80,000 loan to be used for the establishment of an electric power plant. By May 25, 1951, the new Dinalupihan Electric Company started its operation.
Two major problems marred his administration. The residents of the Dinalupihan Estate wanted to own their lands claiming that they paid the lots that they have been occupying with Japanese war notes during the Japanese occupation. The Mayor and his council requested the National government to speed up subdividing the Dinalupihan Estate to be sold landless residents. Yet some 600 hectares of the Tucop Estate was based by the Pampanga Sugar Central on April 10. In this connection Railway in Del Carmen, Floridablanca, Pampanga was extended in Dinalupihan through the Manila Railroad Company for the hauling of sugar cane.
Just like in may parts of Luzon, Dinalupihan was also effected by the HUK movements. So Mayor Estanislao requested for the stationing of an army detachment in Dinalupihan to combat HUK dissidents. First to be stationed in the area was the Charlie Company of the 18th BCT and was later replaced by the Echo Company. On December 2, 1951, HUK dissidents attacked Dinalupihan but soldiers of the Echo Company repelled the attack.
In education, an extension class for Grade V in Barrio Colo was opened.
FEDERICO A. MULI (1952–1962)
Federico A. Muli, a native of Luacan was the sixteenth Mayor of Dinalupihan. He was the Municipal Mayor from 1952 to 1962.
Mayor Muli was a manager of a bus company plying the Zambales-Manila route when he was persuaded to run for Mayor of Dinalupihan. It was no less than Ramón Magsaysay
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramón del Fierro Magsaysay was the third President of the Republic of the Philippines from December 30, 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1957. He was elected President under the banner of the Nacionalista Party.-Early life:Ramon F...
, one time mechanic of the same bus company and current secretary of the Department of National Defense, who supported his candidacy. Ramón Estanislao, Jr. the incumbent mayor, proved no match to Muli. He was elected three times, in 1952, 1953 and 1960.
As Mayor Muli was responsible for the operation of power plant in the municipality, the development of the 18th BCT to combat insurgency in various barangays, distribution of government owned lots to landless tenants, construction of irrigation canals, creation of Sto. Nino, New San Jose and Old San Jose as barangays (1962), establishment of primary schools in Colo (1953) and Sto. Nino (1957). He also appropriated P4,000 for the purchase of the lo9t owned by the Hocson family and this was used as the site of the new municipal building in Poblacion.
In 1954, her personally welcomed newly elected President Ramón Magsaysay who visited Dinalupihan to help in the distribution of Torrens Titles to the tenants of the Dinalupihan Estate. His closeness to the President made it possible for him to be appointed as acting governor of Bataan when the incumbent governor, Adelmo Camacho, was suspended abuse of authority charges. He took reign of the Capitol from April 23 to May 14, 1953.
Other Significant Events/Developments:
1. Start of the operation of buses in Dinalupihan like the Try –V-Trans, La Mallorca-Pambusco, Rabbit and Victory Liner.
2. Transco is converted into residential lots.
3. Valeriano Sta. Maria donated one-half hectares of land to be used as school site in Pinulot.
4. San Benito Dinalupihan (formerly owned by Benedictine Fathers) was chosen as municipal nursery.
5. Carlo Club honored sons and daughters of Dinalupihan who passed government examinations.
6. Dinalupihan has three movies houses : Dina Theater in Rizal St. (owned by Leonardo Dizon, Norma Theater in Burgos St. (Owned by Ricardo Tulod) and Gloria Theater in Bonifacion (owned by Pilar David).
7. Construction of the Layac-Luacan road started on January 10, 1953
8. Sitio Corba, part of San Benito, was created as a barangay and naned Magsaysay on March 31, 1959.
9. Convinced Don George Litter, well to do Dinalupihan businessman, to file his income tax in Dinalupihan which bolstered the town’s financial condition.
10. Roosevelt Park was transferred to the Reforestation Administration from the National Park and Wildlife office.
11. The National power Corporation started servicing the electricity requirements of Dinalupihan.
In 1962, Muli, along with Mayors Artemio Saldana of Samal and Benito Reyes of _____?______ were from their respective offices based on oppression, abuse of authority and other administrative charges filed against them by several residents led by Leonardo Martin and Rosita Mallari. He was replaced by Vice Mayor Quintin Sta. Maria while the case were being heard by the provincial council. He remained under suspension until November 1963 local election was held.
He attempt to make a comeback by running for Mayor against newcomer Jose C. Payumo Jr. The attempt, however was unsuccessful. In _________, Muli died in an ambush in ______________,
QUINTIN STA MARIA (JUNE 1, 1963–1964)
Quintin Sta Maria became the seventeenth Mayor of Dinalupihan, when he officially replace Mayor Muli who as suspended by Governor Pedro R. Dizon.
Acting Mayor Sta. Maria opened the San Benito Primary School as well as the Pinulot Primary School Extension classes for Grade I & II opened in Magsaysay.
JOSE C. PAYUMO JR. ( 1964–1986)
Jose Cruz Payumo Jr. (1934–1986) was the eighteenth Mayor of Dinalupihan, He administered the affairs of the municipality for 22 years. He was elected and took his oaths of office as mayor in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1980. His reign covered from 1964–1967, 1968–1971, 1972–1975, 1976–1989 and 1980-1986.
Payumo was born on November 19, 1934 in Burgos, Dinalupihan. His father, from whom he was named, also served as municipal mayor from 1945 to 1947. His mother was Marcelo Cruz. He has two siblings, Felicito (former Congressman and SBMA Chairman) and Laarni.
After finishing his Bachelors Degree in Agriculture, Payumo worked as an agriculturist at the Bureau of Agriculture Extension (BAEX) in Dinalupihan. He married the former Lucila Peñaflor in 1964.
The same year Payumo took on the campaigh trail for the mayoralty position against Federico A. Muli of Luacan who had served Dinalupihan as mayor from 1952 to 1962. Using Muli’s one year suspension on graft charges as a major issue, Payumo won easily at the polls.
Since education was one of his primary concerns, upon assumption of his office, Payumno started the opening of barrio schools and went on constructing and completing both elementary and high schools:
1964 - San Benito Primary School
- Magsaysay Primary School
1967 - Pinulot Elementary School
1968 - Primary Schools in San Pablo, Roosevelt and Bangal
San Benito became a complete Elementary School
1974 - Happy Valley Primary School
1975 - Roosevelt became a complete Elementary School
1980 - Bangal became a complete Elementary School
He also established the Dinalupihan Municipal High School, Pagalanggang High School and Jose Memorial High School.
To augment the financial situation of the municipality, Mayor Payumo created new barangays.
1969 - Bangal, Tabacan, Dalao and the former streets which were formerly part of the Poblacion: San isidro, del Pilar, Gomez, Burgos, Zamra, mabini, Roxas, Torres, Bonifacio, mabini Extension, Rizal, Padre Dandan and General Luna.
1971 - Pag-asa
1972 - Naparing, San Simon
1973 - Sapang Balas, Happy Valley
1974 - Kataasan, Sto. Nino
1975 - Pita
1982 - Payangan, Tubo-tubo, Maligaya, Bayan-Bayanan, Pentor, Aquino
1985 - JC Payumo
1988 - Tucop
Mayor Payumo developed Roosevelt Park into a major Boy Scout jamboree camp and Nature’s park. He also completed various irrigation projects. He was responsible for building the new Municipal Building in San Ramon. The new Dinalupihan Public Market was completed during his administration.
He was re-elected in 1968 against Ruben Vergara and continued serving Dinalupihan until 1979. He also won overwhelmingly over Reynaldo Muli, son of former Mayor Federico Muli, who challenged and his leadership during the 1980 elections.
By 1985, Dinalupihan was re-classified as a first class municipality.
In addition to his many accomplishments, Payumo also served as president of the Bataan Mayors League and the Central Luzon Mayors League starting in 1982. He was elected as Luzon’s national vice president of the organization after beating former Mayor Luis “Chavit” Singson in 1983.
In 1986, he made history by retaining his position as mayor even after all known political supporters of Ferdinand Marcos were purged from their government positions. He maintained his dedication to work in the company of new mayors and other appointed government officials in the province.
On August 20, 1986, a group of armed men ambushed and shot dead Mayor Payumo in Barangay San Jose. The crime remained unsolved up to this day. In his place, his wife Lucila was installed as his replacement.
LUCILA P. PAYUMO (1987–1995)
Lucila P. Payumo was appointed by then President Corazon Aquino as replacement of her late husband Jose Jr. who was ambushed and killed on August 20, 1986. She was the first woman mayor in the Philippines. She was elected to the same position in 1988 and 1992 despite the challenges put up by Amy Muli and Roberto Rubiano respectively.
During her administration, Mrs. Payumo completed the smooth transfer of vendors from the old market to its new and present location in
Barangay San Ramon. She is credited for building several barangay halls, barangay health centers, new roads and bridges and other major infrastructures in the municipality.
She also initiated the construction of the Dinalupihan Sports Complex (Phase I) and the development of the Roosevelt National Park and the Mount Malasimbu Tourism Park. She was also successful in her CARP programs in Luacan, Daang Bago, Pagalanggang, Sapang Balas, Colo, Payumo, Layac, Old San Jose, Pita and Pag-asa.
Mayor Lucy also spearheaded the construction of Bataan State College after the then Congressman Felicito C. Payumo
Felicito Payumo
Felicito Payumo is a Philippine businessman and politician. He represented the First District of Bataan in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1985 to 1998, and served as chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority from 1998 to 2004....
was able to pass a bill for its construction. It opened on Nov. 26, 1988 . She established new elementary schools in Dinalupihan and completed several primary schools by building additional classrooms. JC Payumo residents got their initial two-classroom primary school on June 4, 1988.
In 1991, Mt. Pinatubo in Zambales erupted. Dinalupihan, the closest town to Pinatubo among the other municipalities in Bataan, suffered great devastation. Ashfall in the municipality was registered at two-feet deep. Several houses collapsed due to accumulated ash debris on the roof. Residents panicked and evacuated to several evacuation sites. Luckily, there was no casualty reported in the municipality.
The Dinalupihan Malasimbu Jaycees, led by their President Fernando Manalili, spearheaded the relief operations in the areas greatly affected by the eruption.
In 1993, Roosevelt Elementary School re-opened as a complete school. In 1994, two primary schools were opened, Maligaya and Pag-asa. Mayor Payumo added two more classrooms to Magsaysay Elementary Schools and San Pablo Elementary School making them complete schools.
It was during her administration that political turmoil erupted in Bataan. The first ever recall election in the Philippines was held on December 20, 1993. After a very hotly-contested election, incumbent Governor Enrique Garcia lost to Ding Roman. However, this was a good thing for the people of Bataan because Garcia was really found corrupt.
In June 1995, Pagalanggang High School was opened.
After her stint in Dinalupihan, Mrs. Payumo ran and won as Board Member of the First District of Bataan. She represented Dinalupihan in the provincial board from 1998–2001 and 2001-2004.
It was during her administration that Dinalupihan got its first Congressman when Felicito C. Payumo
Felicito Payumo
Felicito Payumo is a Philippine businessman and politician. He represented the First District of Bataan in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1985 to 1998, and served as chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority from 1998 to 2004....
was elected Congressman of the First District of Bataan.
JOSE ALEJANDRE P. PAYUMO III
1995-2004
Mayor Jojo, as he is more popularly known, is the eldest child of former Mayor Jose C. Payumo, Jr. – (Dinalupihan Mayor , 1964–1986) and Lucila Peñaflor Payumo (Dinalupihan Mayor, 1986–1995). He formally entered the political scene in 1995 after his mother, Mayor Lucila, decided to run for board member of Bataan after serving as Mayor of Dinalupihan from 1986 to 1995. He won over board member Ramonette Reyes. In 1998, he defeated another former board member, Dr. Rosario (Rose) Acuña of Barangay Rizal. He had another runaway victory during the 2001 elections against Marlon Susim.
During his nine-year reign as Mayor, Jojo Payumo has established the Dinalupihan Water District Phase 2 which serves the nine western barangays of Dinalupihan. He also instituted the first ever Waste Management System in Bataan by constructing the recycling plant for biodegradable waste in Pagalanggang. His Clean and Green Program was adjudged as the Best Municipality for Clean and Green Program, Category B in 1995 and 1996. His Land Zoning project, Gintong Ani Program, Municipal Irrigation System and Awareness Drive against drug abuse speak well of him as a true leader of Dinalupihan
In addition to the establishment of Sta. Isabel Elementary School, Mayor Jojo also initiated the third floor expansion of the Dinalupihan Municipal building which was inaugurated in June 2004. It was during his term that Mt. Malasimbo, based on a new SBMA documents, was shown to be within the municipal boundary of Dinalupihan.
Dinalupihan was embroiled in a “political war” against the Gordons of Olongapo when its favorite son, Tong Payumo was appointed Chairman of SBMA by President Joseph Estrada. Richard Gordon, the incumbent Chairman, refused to vacate his position. Amidst heavy politicking and a fractitious workforce, he began a series of strategic moves to restore investor confidence and rebuild the Freeport’s organization. He opened the Morong Gate which ended the town’s six decades of isolation and ushered in development in that community.
Barangays
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