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Villanueva

Villanueva

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Long before the advent of Spanish colonization, the place was originally named “Bongloy” by the natives called the Magahats, because of the three gigantic Bongloy trees that grew in the place where the Catholic church and town plaza stands today.

In 1830, the mission of Jasaan, an adjacent town to the north, was to establish separation from Cagayan de Oro and evangelization to as far as the towns of Sumilao, Linabo and Malitbog in the province of Bukidnon. Its center of civilization and the first Church was at “Daanglungsod” which is now the Aplaya, Jasaan, where an old kota (watchtower) still exists, thus marked the birth of Christianity in Bongloy.

Father Gregorio Parache, S.J.,  who was the parish priest of Jasaan at that time brought a certain Captain Villanueva to Bongloy. Villanueva was a Mexican-American soldier who was one of the occupants of Balingasag Convent during the American occupation of the Philippines.

Father Parache requested Captain Villanueva to assist him in the plans and then commissioned the captain to develop a potable water and irrigation system in the Bongloy area. As the years passed, the Magahats moved eastward below the town of Claveria and began calling Bongloy as Villanueva in honor of the captain. The word Villanueva was handed down through word of mouth in the succeeding generations.

 

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Villanueva is a second class municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. It is approximately 30–40 minutes away from the city of Cagayan de Oro.
The presence of companies like Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC), STEAG State Power Inc., Purina, and recent opening Coca Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc. contributes to the municipality’s income although it is largely agricultural.
Villanueva celebrates the feast of the Our Lady of Guadalupe every 12 December.

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Municipal:  Villanueva
Barangays: 11
Address: Poblacion, Villanueva
Email: villanuevajtu@yahoo.com

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Barangay

Urban/Rural

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Municipality of Villanueva

Barangay Officials

A barangay is led and governed by its barangay officials. The “barangay officials” is considered as a Local Government Unit (LGU) same as the Provincial and the Municipal Government. It is composed of a Punong Barangay and 7 Barangay Kagawad. Thus, there are 8 members of the Legislative Council in a barangay. Each member has its own respective committee where they are Chairmen of those committees. The Committees are the following: (1) Peace and Order Committee, (2) Infrastructure Committee, (3) Education Committee, (4) Health Committee, (5) Agriculture Committee, (6) Tourism Committee, (7) Finance Committee, and (8) Youth and Sports Committee. There are 3 appointed members of each committee. (Source)

Sightseeing, Tourist Attractions

Ship Spotting

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Ship Spotting in Villanueva: Large vessels are visiting Philippine Sinter Corporation in Villanueva, which makes it an ideal location for Ship Spotting. Some is less than 200 meter from the shoreline.

The area around Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan should be checked out, if you like big ships.

See also Plane Spotting and Bird Watching if you are into photography.

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Nature, Sightseeing

Sea of Life

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The following pictures are from JCI Batangas

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JCI Manila Sea of Life:

1. Dome Dropping ~ Artificial Reef Planting

Sea of Life (S.O.L.), a project initiated by a British national residing in General Santos City for more than 30yrs, Mr. Chris Dearne, aims to build environmental awareness regarding the rapid degradation of our marine natural resources due to illegal means of fishing (dynamite, cyanide, poaching).

The Philippines is classified as one of the world’s best destinations for aquatic marine life and tropical forest life diversity. Unfortunately, due to a third world economy, locals lack the education on how to properly care for our marine and land eco system. Therefore over fishing, cyanide fishing, dynamite fishing, and poaching has been rampant, to the point it has reached critical mass. As a direct impact, thousands of marine and animal species has either have become endangered or extinct. Indirect impact examples would include climate change, shift in food chain, flooding, and ultimately there will be nothing for our children and grandchildren to see.

In the effort to help rebuild our environment, JCI Manila, Pilipinas EcoWarriors and its partners plans to locally build as many man-made concrete domes and plant artificial marine reefs as possible that will serve as a marine habitat and/or shelter in various diving locations in the Philippines that have been severely damaged.

This project will not only target the rehabilitation of damaged marine reefs, rebuild the local fishing industry but also provide eco-tourism awareness that will help sustain this worthwhile cause.

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Local Products, Souvenir

Handmade Paper Products

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The Dayawan Handmade Paper is a livelihood project of the San Roque Handmade Paper Products Multi-Purpose Cooperative, a non-stock, non-profit organization in the Municipality of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. It is duly registered with the Cooperative Development Authority.

Popularly known by its trade name Dayawan Handmade Paper, the group is composed of 32 families supported by the STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI), the Local Government Unit of Villanueva,  PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority (PIA), Department of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Labor and Employment.

Before the group was organized, the families once lived in Barangay Balacanas in Villanueva.

In 2003, they were relocated to San Roque Village in Barangay Dayawan in preparation for the  construction of SPI’s 210-MW coal-fired power plant located in Barangay Balacanas. In the relocation site, they were given by SPI decent housing, comprehensive assistance in health, education, spirituality, skills enhancement and various livelihood projects.

One of the livelihood projects was in handmade paper production, an alternative to the Integrated Farming System that was introduced earlier.  The mechanics were taught in November 2004 initially to 10 women, who learned how to produce handmade paper from abaca fiber, and create greeting cards, storage boxes, pen holders and lamp shades and other innovative novelty items.

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Beaches, Beaches

Looc Beach

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Many locals go to this place especially during weekends just to take a dip on the beach. Resorts such as Aquarius Beach, Gemilina Beach and Rose Beach are found along this stretch of gray-sand beach.

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Nature

Tagbalitang Cave

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A pottery vessel of Kalanay tradition (because the oldest pottery of similar design is found in Kalanay cave in Masbate) which its origin is in North Vietnam during the metal period (ca. 300 BC – 1000 AD), found in a cave (Tagbalitang) used as burial at Brgy. San Martin,  Villanueva. (Source)

Two thousand years ago, there were already ancient Kagay-anons living around the vicinity of Hulaga, Himologan and Tagbalitang caves.

The Tagbalitang Cave is part of the limestone formation and the mouth of the cave is located at the slope of the hill orientated towards the east. Unfortunately, at the time of the survey, the mouth of the cave has been destroyed due to treasure hunting activities in the late 1980s. According to our informant, treasure
hunters blasted the mouth of the cave in search for gold causing the
mouth to collapse and thus blocking the opening. The cave is currently located inside the Municipal Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) and owned by the local government. No artifacts were recovered at the foot of the hill. (Source)

The pottery can be seen at XU – Museo de Oro
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