BARANGAY PROFILE
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Name of Barangay |
: BUSAO |
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Distance from Poblacion
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: 7 kilometers |
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Total Land Area |
: 111. 93 Hectares |
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Total Population |
: 537 |
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Number of Household |
: 105 |
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Number of Schools ( Public ) |
: 2 |
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Length of Barangay Roads |
: 1. 4 Kilometers |
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Source of Potable Water
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: Maribojoc Waterworks System |
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Major Agricultural Product |
: Rice |
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Major Source of Livelihood |
: Farming |
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Number of BHW's |
: 6 |
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Number of Day Care Centers |
: 1 |
BARANGAY OFFICIALS
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Barangay Captain
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: Marcelino Dapiton |
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Barangay Kagawads |
: Paulino Nacorda |
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: Victor Millanar |
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: Sabiniano Anaviso |
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: Romulo Namoc |
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: Sonia Apugan |
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: Cresencio Barace |
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: Maximiano Millanar |
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SK Chairman |
: Janice Bustero |
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Barangay Treasurer |
: Flaviana Nacorda |
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Barangay Secretary |
: Flavia Amarille |
LEGEND
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BUSAO ( 1861 ) - Long time ago, in a nearby cave, there
lived a giant called kele. Kele would easily satisfy his hunger by
devouring the animals and crops raised by the villagers led by ka
Makar. There was one kind of plant, which to kele was very delicious.
The plant was locally known as "pusaw" of the fern
family with spreading stalks covered with tiny leaves. People used
the said plants as herbal medicine and could also be used as hog feeds.
The people began to worry when the said plants became scarce because
kele harvested it for his daily consumption. One day, Ka Makar, the
most respected elder in the locality, gathered the adults in the neighborhood
for a meeting. Together with his wife Ka Lea, cousin Ka Kiko and volunteers
agreed to drive kele out from that place. Then stormed the mouth of
kele's cave with torches and kept it burning like limbu. Giant kele
disappeared and surprisingly the plant "pusaw" became
rare and continnously vanished.
The natives could not help recounting the incident that they thought
was the cause of the loss of the precious plant. The name "pusaw"
became everyone's byword and called their village after it. The place
was later named as Busao.
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